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PLEASE READ: I will give discounts for buying multiple items, around $5-10 per additional item. However, I will not be taking offers on any of the items. Instead, every Wednesday, I will repost this listing with lowered prices, until all the items are sold. Prices will be reduced based on their price the previous week as follows:

• items greater than $200 will be lowered by $20
• items greater than $60 will be lowered by $10
• items greater than $20 will be lowered by $5
• items lower than $20 will be lowered by $2

All prices are shipped to CONUS. I will not be shipping internationally.
Keyboards (all new, unbuilt)
If you want to buy any extras separately from their bundles, lemme know and we can work something out.

• wilba.tech Salvation (blue) - $250
• Think6.5 V2 LE 1u (black with polished chamfered edges, only 88 produced) - includes extra PCB - $460
• Think6.5 V2 brass badge (1u lightbulb)/weight combo - $100
• Think6.5 V2 e-white badge (1u anchor)/weight combo - $60
• Think6.5 V2 1u badges - 7 total, $20 each

Keycaps (all sealed)

• GMK 80082 (base/aesthetic, BL00 base/BL00 aesthetic) - 3 sets total, $130 each
• GMK Demon Sword (base) - $160
• GMK Mizu (novelties) - $140
• GMK Nuclear Data R1 (novelties) - $50
• GMK Pixel (base, novelties, spacebars) - $130

Other

• Keycult 1/60 wrist rest (brass) - $180
• MAK WongBox+ artisan case - $120

RAMA Artisans
Buy the remaining 103 RAMA artisans for $5400 ($800 off!) and I'll throw in the 200-key stacked acrylic artisan case for free.

X	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
A			$200 Monochrome Starry Night X	$200 Monochrome Starry Night O			$60 Minimal 2 X Black		$50 Bleached X	$50 Bleached O		$40 Classic Red O				$40 80082 Pink	$40 80082 Blue	$40 80082 Blue	$70 Vaporwave X
B	$50 Deep Navy X	$100 Dolch Black on Red	$100 Dolch Cyan on Gray	$40 MODO2 Red	$40 MODO2 Gray	$40 MODOL Red	$40 MODOL Cyan	$40 MODOL Gray	$100 Dots White Dot	$100 Dots Gold				$50 Metaverse R2 Red on Silver	$150 Jamon Bacon	$150 Jamon Eggs			$100 Peaches n Cream Peach	$100 Peaches n Cream Leaf
C			$40 Red Devils Horangi		$40 Sumi Kanji		$80 Kuro Shiro R1 Black				$60 Masterpiece Knife Gold		$80 Bento O Salmon	$80 Bento O Gold	$60 Bento R2 O Gold		$50 Bento R2 Kanji Gold	$50 Honor Kabuto Gold	$50 Honor Katana Silver	$50 Demon Sword Gold
D	$150 Mizu Navy GID	$150 Mizu White				$40 Red Dragon Gold Fire 1u		$80 Botanical White	$80 Hiragana White	$80 Hiragana Grey							$70 RAMA Wave Seq2 Gold Matte	$70 RAMA Wave Seq2 Moon Matte	$70 RAMA Wave Seq2 Gold	$70 RAMA Wave Seq2 Moon
E	$200 Keycult Black on Brass				$40 Pono Gray Kitty	$50 Pono Geo Kitty Rose Gold		$50 Amethyst Pick Gold			$40 Norse Aluminum	$50 Norse Brass	$40 Ion Kuro	$40 Ion Milk			$40 Redline Tread	$40 Minimal 2 Red Square	$40 Minimal 2 Green Triangle	$40 Minimal 2 Blue Circle
F	$40 Tuzi Bunny	$40 Tuzi Bunny			$40 ThinkCaps Row 1	$40 Apollo	$40 Dolch R5				$40 Pink on Navy			$50 Camping R2			$40 Beta	$40 Serika 2
G	$150 Typehype TH 88		$80 Sydney Meetup 2019	$40 RAMA Shrimp on the Barbie	$40 Zambumon		$50 NovelKeys Wave		$40 Fuyu		$40 Peach Blossom	$40 Oni 1u	$40 Amalfi					$50 Bread Gold		$50 B Silver
H					$30 9009 R3 Green Swirl			$30 Redacted Swirl	$30 Redacted Swirl	$30 MODO2 Swirl	$30 MODO2 Swirl	$60 Nautilus Nightmares Enter								$70 Ivory Rose Gold
I	$40 KAT Cyberspace X GID	$40 KAT Cyberspace O GID	$50 KAT Milkshake Silver	$40 KAT Mizu Navy GID	$40 KAT Mizu White	$40 KAT Mizu Red	$40 KAT Explosion Red	$40 KAT Explosion Gold	$40 KAT Atlantis	$40 KAT Lucky Jade	$40 KAT Oasis					$60 Oni Enter
J	$40 SA Mizu Navy	$40 SA Mizu White	$40 SA Dualshot	$40 SA Dualshot																$80 RAMA Knob Kuro

Thanks for looking!

A few weeks ago, my grandpa died. I wasn't close with him anymore, but I had been when I was a child. I would go over to his house almost every weekend. He had all the things a young boy could ever want. A pool, an Xbox, and porn magazines were some of the many things I would spend my time with when I was at his house. He was like the stereotypical “cool” grandpa.
So when I found out he had died, it hit me pretty hard. It had been a while since I experienced a death in my family. I didn't even get to say goodbye. I feel guilty, like I was somehow responsible for his death. I thought that if I had gone to see him just once recently, then maybe he would still be alive. Over the past few years I hadn't gone to see him much. It was one of those, growing up things, as I saw my parents less and less, I barely saw him. So I was surprised when I was told I was in his will. Not only that, I was surprised that he left me his house. It was especially unbelievable since his daughter, my mother, was still alive and well.
I had guessed he wanted to give me a head start in life. As a college student, the notion of owning a house seemed impossible, but now I was presented with one. There were no strings attached. The mortgage was already paid off and my grandpa lived there until the day he died, so it wasn't like the house was dilapidated. I obviously jumped at the opportunity and moved to the house within the week. I had still been living with my parents, but with how much time school was consuming, I wasn't home unless it was to sleep. I'm a second year engineering student, so the workload is understandably thick to say the least.
With my own place, I wouldn't have to worry about coming home late and disturbing my parents. That exact scenario was something that happened often. They went to bed early, so me stumbling through the doorway at a late hour of the night didn't make them the happiest. With my own place, I wouldn't have to worry about paying rent, I could just focus on school work. It was a win-win situation for both me and my parents. My mom was ecstatic about the entire situation, while my dad seemed a bit off put.
“I've never really liked this house,” he said with an exhale. We stood outside the house, boxes in hand. He was breathing hard. “Just always gives me a bad vibe.” He stared at the house for another few seconds before turning towards me. “I like it.” I meekly said, my mom nodding in agreement, not staying a word herself. With a sigh my dad continued forward to the door and pushed it open. It had already been unlocked, seemingly by the agent who handed me the deed early that week. We spent a few quiet hours unpacking my belongings. As I looked through each room, a wave of nostalgia hit me. I had remembered so many things from my childhood. My makeshift cooking classes in the kitchen, the bruise I got on my left knee while running through the living room, and the mess I made in the bathroom when I came down with the flu. So many hours of my life had been spent wandering these halls, so to be back made me smile uncontrollably.
I'm sure with a title like this you're expecting me to ramble about a room I was never supposed to enter. A long lost memory of my grandpa telling me to stay out of the basement. Yet it was nothing like that. I had been through every room of the house. This was like a second home to me and nothing felt off. I wasn't the protagonist of a horror story, I was a boy who just got his first taste of the real world. The only thing odd about the house was my grandma's room. He had died in his sleep, so seeing his bed freshly made and pristine just felt uncomfortable.
“We should probably get you a new bed.” Mom had joined me in the doorway. She was somberly looking at the bed, a small frown encroaching her lips.
“Yeah, I can go after I'm done packing,” I whispered. The weight of his death was still looming over me. It had only been around a week since he died at that point. I could only imagine how my mom was feeling as she looked down to his final resting place.
“Let's go now, We've been at it for a while.” It was clear that my mom was just trying to get out of the house for a while. I can't say I blamed her. I could almost smell the scent of death as she closed the door in front of me. I noted that the entire room needed to be changed. Not just the bed.
The trip to Walmart was uneventful. We picked a comfortable looking mattress, grabbed some sheets, then left. I already had blankets packed up so there was no need to grab new ones. As we got back to the house, the sun was nearly setting. It was that moment right before sunset where it's still bright outside, but you can just tell the sun is about to set.
When we parked in the driveway, we were greeted by two older people. There was a man and a woman, both looking to be in their sixties. They were standing on the porch of the house, facing the front door. The woman held a tray in her hand, although from behind it was hard to tell what was in it.
“Can I help you,” dad said as he stepped out of the car. The man was the first to turn around. He chuckled.
“What a coincidence! We just rang the doorbell and there you are right behind us. We heard someone was moving into Jerry's house, but we didn't think it would be a family.”
“No, no,” my dad shook his head, “it's just my son. Me and my wife were just helping him move.” The old couple walked down from the porch and met us in the driveway. The man shook my hand first, and then my father's. He ignored my mother, but his wife greeted her with a hug. Mom seemed a bit confused by the notion but went along with it.
“Welcome to the neighborhood dearie,” the wife had spoken for the first time. “It's a pleasure to meet you. You must be Stephen, right?”
I shot her a perplexed look.
“I'm Ian, I was Jerry's grandson.” She met my look with an even more confused one. Her husband was looking over to her and gave her a gentle nudge.
“Sorry about that, my wife forgets things. She used to have a friend named Stephen and well…”
“I don't forget things Ronny!” The woman suddenly yelled out. “Remember? We were told that Stephen would be moving in. They sent it in the letter!” Her voice was getting louder as she talked. It wasn't a volume that came from anger, rather an excitement. One that wasn't shared by her husband.
“Dear, you're doing it again.” He rubbed his hand against her back. “I'm so sorry folks,” he looked over to us, to my father in particular. “Her mind is getting all muddled. She's got mild dementia.”
“It's alright, really.” My dad didn't really know how to respond. The woman's behavior was odd, sure, yet the idea of her having dementia just made everything feel somber. “Well, I hope you enjoy the new place Ian. This really is a lovely neighborhood,” the man quietly said. His wife had pushed herself into his arms. I thought I could hear a faint sobbing sound coming from her.
He said his goodbyes to us and then walked his wife across the street and over to, what I could assume, was their house. Despite the fact that I had come over countless times as a child, I never really knew grandpa's neighbors. From the looks on my parents' faces, I assumed they also didn't have much interaction with his neighbors. We all agreed not to speak much about it, as we all felt bad for the woman, and moved ourselves and my new mattress into the house. When we got inside I set the bag of sheets down on the living room couch. My parents followed in after me, my mom sitting down on the couch.
“Welp, you're on your own now, Ian,” she said with a laugh. We started laughing too. My mom was always good at lightening the mood. Whenever things were tense she would just make us laugh. We bantered for a bit longer then, within the hour, my parents were gone. My grandpa's house was about thirty minutes away from my parents house, and with the sun being almost fully set at that point, they decided to leave. An immediate freedom pushed itself deep into my brain. For the first time in my life, I was truly by myself. While that may not seem as positive as I am spinning it, I assure you it was. I've always been a bit of an introvert. The prospect of having a whole house all to myself, all the time, was incredible.
The mattress box sat on the ground of the living room, waiting to be opened. I had promised my parents I would set it up myself, however staring down at it on my floor gave me all the reasons I needed to put it off until the next day. For tonight, I would sleep on the couch. First, I needed to look around the house some more. I wasn't too keen on sleeping in my grandfather's room. Something about sleeping in the same room he died was just disturbing to me.
I walked through the kitchen and over to the stairway. My grandpa's house consisted of two small, but packed floors. Each floor consisted of around 5 rooms, more than enough for an old man. The entire upstairs was designed for his children and then, in his latter years, their children. Walking up the stairs I immediately made my way to the right. There sat a rather faded, wooden door. The knob was a light golden color and, with how much the paint was chipped, it was obvious how much use it had seen. I opened the door and was pleasantly surprised to see the room within was left exactly as I remembered it. When I was a child the game room was my favorite place in the house. Grandpa always made sure to keep up to date with the latest consoles and board games. Any time I came over, I was met with a new game. Halo, Call of Duty and board games like Apples to Apples, were the objects of my obsession. Back then, the game room was a sanctuary. I could leave all my troubles behind and just be myself for a few hours. It might be selfish to say, but I feel like that's one of the reasons I really loved my grandpa. Now, the game room reflected something else entirely. I felt a deep sense of sorrow entering the room and finding everything to be exactly the same. It was like Grandpa kept up a facade for just us and in reality he didn't care for any of these rooms.
I remember one night in the game room. He told me all about the time he tried call of duty and how he “sucked at the game”. I reassured him that no matter how bad he was at video games I would always be there for him and he would always be my favorite family member. But now he's gone and I found myself left with emotions I couldn't quite quantify. I looked around the room, eager to unlock some hidden memories that would send me down the nostalgia trip of a lifetime. Instead, I found myself drawn to the cabinet in the far left of the room. It was tucked away behind those little alphabet mats that teachers used to have in their classroom in a vain attempt to have students learn the alphabet. My grandpa picked them up in order to attempt to get me to learn the same thing. I was never really great with words, especially when I was younger. I struggled to focus in class and as such failed to learn the alphabet when I was three.
I moved the mats to the side, reaching out to the cabinet and opening it. Previously, it was used to house all of the board games, however now it looked barren. All that was left within the cabinet was a crumpled up piece of paper. I grabbed the paper, not thinking much of it, and unfolded it gently. Unbeknownst to me, something had fallen to the floor, creating a tiny metallic ringing sound as it did. The paper itself was blank, so I threw it back into the cabinet. My attention shifted to the metallic sound, and I reached down to my feet, grasping the object in my hand. I pulled it up and within view. It was a small ruby colored key. This was odd for two particular reasons. The first being that Grandpa never kept anything in his house locked. I was always able to wander the house whenever and wherever I pleased. The second oddity regarding this key was where it was placed. Why would a key be shoved into a piece of paper? On top of that, why would it be stuffed in a random, empty, cabinet? The most logical answer to that first oddity was that the key belonged to his office door. I thought that perhaps in his old age he had grown weary about leaving his office unlocked at all times. Of course, now I know how wrong that was, but it was my working theory then. I kept hold of the key as I made my way down the stairs and over to his office door. As per usual, it was closed. He did always keep it closed though one simple turn of the knob would open it. I placed my free hand on the knob, twisted, and was met with nothing. The door refused to open. I was right, I thought to myself as I pushed the key into the lock and twisted. The faint clicking noise that followed indicated that the door had now been unlocked.
This time, when I twisted the knob, I was greeted by a thick coat of dust that covered not only the room, but now, what felt like my entire body. I coughed a bit at the sudden change in air quality. It tasted stale. My nose itched as I forced myself in the room, fighting past the invincible dust bunnies, of whom I now considered enemies. In the center of the room sat a large mahogany desk. Splayed out across the desk were various sheets of paper, along with a typewriter. My grandpa never quite moved into the digital age when it came to his studies. He preferred the feeling of the typewriter over the hard clacking of a computer keyboard. Perhaps that’s the reason all his work was so beautiful. No matter what he wrote there was always an aura that surrounded it. The font of the typewriter and the sophisticated words darted across the page, made all his writing seem so foreign, yet stunning. Behind the desk, were all of his bookshelves. They stretched across the entirety of the office's back wall. He always took great care of his books, so it was bizarre to see how much dust they had collected. In order for this much dust to be present, the room would have to lie abandoned for at least a year or two. I struggled to understand the implications of those thoughts as I paced over to the desk. Getting a closer look at the papers strewn across the desk, I could see that they were all part of a larger work. I collected the pages, wiping off the built up dust in the process, and rearranged them. It was quite easy since they all contained page numbers. When I finally collected all the pages, I took a glance at them. My heart sank as I read the first line of page one.
“Dear Ian,”
I froze in place. There was a tense feeling in the air, one that wasn’t present before. If this room had been locked up for at least a year, then why was there a letter addressed to me. More alarmingly, was the length of the letter. It wasn’t the typical short, formal letter, it was a long, story-like account that was addressed to none other than me. Curiosity got the better of me and I continued reading. For the sake of your understanding I’ll transcribe the letter, in its entirety, here.
“Dear Ian, If you’ve acquired this letter, then I’m afraid that means I’ve perished. If you've gotten this letter then that means I've roped you into my affairs, and for that I'm deeply sorry. You were the only trustful soul in this God forsaken place, it has to be you. Please, don't be alarmed at all of this. I'll try to explain everything to you the best I can. Truth is, even I didn't know everything. I'll start at the beginning, that should make it much easier to understand. I first moved to Blythewood in my early twenties. When I was that young, this place was barely populated. A part of the highway had just been cleared, to make room for more housing and I was one of the first to apply for residency. There was some rather brief paperwork, but I was given a key to the house within the week. I acknowledged how strange this all was, how quickly everything had happened, but I was young and the prospect of getting a new house on the market for a cheap price was alluring. I had a few neighbors of course, but for the most part we were a small community. It was quaint. It was beautiful, son, it really was. Over the next few years each of us began to build a family. I had your mother, and then shortly after my wife passed away. I'm not sure how much you've talked with your mom about that. It was a hard time for the both of us. Sandra was so young, she barely remembered her mother. I'm sure all she could remember was the countless nights I spent weeping. The countless bottles of liquor that littered the floor. Cancer is an awful disease. Not only did it take my wife, it took a piece of me with her. She was my everything. She was the one thing I'll regret not cherishing enough. During that time, more homes were built. The neighborhood, now transformed into more of a town, was thriving. New families were moving in, the house values were up. Everything was peaceful, until the knock on the door. As I was grieving in my room, I recall hearing a small knocking sound. At first I thought it was Sandra. She always loved to stomp around the house with her little dolls. Then the knock came again, this time much louder. It sounded aggravated, as if whoever was knocking was growing impatient. At that moment, I knew it had to be the door. I wiped my tears from my face and walked over to the front door. When I answered it I was greeted with an awful smell. It was as if the very embodiment of the sewer system was standing in front of me, only, it wasn't. In front of me stood a small boy, no older than your nine year old mother at the time. His brown hair was greasy and flung about everywhere. His clothes were torn to near pieces, holes sitting across his chest and sleeves. The smell hit me for a second time and I nearly gagged. It was silent for a moment, as I soaked in all the little boy's features. He wore a pained expression that looked almost as if he was waiting for me to offer something to him. I took the bait son, something about his face. It was like he was looking deep within me. “Is there something I can do for you,” I answered in a near whisper. “Food.” His voice was spine chilling. It was far deeper than anything that should've rightfully been able to be produced by a child. Even though he only uttered one singular word, I swear I could feel the earth tremble.. “I..um.” “Food. Now.” I was stunned. In my near drunken stupor I figured I must've been hallucinating. I wasn't sleeping well, and I could've sworn the young boy looked like my wife's younger brother. That would've been impossible however, since he died when he was twelve. It was a train car incident. I never pressed for the details. My wife always hated talking about it. So, faced with the bone rattling figure of the young boy, I decided the only way to deal with my assumed hallucination was to appease it. “Alright, c'mon in sport. I'll fetch you something nice. Just wait right here.” I motioned for him to come in and sit on the couch. His eyes remained fixed on me as he took a step past the entryway. “Thanks for letting me in, Mister,” he didn't take another step. “Of course, do you need anything else?” “No.” I nodded slowly and practically ran to the kitchen, taking a deep breath as I entered. The smell was growing worse. It was invading my nostrils again and again, disappearing only to reappear once again. It was like it had pierced my very soul. I frantically searched the kitchen and as I did, Sandra rounded the corner. “Daddy, what's that smell?” She was holding her nose tightly, an expression of disgust splattered across her face. I had been so caught up in my own delusions that I completely forgot about Sandra's existence. Her words made me stop right where I was standing. “You can smell it too honey.” She nodded. “Go over to Daddy's room and get under the bed sweetie. Let's…play hide and seek.” This boy, whoever it was, had been real. I don't know why I sent Sandra to hide at that moment, perhaps parental instincts took over, or perhaps I was just imparting my fear onto her. She nodded, giving a slight giggle in the process before skipping off to my room. Whenever we played hide and seek, I always made her count under my bed. If I didn't, she would cheat. Call me a sore loser, but even at my age I was determined to win at the children's game. Having successfully sent my daughter off, I resumed my task. I quickly prepared a sandwich. As I write this I struggle to remember what it consisted of, but that's besides the point. I grasped the plate in my hand, trying as hard as I could to prevent it from shaking. “It's all set!” I called out to the boy. I was only met with silence. “I said it's all ready!” I screamed out even louder than before. Suddenly, and without any indication, the boy was in front of me. He was standing in the doorway to the kitchen, his fingernails digging into the hardwood beam. He outstretched one hand, revealing his purplish palm. It was a color unlike any that was present on the rest of his body. “Here,” I said, passing the plate over to him. “Mister,” the boy said in a low whisper. He held the plate tightly. In my fear, I refused to let go. “Do you know what death tastes like?” I pulled my hand from the plate. The boy's grip must've been flimsy since, as my grip loosened, he lost control of the plate and it fell to the ground. At that moment Sandra had entered the room. I hadn't accounted for the fact that she would hear my yelling when I attempted to summon the boy. I hadn't accounted for the fact that from my bedroom it may have sounded like I found my hiding spot and was ready for her to seek. “Found you!” She said gleefully, before noticing the boy. All semblance of joy left her face as she saw, smelt, perhaps even tasted, the boy. She vomited almost immediately, and pressed herself up against the hallway wall. “Mister, I asked a question.” The boy was stern. “W-what?” Everything was happening so fast. I felt as if I couldn't breathe. “Have you ever tasted death?” Sandra was still pressed up against the wall. She looked utterly prettified. I wanted to run to her and shield her from this horror that took the form of a young boy. I wanted to tell her how much I loved her. I wanted to tell her how much she reminded me of her mother. I couldn't. Before I had the chance to move, the boy reacted first. The fingernails that had been dug into the beam of the doorway, pulled away, revealing what looked to be a sharp claw. It was something so inhuman it's almost impossible to describe. His claw-like hand glided across the air as he swung his body in my daughter's direction. There was a small, desperate scream, and then my very world went quiet. The boy's claw had found its way into my daughter's stomach. He burrowed it deep inside, a viscous red liquid beginning to coat the part of his arm that was still visible. Sandra flailed her arms, in an attempt to push the claw out of her, but with each spastic movement of hers, the boy dug his arm deeper within. She was dead within a matter of minutes. Her last expression was one of pleading as she looked over to me. I wasn't able to move. No matter how many times I told myself I had to push forward and lunge at the boy, I couldn't. I was so crippled by fear that even my ears began to ring. The smell was becoming overbearing. Mixing with the sewers was now the distinct smell of metallic life force. My brain was moving slower than my eyes. It took me a moment to process everything that had happened and when I did, I fell to my knees. My voice was hoarse and my mind was fighting every part of my body. Everything was burning, my eyes, my ears, my throat. All of this pain, all of this hate, culminated in a deep, guttural cry that spewed from deep within me. By the time I was able to look up from the tiled floor, the boy was gone. I was left in my kitchen, the clawed body of my daughter splayed out in front of me. It took me a while before I was able to move again. The first part of me to return to normal were my fingers. I clenched them into a tight fist, my own nails digging into my flesh. It was just like he did to her. Claws to skin. I was going to skin him. I was going to kill whatever creature took my daughter away from me. It couldn’t have been human. I had been digging into my own flesh so ferociously that blood was beginning to drip down onto the ground. It was only then that I was able to snap myself out of the blind rage I had found myself within. I was brought back to the scene in front of me. My dead daughter, still in front of me, as if it was a reminder from whatever damned god is watching over us. A reminder that a pure evil had snuffed her light out. I was going to snuff its light out. I was going to kill it
That was all that was contained in the letter. It had seemed so incomplete, and as I would later come to find out, it was. As I found myself reaching the end of Grandpa's letter, my initial curiosity turned into what I can only describe as unfiltered fear. I would be quick to write off a story of this caliber, however I knew the man who was writing this. A swell of confusion consumed me as I stood by his desk. Grandpa would never lie about something like this, but my mom was alive. I had literally just seen her. There were so many unanswered questions that dawned on me in the moments I sat pondering in his old, creaky chair.
Perhaps the letter was nothing but a story, although judging by the fact that it was solely addressed to me, I was quick to dismiss this thought. I sat at his desk for a long while, simply collecting my thoughts. It was already well past dark by the time I finished reading the letter. I pulled out my phone, and pulled up my mom’s contact information. I deliberated quickly, before hitting the call button. The best way to confirm Grandpa's letter would be to just ask my mom. I knew she wasn’t dead, and that the letter likely wasn’t written in full as I had found it, so I assumed mom would have the other half of the story to fill me in on.
The phone rang twice before she picked up.
“Honey?” her voice sounded groggy. I had likely just woken her from a deep sleep.
“Hey mom, sorry to bother. I just had a quick question.”
I heard some shuffling from the phone mic.
“Yeah?”
“It’s just that…it's gonna sound stupid… but I just found a letter from Grandpa. It was addressed to me and it said that you were killed when you were younger. Is that…true?”
I realized the absurdity of my question right as it left my mouth. I waited to hear mom’s stern voice, yelling at me for drunk dialing her, or something like that, yet it never came. All I heard was her breath on the other end. She was breathing quite heavy, as if I had struck a chord with her.
“Your grandfather always loved his stories. He probably wanted to make his death seem like it had meaning. The letter is nothing but bullshit. I’m sorry he scared you like that. You should get some rest, honey. It’s been a long day.”
Before I could say anything in response she had already hung up. Her voice had sounded cold. I wasn’t used to hearing mom like this, but the idea of Grandpa writing a story about her death probably made her vastly uncomfortable. I wish I could say the story ended there. I wish I had gone to bed that night, and believed my mothers words as cold hard facts. There was just something about that call that made me believe something was deeply wrong. Mom never used curse words. It was something that, at the moment, I paid no attention to, however as I recall the events of the past few days and pour them into this written log, I’m unable to pretend that this held no significance.

(Note: this is a repost so that I have editing permissions and can update the list.)
Welcome to the Fortnite Glossary - a single source to help all the Over40s decipher what the hell the kids are talking about. This isn't an exhaustive list, so feel free to add new terms in the comments section.
That being said, try to keep the comments sections for new definitions or clarifications of previous definitions. Don't get upset if your comment gets deleted as we strive to keep this list useful and clutter-free.
Here we go:
Fortnite Terms:

• 5-5-1 - Set of 3 numbers used to tell your teammate how many mats you have. These numbers correspond to hundreds of mats, and are given in the order that mats appear in your inventory. "5-5-1" would mean you have 500 wood, 500 brick, and 100 metal.
• ADS - aim down sight (when you focus the aim on your weapon)
• AFK - Away From Keyboard. Sometimes you just gotta pee.
• Aimbot - a popular cheat in gaming in general; allows better (or complete) accuracy.
• Aug - burst assault rifle
• Big Pots - the large shield item that gives 50 shield (or tops you off up to 100). Compare to mini which gives you 25 per item and maxes at 50 total shields.
• Binds or Keybinds - The keys or buttons you're using to perform various actions in the game. These can be customized and people sometimes are interested if you are not using the default binds, because perhaps you've figured out how to do something faster or more efficiently.
• Bot / Botted - an AI player or to play poorly like AI
• Box Fight/Build Battle - a strategy in Build mode where you and your opponent build structures (generally boxes but also ramps, cones, etc.) in an effort to protect yourself while looking for opportunities to attack your opponent.
• Buffed - made better, usually a weapon, but sometimes a game mechanic or other aspect of the game (opposite of nerfed).
• Bunny hop - a technique from the earlier seasons of the game where you could move slightly faster than running.
• Camper - someone who hides instead of fighting. Generally a negative term but less so with the release of Zero Builds and even less so with the rise in popularity of BushCampDad. Variations are Bush Campers, Tree Campers, Stair Campers, Building Campers, etc.
• Clutch - when your teammates all get killed but you still win the fight or game.
• Cracked - 1. someone who is very good at the game. 2. When you break someone's shields during a fight - means they are weak and you can play more aggressively.
• Cranking 90s - a building mechanic where you make a series of walls, ramps, etc., with quick 90 degree terms in an effort to gain a height advantage.
• DBNO (Downed But Not Out or just Downed) - when you are playing duos, trios or squads and you get "killed" but you're just crawling on the ground "bleeding out". Your teammates (or an NPC) can come and "rez" (resuscitate) you. If they don't rez you in time, your reboot card appears.
• Deadside/deadside rotate - Moving toward zone (away from storm) on the side of the circle with the least amount of players. This is a great strategy for avoiding fights until endgame when fewer players are left. Example: If the zone pulls toward the west side of the map, the west side will have the least amount of players, as more of the map to the east is exposed to storm and statistically probably has more players in it who need to rotate to safety.
• Deagle - the hand cannon
• Double Pump - a strategy in the early days of the game where you used two pump shotguns in quick succession to eliminate your opponent.
• Dub - short for W (a win).
• Edit - editing a built piece (wall, floor, ramp, or cone) to exit the build, change its direction or shape, or to create an opening for you to shoot at other players from within the relative safety of a box or behind builds. Edits can be opened, used, and then reset very quickly. Example: Editing a wall to create a window so you can shoot at a player coming in from storm, then you reset the edit to make the wall whole again.
• Edit peek - a single edit or series of edits, usually from within a box, which gives the player an advantageous angle to take shots at the opponent they are box fighting. Example: Muz has recently popularized an inverse cone peek.
• Elim - short for elimination.
• Fizz - the Flowberry Fizz heal item in the game during Chapter 5. Gives you up to 100 shield and low gravity effect (along with anyone in the splash zone).
• GGs - Good Game
• Harry Pottered - when you place a staircase over your opponent during a build battle. Not necessarily disrespectful, but definitely embarrassing if it happens to you.
• Heal-off - a gameplay strategy where you try to win by healing while your opponent dies to storm damage.
• High Ground - top of a building, mountain, build, etc. An advantageous position in a fight.
• Hot Drop - the most popular spot on the map to drop, usually somewhere on the line the Battle Bus takes across the map. The OG Hot Drop spot was Tilted Towers. Usually very busy and a spot only the best players drop.
• Loot Island - the floating island that spawns during the course of the game. Introduced in Chapter 4. Good place to find sweats.
• Mats - Materials (wood, brick, metal, etc.) generally used for building.
• Meta - the current common gameplay strategy in the game. The "spray meta" was pretty well-documented in C3 (meaning the various SMGs were extremely strong to the point pretty much everyone carried one). Some people will claim that meta is an acronym for "Most Effective Tactics Available" but that's debatable and the truer definition is simply something that is self-referential or aware (like everyone is aware that waterbending is practically required right now).
• Minis - the small shield item that gives 25 shield but not over 50.
• Nerfed - made worse or less powerful, usually a weapon, but sometimes a game mechanic or other aspect of the game (opposite of buffed).
• Noob - more of a general gaming term and not exclusive to Fortnite. Means a person that is new to the game (and is usually pretty bad).
• No scope - using a sniper without ADS. Faster but inaccurate. Usually cause for celebration/bragging if you eliminate someone this way.
• OG - someone who has played for a long time, usually back to at least C2, definitely C1. Even more OG if you played STW back in Founder's days. An item can be OG as well, like the assault rifle, aug, spaz, deagle, etc. (see definitions on those below). From "Original Gangster".
• Off-spawn - Term used to describe where you drop on the map from the battle bus. Example: "I died off-spawn my first game" means you died to another player where you landed when you dropped from the bus.
• One-shot - someone with very low health (they can be killed with one shot). Almost always a lie when your just-downed teammates tells you about the guy that just killed him lol.
• OP - someone or something that is OverPowered. Often used when new weapons are introduced, especially if they become a huge pain in the ass for everyone. Examples of OP weapons are the drum shotgun, the infinity blade, the Thanos glove, etc.
• Pads - 1. Jump Pads. A trap slot item from the early days of Fortnite. Gives a bounce effect when touched. 2. Launch Pad. Also a trap slot item, currently found in specific locations around the map. Will launch you in the air and give you glider redeploy.
• Ping - 1. a way to mark (or ping) an opponent so your teammates know where to look; 2. the amount of time it takes your commands to bounce back and forth from your computer to the server and back. Generally speaking, the farther away you are from a server (like you live in the US and play on the Asia server), the higher your ping will be.
• POI - Point of Interest.
• Pubs - public lobbies, generally just the 99 other people that join your lobby at the same time as you.
• Push - aggressively attack your opponent. See W-Key and sweats.
• PVE/PVP - Player vs. Environment (husks, NPCs, etc.); Player vs. Player (Battle Royal, etc.). Two play modes common to many games.
• Reboot Card/Van - when you die in a duo, trio or squad game, a card appears that your teammates can grab and take to a reboot van (sprinkled around the map) and bring you back into the game.
• Right hand peek - an edit that covers the majority of your character with a build while allowing you to take a shot from your weapon, which in Fortnite is by default held in the right hand of your character. Example: Editing the top right triangle of a wall gives you a right hand peek to shoot an opponent on the other side of the wall, because the majority of your character is covered by what remains of the wall.
• Rocket Ride - a technique that allowed you to ride an RPG your teammate shot, often to drop on unsuspecting opponents.
• Rotation - the act of moving from your original landing spot to the next area you plan to loot, fight or hide. The process of rotation continues throughout the game as the storm forces players into smaller areas. If you have poor rotation, you generally will take unwanted storm damage and put yourself in a disadvantageous tactical position (low ground vs. high ground), especially in Zero Build.
• SBMM - Skill Based Match Making. A hugely debatable feature of the game. Theoretically, SBMM puts you in a game with 99 other people of roughly your same skill level. Epic has never confirmed nor denied the feature, or what the criteria might be. Some people think it's a great idea, some people hate the idea.
• Shocks - shockwave grenade (blasts you in the air and gives you low gravity effect, nullifying fall damage). Compare to Impulse Grenade, which does not prevent fall damage.
• Siphon - a game mechanic where you gain health and/or shields after you eliminate an opponent.
• Spawn Island - where you start the game before the Battle Bus launches.
• Spaz - pump shotgun, specifically the purple or gold variants
• Stream Sniper - players who watch a streamer's feed and try to find them in the game, usually to grief them (kill them or otherwise interfere with their gameplay). Some stream snipers are friendly and will bring items or otherwise help the streamer.
• STW - Save The World, the original version of Fortnite.
• Sweat - an annoyingly aggressive or relentless player. Often wearing a particular skin (solid color superhero skin, Aura, etc.). Will chase you across the map relentlessly.
• Thirst - completely eliminating a downed player.
• Touch Grass - general gaming term and not specific to Fortnite. Means a person who needs to play less and go outside once in a while. Usually said derisively after you get killed by a 9 year-old.
• Turtling - a defensive strategy where you box up and try to survive (usually trying to buy time to heal up, reset your loadout, etc.).
• Vaulted - when Epic takes particular weapons out of the loot pool (the weapons and resources that are available during a particular season).
• Wallhack - a cheat where you can see/shoot through walls or other obstacles (while your opponents can't shoot back)
• W-key - someone that is always pressing forward in an aggressive play style (the default forward key for a keyboard player is W). This person is often a sweat.

Non-Fortnite Terms:

• Ate that (and left no crumbs) - did a job exceptionally well
• Basic - something or someone that is extremely boring
• Bet - agreed
• Big Yikes - something really embarrassing (My Dad tried to rizz up my Mom today - big yikes).
• Bussin' - very good (usually food)
• Cap/No Cap - Cap means something is a lie; No Cap means something is true.
• Chad/Giga-Chad - a cocky male or a VERY cocky male
• Cringe - behavior that is embarrassing
• Drip - clothing/shoes/accessories (also see "swag")
• Extra - over the top (you griddied AND donkey laughed AND dropped the L on that guy - you're so extra)
• Finna - going to do something (I'm finna squad up with my bros and stomp some noobs)
• Fire/Straight Fire - very good, better than the rest
• Flex - to really show off (ok, ok, you have 475 crown wins - nice flex but I'm gonna hop into another lobby)
• Glow Up - someone or something got better looking over time
• GOAT - Greatest of All Time
• Go off - vent about something, usually sent to encourage the rant to continue
• Hits Different - something that has a bigger impact on you than normal
• Left on read - you can see your text was read, but the person didn't respond. This is a VERY big deal to any teen or pre-teen.
• Let him cook - let the person keep going, don't interfere
• Lowkey/Highkey - lowkey is something subtle (100 crown wins? You're like, lowkey good at this game, no cap). Highkey is the opposite - very in the open or obvious.
• Mid - something or someone that is subpar
• Periodt - not a typo, that's period with a t on the end; end of conversation with a t for extra emphasis.
• Poggers - really excited (also very much a gaming term)
• Rizz - short for charisma. If you have a middle schooler, you've probably heard how someone (usually a boy) "rizzed up" someone else (usually a girl).
• Say less - I understand. You haven't lived if you haven't had a 12 year-old tell you "say less, Dad"
• Shook - frightened, startled or scared by something
• Slaps - something that is really good - it slaps
• Smacks - something good (waterbending really smacks right now)
• Stan - a superfan of something or someone
• Sus - suspicious
• Take Several Seats - you're extremely out of line and need to sit down
• Tea - gossip
• Understood the assignment - the person lived up to expectations; did what they were supposed to do
• Yeet - to throw someone or something (also very much a Fortnite term)

Timestamps
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• items greater than $200 will be lowered by $20
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Keyboards (all new, unbuilt)
If you want to buy any extras separately from their bundles, lemme know and we can work something out.

• wilba.tech Salvation (blue) - $250
• Think6.5 V2 LE 1u (black with polished chamfered edges, only 88 produced) - includes extra PCB - $460
• Think6.5 V2 brass badge (1u lightbulb)/weight combo - $100
• Think6.5 V2 e-white badge (1u anchor)/weight combo - $60
• Think6.5 V2 1u badges - 7 total, $20 each

Keycaps (all sealed)

• GMK 80082 (base/aesthetic, BL00 base/BL00 aesthetic) - 3 sets total, $130 each
• GMK Demon Sword (base) - $160
• GMK Mizu (novelties) - $140
• GMK Nuclear Data R1 (novelties) - $50
• GMK Pixel (base, novelties, spacebars) - $130

Other

• Keycult 1/60 wrist rest (brass) - $180
• Robot Candy Co. Ice Box artisan case - $120
• MAK WongBox+ artisan case - $120

RAMA Artisans
Buy the remaining 103 RAMA artisans for $5400 ($800 off!) and I'll throw in the 200-key stacked acrylic artisan case for free.

X	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
A			$200 Monochrome Starry Night X	$200 Monochrome Starry Night O			$60 Minimal 2 X Black		$50 Bleached X	$50 Bleached O		$40 Classic Red O				$40 80082 Pink	$40 80082 Blue	$40 80082 Blue	$70 Vaporwave X
B	$50 Deep Navy X	$100 Dolch Black on Red	$100 Dolch Cyan on Gray	$40 MODO2 Red	$40 MODO2 Gray	$40 MODOL Red	$40 MODOL Cyan	$40 MODOL Gray	$100 Dots White Dot	$100 Dots Gold				$50 Metaverse R2 Red on Silver	$150 Jamon Bacon	$150 Jamon Eggs			$100 Peaches n Cream Peach	$100 Peaches n Cream Leaf
C			$40 Red Devils Horangi		$40 Sumi Kanji		$80 Kuro Shiro R1 Black				$60 Masterpiece Knife Gold		$80 Bento O Salmon	$80 Bento O Gold	$60 Bento R2 O Gold		$50 Bento R2 Kanji Gold	$50 Honor Kabuto Gold	$50 Honor Katana Silver	$50 Demon Sword Gold
D	$150 Mizu Navy GID	$150 Mizu White				$40 Red Dragon Gold Fire 1u		$80 Botanical White	$80 Hiragana White	$80 Hiragana Grey							$70 RAMA Wave Seq2 Gold Matte	$70 RAMA Wave Seq2 Moon Matte	$70 RAMA Wave Seq2 Gold	$70 RAMA Wave Seq2 Moon
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F	$40 Tuzi Bunny	$40 Tuzi Bunny			$40 ThinkCaps Row 1	$40 Apollo	$40 Dolch R5				$40 Pink on Navy			$50 Camping R2	$40 Sloth		$40 Beta	$40 Serika 2
G	$150 Typehype TH 88		$80 Sydney Meetup 2019	$40 RAMA Shrimp on the Barbie	$40 Zambumon		$50 NovelKeys Wave		$40 Fuyu		$40 Peach Blossom	$40 Oni 1u	$40 Amalfi					$50 Bread Gold		$50 B Silver
H					$30 9009 R3 Green Swirl			$30 Redacted Swirl	$30 Redacted Swirl	$30 MODO2 Swirl	$30 MODO2 Swirl	$60 Nautilus Nightmares Enter								$70 Ivory Rose Gold
I	$40 KAT Cyberspace X GID	$40 KAT Cyberspace O GID	$50 KAT Milkshake Silver	$40 KAT Mizu Navy GID	$40 KAT Mizu White	$40 KAT Mizu Red	$40 KAT Explosion Red	$40 KAT Explosion Gold	$40 KAT Atlantis	$40 KAT Lucky Jade	$40 KAT Oasis					$60 Oni Enter
J	$40 SA Mizu Navy	$40 SA Mizu White	$40 SA Dualshot	$40 SA Dualshot																$80 RAMA Knob Kuro

Thanks for looking!

So I'm in Bye Bye Birdie for the first time. There are SO many references that I feel like I had to do research to figure out. I can't believe how much I miss of the references and context. The only place I found these compiled was this text-based personal website last dated 16 years ago, and even then it's only a few (though really key ones!) and some of them don't show up in my 2024 copy - I wonder if they were pared down. Regardless, figured I'd make a context and reference list based on the copy I have!
I can't fit it all in one post, I exceed the text limit, so we'll start with Act 1 with general context stuff and the second post will be Act 2 only :)

Context

How Dated Was the Musical When Released?
Bye Bye Birdie is famously a direct reference to Elvis Presley getting drafted in 1957 and the stir it caused. But note the musical was written and published in 1958, and went on Broadway in 1960. It's like if a musical went on Broadway this year (2024) about a blonde-haired pop star named Tay-lee Quick (instead of Taylor Swift) who performed a world tour, but didn't initially book any dates in Canada, causing a massive outcry, leading to several Canadian officials and the president "Justice Troodoo" to beg her to stop there and... something else silly happens involving her, then she gets punched by a jealous girlfriend, and silliness ensues.
That is how on-the-nose this musical really is. There are many references to what would have been VERY modern events in this musical. For that reason, I'll try to give some equivalences of how the references in the musical would sound if it was written today.
Elvis' Perception in America
This extensive Wikipedia article does a great job of saying in many words that Elvis was insanely influential and deeply controversial. 1956 was a major year of stardom for Elvis -
Phone Calls
Phones are obviously a huge part of this musical! Wanted to combine all the phone references here.
Kim's Phone Number: Kim's number is, according to Rosie in Act 1, Scene 1, "Capitol 7 - 8820". In the 50s, the previous system which used 6-digit phone numbers started to be replaced by one that used an "exchange prefix" and 5 digits after. (Source) (Source) At the time, phone numbers that didn't connect to anyone were given out for shows like I Love Lucy, so that may be what happened here as well, though I don't know.
One Phone Line to Share: Kim's mother asks her to get off the phone early in the play so she can take a phone call. For a long time before cell phones, each home had a "home number" and you couldn't use it at the same time. This is why Kim's mother is asking her to finish up her call so she can call someone and eventually get a phone call as well.
Picking Kim's Number: Rosie uses a rolodex she randomly flips through to pick Kim - which would have been very standard in the 1950s.
The Operator Trying to Get Through: Calls were pushed through using real people, usually women, plugging lines into a "switchboard" to connect them manually. So when Kim's mom says the operator has been trying to get through for nearly three quarters of an hour, she's been trying to not get a busy signal when manually connecting the lines for 45 minutes! That's dedication!
Mr. MacAfee Frustrated with Long Distance Calls: Cost of international calls at this time was per-minute - so calls to New York, Chicago, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Hong Kong would have cost a pretty penny - over $100 for the first 3 minutes in a similar estimation! It sounds like Conrad and Albert didn't really offer to cover this cost, so you can see why Mr. MacAfee is so cross.
Getting Pinned/Going Steady
"Going steady" referred to, in short, being exclusive with someone. "As Time reported in 1957, "Boys and girls who go steady dance together exclusively (cutting in is frowned upon), sip their sodas, absorb their double features and spin their platters in each other's company or not at all. Steady-going girls indicate their unavailability in various ways, [like] the old-fashioned fraternity pins." (Source) It's mentioned in other sources that this could also be school pins, or rings. Something to show your commitment. One of the heads of my production described it like a "promise ring". It's definitely a firmer promise and commitment then just going out with someone, but not quite an engagement.
However, why, if this is such a sweet gesture of romantic love and commitment, would everyone be freaking out about it, and Kim's parents potentially not reacting well to "getting pinned" or "going steady"? (Kim has a line where she exclaims to her mother that she thinks her dad took the announcement "awfully well"). Truth be told, going steady in high school was actually highly discouraged by adults and especially church at the time. This article/Reddit thread sheds some light. I'll copy the first comment here by u/Gfrisse1. "It was felt that going steady would encourage the relationship to develop into one of physical intimacy, something parents wished to avoid. On the other hand, dating a wider, more diverse number of individuals would give them the experience of being exposed to a greater number of character and personality types, thereby helping to hone their mate-selection skills for later on. In the meantime, the short-term relationships were not expected to get much beyond the first- or second-date stage of intimacy. (One-night-stands, or casual hook-ups were not as common-place as they are today.)"
Cigarettes/Age
There are many references to smoking, cigarettes, and how old you should be in this play. It's complicated, but just know that in the 1950s, EVERYONE smoked. Everywhere. In the early 1950s, though, the first studies were coming out with the link to lung cancer, and tobacco companies used every trick in the book to try to squash that. It's genuinely fascinating (and terrifying) how much money and strategy was poured into this misinformation campaign. Read about it here. Anyway, what this means is in the late 1950s, it's not like most were giving up smoking, but because tobacco companies had started more explicitly advertising to minors, several states were in debate about the smoking age. It varied from 21 to 16, but just know that Kim was not considered old enough to be doing it. (Source.)) However, MANY minors did. Think of it like underaged drinking today as the best analogy. There's some specific cigarette references that will pop up in specific scenes, but just know that's the standard.
Patriotism
Fresh(ish) off of the victory of World War II, which was filled with MASSIVE pushes for increased American patriotism (to the degree that Disney even got in on it!), love for the USA was very culturally acceptable and a way to show you were a good person! It was easy to rally around (especially if you ignored the growing civil rights movement of Black people trying to achieve equality, which many white people at the time were very happy to do until they could no longer ignore it - obviously, not touched on in this musical, but significant. Several racist references have been either removed or are requested to be removed by current versions.) But that's why we hear so many classic American anthems in this play!

References by Order of Appearance (Act 1)

Almaelou Music Corporation

This is the end of Almaelou Music Corporation!

Almaelou may very well be a parody of Aldon Music, which would fit due to its major success being in the late 50s, and it's influence in music written for teen girls at the time.
Arpege

Rosie: A five-dollar raise in 1954 and a bottle of Arpege last Christmas.

Arpege is a perfume that was released in 1927 and remained the best-selling perfume of well-loved fashion line Levine for decades. (Source) Albert is quoting a commercial tagline tied to the perfume that was very well-known at the time. It continued to be used in commercials for many years. (Commercial example). It was possible to see 1/2 oz bottles at the time (Source), but Albert gave her a laughably small amount at 1/16 of an ounce. You can still buy this perfume today!
A five-dollar raise in 1954. Secretaries in metropolitan areas could earn around $75 a week. (Source) A five-dollar raise bringing that to $80 a week would, ironically, be about a 1/16 increase in earnings. Also, Rosie is pointing out in an earlier line she has put in 90 hour weeks and hasn't gotten a raise in four years.
Modern example:

Rosie: My last raise was four years ago and you got me that jewelry from Kay Jewelers once
Albert: "Every Kiss Begins with Kay", Rosie. Rosie: Not when that "Kay" is a .25 karat discontinued friendship ring!

Music Business Bum Vs. English Teacher
This is related to the prestige of being an English teacher who is helping people learn a scholarly subject vs. the "seedy" music industry.
Ugga Bugga Boo

"When you wrote Conrad's last hit 'Ugga Bugga Boo' then I knew this was it/You were thru with English forever."

Ugga Bugga Boo is a real song released 1947. It's a comedy song, written by voice acting legend and radio host Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and many others) for his comedy radio show. I do wonder if Elvis had a song in this vein, as the Jetsons did a similar parody with an Elvis expy a few years later, but I couldn't find one.
Geoffrey ChauceWilliam Morris

"It was goodbye, Geoffrey ChauceHello, William Morris"

Geoffrey Chaucer is considered one of the greatest English writers, specifically poets, of all time. Born in the 1400s.
As for William Morris, this could be two references, possibly combining.
William Morris Agency was an incredibly famous music talent agency that would have likely been known by some audience members in the 1950s. They've represented tons of major talent. This is what I believe is the most likely reference given the song context.
However William Morris was a man also considered a legendary poet during his life, born in the 1830s. However, he also made wallpapers and textiles. After his passing, he became infinitely more famous in the public eye for his wallpaper designs than he did for his poetry. This is could be a dig at that Alfred could be great in the English world, but like Morris, his legacy will be for something "silly" instead. (Important to note that his works, both art and poetry, had great impact - and this may just be a coincidence reference, I don't know)
Bliss! Kiss! That rhymes! I wonder if anyone's ever used it before?
Many people had and have, this is a joke of him being unaware of current trends. Dean Martin had a #1 song in 1955 with this very rhyme for instance that audiences may have remembered at the time.
Dentifrice

Albert: Oh one last kiss; it gives so much bliss... what is your dentifrice! No, that's too clinical...

Basically, toothpaste. Which is, kind of, related to kissing? It could actually be a paste or powder for cleaning the teeth, though in the 50s it wouldn't have been the default way to refer to what you used it seems from my research, like in this commercial. May be a way to show off that Albert really does have an excellent English teacher level vocabulary!
A modern example may be "do you use fluoride? No, that's too clinical..."
"What's the story? Morning glory?"
This is most likely a reference to the song "What's Your Story, Morning Glory?" by jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald released in 1958, another topical reference. It's very possible Helen, the teen who says this line, would be aware of the song because Ella Fitzgerald in 1956 had released her "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book" album, her attempt to pull in a non-jazz audience. (Source on Ella's Discography)
"What's the tale, nightingale" is most likely an original line to match the "Morning glory" one, same with the hummingbird line.
"Go to a fancy night club and stay out after ten!"
A nightclub was different from what we think of today. Think tables and chairs, late night musical performances (not the NSFW kind), and in some of the most famous like the Copacabana night club, rubbing elbows with the rich and famous. And drinking, of course! Source on Nightclub Definition
18 in World War II

Mr. MacAfee: I am not an old man! I was 18 in World War II.

This is one that may get a bit better with time. WWII ended in 1945, but the play is in 1958 at the earliest. It's better to demonstrate with a modern example written for 2024. "I am not an old man! I was 18 when Facebook first launched." Not quite the same impact as WWII, but the timeline is similar. Essentially this is not a flex and just shows he definitely is old to a teenager.
No Smoking 'Till You're 14

Albert: Remember the Conrad Birdie Creed dear. No smoking till you're fourteen.

As mentioned in my blurb above, 14 was too young to smoke. A modern version may say "No drinking 'till you're 16" or something. Similar to the line "and stay out of the bar!" later on.
"Go down to Track 12"

Albert: Why don't you girls go down to Track 12 and I'll talk to her.

This is one of the many train tracks that must have run through this station. This station is located in New York, so it would make sense for there to be at least 12.
Wear your rubbers

"Keep your money in your inside pocket. Wear your rubbers. And eat a hot lunch..."

While "rubber" as slang for a condom definitely did exist in the 1950s, I believe it's far more likely Mae is referring to overshoes due to the context, though to be fair, I can't find a source to this being "official slang" besides casual mention in posts like these. Something tells me Mae is not randomly mentioning condoms lol.
A Plain G.I.

Albert: Proud to be a plain G.I.!

Mentioning this because it's faded away from current use and surged in usage most recently at WWII, this is just referring to being a soldier. (Source) Hence, G.I. Joe, if you're old enough to remember that.
Appealing for the Draft

Albert: And that's why he volunteered for...

Men were drafted to join the US armed forces until 1973. (Source)
Jerries

Albert: "Say Mr. Peterson," he cried eagerly, "Do you suppose I can get assigned to the front-line trenches? That way I'll be sure to get one of those dirty jerries..."

"Jerries" is slang for German soldiers and was most popular during WWII. The joke here is that WWII is over at this point - the enemies Conrad would be facing at this time would be the Vietnamese, not the Germans. When Rosie tries to correct him, he just says "whoever's dirty this time!".
2024 equivalent: "Conrad said 'Is there any way I could be placed on Seal Team 6? That way I'll be sure to get that Osama Bin Laden for sure!'" "Albert!" "...Or whoever the terrorist is this time!"
Rosie + Albert's "Origin Stories" for Conrad
Just a few references from Rosie's and Albert's stories in "Healthy Normal American Boy" that may be interesting.
Old Virginie - This may be known as a historical fact for people in Virginia, but Carry Me Back to Old Virginny was popular enough in the state of Virginia that it was the state song starting in 1940. In 1940, the version that became the state song had "Virginia" instead of "Virginny", but people watching the musical would definitely be familiar with the original version as this play was only 20 years later.
Indo-China - An eastern territory that got independence from France claim in 1954, and comprised Cambodia, Laos, and parts of Vietnam. Audiences would have been very aware of what Indochina was - according to Wikipedia, "The events of [Indochina getting independence in 1954 through the Geneva Convention and the political tensions of that between S/N Vietnam and other countries] marked the beginnings of serious United States involvement in Vietnam and the ensuing Vietnam War." (Source) Remember, that's the current war during the events of the play!
Dirty Hong Kong moon - We had a complicated relationship with Hong Kong in the 1950s-60s. Read more here. Though I'm not sure if this is meant to be a mis-insult like when Albert said "dirty Jerries".
A wire to New York

Another Reporter: I'll make sure we've got a wire to New York.

This is almost certainly setting up a telegraph communication to New York, which was still happening (though declining in popularity) by 1960. (Source)
I mean I really feel that girl

Conrad: When I sing about a tree/I really feel that tree!/When I sing about a girl,/I really feel that girl,/I mean I really feel sincere!

This isn't necessarily specific to the 50s or 60s but I think this joke gets missed because it seems so tame today. A huge part of Elvis' appeal was his explicit sex appeal at the time (in the form of - gasp! - hip thrusts!) so he's slipping in accidentally a reference to "feeling up" a girl%20for%20sexual%20pleasure) here. Yeah, that slang started in the 1930s!
Mr. MacAfee's Speech
Just know that this is a lot of great historical references, nothing specific to 1950 - 60.
Ed Sullivan
Ed Sullivan was the nationwide sensation that lead The Ed Sullivan Show, a TV program considered one of the most iconic of all time in US television history. You have to understand just how influential and huge the Ed Sullivan Show was at this time. It's genuinely difficult to think of an equivalent in 2024 - today, people get entertainment from tons of sources on the internet, TV, etc. but in 1960 there were THREE television channels. That was it. THREE. To be fair, there were many, many more radio stations that could deliver information and entertainment, but by 1960 it was a TV nation - as the Library of Congress says, "In 1950 only 9 percent of American households had a television set, but by 1960 the figure had reached 90 percent." The Ed Sullivan Show was well watched and well loved by all of the United States. (And Albert saying that they would appear on Sunday at 8:05 was right, as that's when it aired in real life!)
One reason Ed Sullivan is specifically picked is the absolute bombshell of a privilege to be a normal family on this show beamed in practically every household in the United States. But another is Elvis' relationship with the show. When Elvis finally appeared on the show in 1956, it set a record of the most-viewed TV program ever in the US. In fact, it still holds the record TODAY of having the highest share of TV viewers in all of television history in the US. No other TV program has ever had a higher percentage of people tune in vs. other stations. (I mean, that's helped by the fact that there were only 3 choices, but still!) So yeah - this was a cultural phenomenon that was easy to reference in this show!
Margo out of Shangri-La

Mrs. Peterson: She looks like Margo when they took her out of Shangri-La.

Going to take this one right from that personal website I referenced above!

In the 1937 [movie] "Lost Horizon)" [...] a group of travelers are stuck in a utopia called Shangri-La, somewhere in the Himalayas. One of the residents of Shangri-La is Maria, played by Margo), a Mexican dancer and actress. When the travelers finally escape, Maria insists on going with them. But outside the realm of Shangri-La, her youthful beauty can no longer be maintained and she reverts to her true age, causing her to die and her appearance to transform to the hideously withered, wrinkled features of someone who has lived way beyond a normal life span.

You can watch the movie free with ads here, if you're curious! Also, according to the synopsis, Maria never actually escapes Shangri-La. She just dies and "reverts to her true age". AKA looks very very very decrepit. I'm guessing this is more of an easy thing to misremember and better shorthand, though. See the face at 2 hr 3 minutes in abouts!
Suwannee River

Gloria: Mae, can you hum Suwannee River?

While this is a nice convenient copyright-free tune, it would definitely have been publicly known at the time. It had been sung at least partially by Bing Crosby, on the Honeymooners, etc. in recent years before the musical premiered. Unsure if this is what they were going for, but the original lyrics are racist - no wonder it was Mae's "favorite selection".
Ruby Keeler

(Stage direction) Gloria tap dances as Mrs. Peterson hums gaily. Sort of Ruby Keeler-ish steps with a lot of feet-slapping.

Ruby was a well known actress and dancer in the 1920s-30s (and then later after a break). Here's some footage of her dancing! Interestingly, in her early career she was cast in a musical called Bye, Bye, Bonnie. In a newspaper article review, it seems the plot wasn't very similar to Bye Bye Birdie, though it did involve someone going to jail. (Source)
The Touch System

Mrs. Peterson: I'll find you a typewriter (Exits) Albert: [TO GLORIA] Do you use the touch system? Gloria: Whenever possible.

Albert is just referring to the touch system of typing - basically, not looking at the keyboard while you type. Still relevant today, though not with typewriters, which were standard until the 1980s, so that fits here. Of course, Gloria is of course referring to, uh, something a bit more sensual. (Read: She wants to touch him and not like a friend.)
Kodak Ad

Sullivan: So remember: your surest way to the best in color slides is to insist on the new Kodak! And now, the young man you've all been waiting to see.

Just like media today, the Ed Sullivan Show certainly included ads. This included ad deals where Ed himself would promote a product, kind of like YouTubers do with "This video is sponsored by...". And, as you can guess, one of those products was Kodak cameras and camera related products. Kodak was still a huge brand at the time (there were not cell phone cameras as competition, so it was way more likely your home owned a camera or two), Kodak absolutely was sponsoring the Ed Sullivan show and had been for a few years (Source). Here's an example from the time period. What you may miss about this ad in the musical is that it's not actually advertising a camera! Cameras at the time required physical film be loaded into them, and wouldn't you know it, Kodak released a new high-speed color film in 1959! (I think this may be a coincidence, as Kodak had been selling color film for quite a bit before this) Yet another reference that's right on the nose of the current times (of the time)!
Wear it in good health

Albert: Who let that kid in here? Rosie: I did Albert. Albert: Rosie! Rosie: It's a sort of farewell present to you and Miss Rasputin. Wear it in good health.

Not invented in the 50s by any means, but this phrase really isn't used as much today I think. There's not really a deeper meaning here besides sarcasm that I can find - it's just wishing someone well. Obviously, the sarcasm is dripping here lol.
Dinah Shore

STAGE DIRECTION: ...as Mr. MacAfee throws a tremendous Dinah Shore kiss to the audience.

Dinah Shore was an actress and entertainer that had been popular for years at that point. Super interesting career if you want to give it a read. This is referencing her famous "Dinah Shore kiss" that she would give at the end of her show broadcasts and was a huge part of her brand. Here's an example!
Stay tuned for Part 2! :)

Hi! So it's a flash game where you control two different characters, they are bunnies and they are brother and sister. They got separated and are no longer in the same place so we have to take turns to try to reunite them. We play the rabbit sister and the rabbit brother. The game is in black and white and has a rather gloomy and scary atmosphere. I remember the bunny sister trying to escape from a haunted or abandoned house and the brother was outside, both trying to solve puzzles. In the end they were finally together. This game is played on a keyboard on a online gaming website and the graphics are in 2D. This game was also with Fireboy and watergirl, penguin dinner or Bomb it.

It’s hard on PS to type unless you have a wireless keyboard. I’m hoping that blank reports are taken into account for players purposefully feeding. I just had the Easter Bunny saying Ok Good Game and hopping into opponents in each lane endlessly. Reported more than once.
Can we get an in game block player function to try and whittle down these people?

The Days in Our Millennia
Stories of the Scions
Relax, we got this. (We don’t got this!)
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Hale stared in shock and wonder as she was pulled along the very being of the multiverse by a large red, wingless dragon that was bound to the Lesser-Scion of Heroism. She looked over to see her newest companion, Sammy screaming with joy and raising his hands high. Hale had just been made the Lesser-Scion of Responsibility, Sammy was the Lesser-Scion of Change and they were being taken to another reality to be shown how to properly manage their balance or aspect. Hale was still unsure if she had a balance or if she would be managing her aspect on her own. Still, the multiverse’s beauty was something no mortal words could express, so she watched silently until Anna began to laugh.
“What, are we close?” Hale asked. “Or have you lost your mind to the beauty of this?”
Anna turned to look at Hale, “I love the multiverse, but we are getting close. I was laughing at a joke my dad told me.”
Hale looked around in confusion.
“We’re both telepaths by our nature, so we don’t need to see each other to talk and being a Scion and Lesser-Scion we can do that across realities now.” Anna explained, then looked off and smiled. “Ok, tuck and roll and remember if a guy in red and blue or black catches you, they’re helping.”
Sammy shouted for joy.
Hale paused but before she could clarify Anna’s statements she found herself falling into the open air. Sammy was floating, in fact slowly hovering as Hale herself plummeted. It occurred to her she should have the ability to fly, but there was a rather real panic in her heart as pain was still also very real for her. Then something caught her and jerked her upwards. She looked around to see she had indeed been caught by a man in a red and blue costume, the mask of which had very large, white eyes.
“Man, if I didn’t know any better I’d swear New York’s gotten crazier.” The man chuckled and somehow Hale heard him over the whistling wind.
A few moments later she was being placed on a very tall building and Sammy and Anna were waiting, playing a card game on a table. Hale had to briefly stop and stare at the world around her. So many buildings stood tall and nearly pierced the heavens. Her mind raced as she smiled and clapped with joy.
“Hey Spidey!” Anna waved happily to the costumed man.
“Friend of yours?” The man nodded to Hale.
“This is Hale and Sammy. Two new Lesser-Scions. Guys, this is Spider-Man, one of two in New York.” Anna smiled and put down her cards with a smile, “Royal Flush.”
“How?” Sammy blinked. “I swore...”
“Look if you’re gonna play me, you gotta remember I can have an extra set of eyes anytime I want.”
Hong Long coiled around Sammy’s shoulder and growled.
“And we don’t like being cheated.” Anna crossed her arms.
“Won’t happen again.” Sammy nodded as Hong Long detached from Anna and flew over to Spider-Man and gave a happy set of barks and rumbles.
“Nice to see you to HL.” Spider-Man nodded and took a quick tumble down some stairs, only to be caught by Hale.
“Are you all right Mr. Man?” Hale asked.
Spider-Man nodded then did a double take, “It’s not a name. Code-name. Hero name even.”
Hale blinked in confusion.
“Just call me Spidey.” Spider-Man said as he was toppled backwards by a chair that scooped him up. “I must be bushed, I can usually dodge that stuff even without my Spidey-Sense.”
Anna sighed, “M.J. Home?”
“Visiting a friend in Jersey for the day.” Spider-Man said. He never got to ask why as they were in his apartment the next moment.
“Over working yourself as always.” Anna sighed, “So newbies, here’s the mission. We need to give Spider-Man the day off-”
“I’m fine, really.” Spider-Man laughed.
Hale looked at him and frowned, “You mustn't neglect yourself in pursuit of your duties or those will fail in the long run.” She turned to speak with Anna, “What does he do that we must assist with?”
“He’s a vigilante, could be off saving the world, but he protects his home.” Anna smiled, “If his wife were here he’d be getting yelled at like crazy.”
“So we are to find someone to take his place?” Hale asked with an understanding nod.
“And not the other Spider-Man. He’s got his own worries right about now.” Anna smiled, then glared at the Spider-Man currently sitting on his couch.
“Look, I appreciate it, but I’ve been doing this for years.” Spider-Man sighed.
"Fighting tired is only noble in necessity, as it will lead to your death if your opponent is well rested. A dead hero saves no one, though their image looks nice on tapestry." Hale let a soft glare settle on the hero. “Let us help, it is our purpose.”
“What’s that saying you have?” Anna asked with a smile, “With great power comes great responsibility. That means to yourself as well.”
Spider-Man sighed, “I’m not going to win this am I?”
Anna shook her head. “So here’s the assignment. You each are going to find another hero to convince to volunteer to help. You can be as blatant or as subtle as you want as this world has seen stuff weirder than us.”
“Slime tower that possessed New York.” Spider-Man said. “Consumption was it?”
“He’s the new Scion of Evil. He prefers Corruption though.” Anna sighed, “Annoyingly I don’t hate him.”
“It’s foolish to hate a concept as broad as evil. Hate those that listen to him if you must.” Hale said sternly, “Otherwise he is ostensibly an ally.”
Anna puffed her cheeks out and nodded, “Doesn’t mean I have to like it.”
“So, how will we know who’s a hero?” Sammy asked.
Anna smiled, then shouted. “DM!”
A portal opened and a man wearing camouflage and a pair of sunglasses stepped out. He had a briefcase in one hand and a phone in the other.
“Greetings mortal and Lesser-Scions. The Digitalman is here to answer the question of ‘How do I blank?’” He then sat the briefcase on a nearby table and opened it up, inside two small rectangular blocks with two smaller jiggling blobs in containers.
“What is that?” Sammy laughed in amazement.
“Phone mimics, com mimics. Mimics I’ve bred and manipulated to host all sorts of communications technology.” DM explained, then gestured to Anna.
“Mr. Chompy say hi to your family!” Anna held out her phone that shifted and squealed with delight.
DM took out a small hammer and broked the first glass case open. The creature immediately attacked and devoured the small block, then turned into it. DM picked it up and tossed it to Sammy, then repeated the process and tossed it to Hale. Sammy was immediately cuddling it, Hale was just concerned.
“They’re not as dangerous as some other super-intelligent beings like to claim.” DM smiled, “But now you have a phone plan here, access to the internet and all of its information.”
Sammy raised his hand.
“Yes...” DM smiled.
“What’s the internet?” Sammy asked.
“I too would like to know.” Hale smiled as she pushed buttons on her new gift.
DM paused, he did not unpause for some time. Then another portal opened and Perfection walked out, tossed DM into the portal and placed a new DM where the old one had stood. Then DM took off his glasses, revealing another pair underneath, and sighed before putting the older pair back on.
“What the hell?” Sammy blinked.
“What madness was that?” Hale nearly shouted.
“Perfection and DM play with reality like...” Anna thought for a moment, “Kinda like a kid with modeling clay.”
Hale nodded.
“So...” DM sighed, “Spidey, can I borrow that white board?” DM pointed to one with a few drawings on it.
“Please don’t blow it up.” Spider-Man sighed.
DM smiled, “White boards don’t get better with explosions, silly.” DM then set about explaining the internet.
(S)(C)(I)(O)(N)(S)
In the Verge of Order, its master was carving out a spot for his newest Lesser-Scion. He was having an easy time with it as it was just carving a small spot of an infinity that Hale could call her own and modify to her liking in her own little piece of infinity.
“You think she’ll like it?” Astral looked back to see his wife, Ukiko, separating their arguing children.
“It’s her’s to make as she wishes, who wouldn’t.” Ukiko snorted. “And you need to spend some more time with us. Your children want to grow up.”
Astral sighed and nodded, “I know. It’s just very hard to see them grow up everytime.”
The sound of a breaking vase filled the verge, Ukiko spun and groaned. “Takeru Lucas Freight!”
“Wasn’t me.” The child pointed to his sister who was making and dropping vases.
“Oh no.” Astral sighed.
“How is she doing that?” Ukiko blinked.
“She’s a Lesser-Scion.” Astral sighed, “Good news is she’s been around us long enough to know how things work.”
“I wanna break things!” Ren shouted, “This is fun.”
“P!” Astral shouted.
Perfection appeared. “Yeah I picked that up.”
“What is she?” Astral sighed.
“You’d think she was Destruction, but I think she’s Disaster.” Perfection nodded as a dust storm kicked up shortly thereafter. “Just can’t figure out why.”
Astral sighed, “Just promise me you won’t let her get caught off guard by the fucking Org.”
Perfection nodded in understanding, “I will guard her as if she was one of my own.”
Astral sighed as he watched his daughter ride a small dust devil. “My life is a Saturday morning cartoon.”
Perfection grinned. “Could be worse, could be a Farscape life.”
Astral shuddered. “Thanks for that.”
Perfection smiled as he watched Ren ride the dust cloud.
(S)(C)(I)(O)(N)(S)
An hour had passed before DM finally gave up and left in a huff. It took Anna another hour and the help of Spider-Man to explain the internet to the two displaced Lesser-Scions.
“So it is a library in one’s hands.” Hale nodded.
“I can get all the plans for Power Armor on this!?” Sammy cackled, “I’m calling you Freddie, little guy.”
“Do they need names?” Hale asked. “I noticed you named yours as well.”
“They are alive, and pretty smart.” Anna smiled.
Spider-Man was busy using Mr. Chompy. “Kinda cute in an eldritchy, eat your fingers sort of way.”
“Very well, it seems we are just at noon.” Hale checked her phone.
“You can read those squiggles?” Sammy leaned to look at her screen.
“Yes.” Hale nodded, “It's in my language.”
“Ok.” Anna stood up. “Time to embrace another fun aspect.”
Hale and Sammy looked at her.
“Switch phones for a moment.” Anna smiled.
They did so and both blinked in confusion as they could still read the screens.
“Is this a trait of the phones?” Hale asked.
“I don’t think so.” Sammy smiled, “We can read anything?”
“And understand any spoken language.” Anna said, “And in turn be understood and write in any language. “Most human languages will be easy for you. Other species take a brief moment because we started as humans.”
Hale and Sammy switched their phones back and nodded.
“I shall call you Bodley.” Hale smiled, then looked at Anna. “How do I use Bodley?”
“Well, you can use the touchpad to type into the apps...” Anna started and watched both of the Lesser-Scions’ faces glaze over. “Or you can ask it to find things for you.”
“I see.” Sammy blinked. “Freddie, I need information on other people like Spider-Man.” Sammy then laughed, “Neat. I’ll go talk to that one.” He then walked into a portal that opened at his will.
“That is also something I need to learn.” Hale nodded.
“Focus on where you want to go. Vocalizing it may help to start with.” Anna nodded.
“Fair. Bodley, I need to know the heroes of this world and which ones get along with Spider-Man.” Hale said. Her phone gurgled and she smiled when she saw the results. “These are promising leads. I shall speak with this Logan first.” She then saw reality part in front of her and a den of vice and alcohol opened up beyond it. She nodded and stepped through.
“So what are you doing?” Spider-Man asked.
“Making sure you take the day off.” Anna glared at Spider-Man. “Now sit down Parker, or I call M.J.”
Spider-Man sighed, “I’m gonna just take a long bath then.”
“Have fun, I’ll let you know when I need your opinion on who brought the better choice.” Anna laughed. “I’ll be on the roof!”
(S)(C)(I)(O)(N)(S)
Hale stepped into the bar and shivered slightly. She looked at the image Bodley was showing and scanned the room. The entire place seemed to ignore her, except for one man with oddly pointed hair. He seemed to stare right through her, then waved her over to his table. Hale blinked and moved to sit down.
“So, is this an Anna problem or a Spidey problem?” The man asked.
“How?” Hale asked.
“Scent. I got enhanced senses. Anna smells like peppermint run through a cologne factory. Spidey smells like copper and pain. And that crappy detergent he uses. Name’s Logan, I expect you knew that though.” Logan nodded.
Hale looked the man over as she slid Bodley into the pockets of her new outfit, an action she found herself surprisingly adept at given how new they were. She saw an old warrior before her, his description of pain as a scent was something she knew well from her mortal life. It concerned her for the moment, but she would wait to see if her suspicions were right.
“Spider-Man is overextending himself, I have been tasked to find a replacement for the day.” Hale explained.
Logan laughed, “She’s one of them thingies now, you one too?”
Hale nodded, “Lesser-Scion of Responsibility, yes.”
Logan took a sip from the bottle he had. Hale made a mental note to look into the design as it was clearly well designed.
“Not exactly the kinda guy you want to ask that of. Spidey’s all about taking down criminals non-lethally.” Logan nodded, “Kind not my big thing.” He clenched his fist and three metal claws slid out from his hand.
Hale tried not to stare, but she saw him wince in pain. “You need not prove yourself, I can feel the old wounds in you.”
Logan nodded, “Want someone to ask, talk to Cap. Captain America, likely not available, but he’d get it and probably be happy to. Word of warning though, he is another old soldier.”
Hale nodded and pulled Bodley out of her pocket again. “Thank you, Logan, for your time.”
“No problem, just uh, make your exit outside.” Logan nodded to the door.
“Of course, I will need to be more discreet in the future.” Hale nodded and left, she looked over her shoulder to see the man rubbing his hand, then she left and stepped into another portal.
She stepped out, much to her shock in the middle of a fight. A large red man was swinging his fist down on a smaller man with only a shield for a defense. Hale was about to act when another form came crashing into view, it was green and large and it sent the red man sailing into the distance.
“HULK IS STRONGEST ONE THERE IS!” The green man shouted.
“Hulk.” The man with the shield caught his breath, “Thank you.”
“Hulk smash!” Hulk ignored the man and leaped off to chase his quarry.
Then the man with the shield noticed Hale.
“Ma’am, it's not safe here.” He said.
“I am safe.” Hale smiled, “I am helping Anna and Spider-Man.”
The man paused and spoke into his wrist, then walked over and offered his hand. “Captain Steve Rogers.”
“Captain, I am looking for Captain America.” Hale smiled. “Do you know him.”
Steve laughed, “That’s my code-name.”
“Ah.” Hale nodded, “Code-names are still new to me. Logan suggested I find you in regards to this.”
Captain America’s body language changed immediately. “Is Spider-Man okay?”
Hale nodded, “Overworking himself, but otherwise fine. I and another have been assigned to help find replacements for the day. Although I have noticed your own issue.”
Captain America sighed as the red man landed a few hundred feet away. “Red Hulk is a pain.”
Hulk then landed directly on the Red Hulk.
“Can’t believe that he used to be a career officer.” Captain America shook his head.
“If it helps and you’d be willing to help Spider-Man in return I can put a quick end to this.” Hale smiled.
“How?” Captain America asked, “Are you one of them?”
Hale nodded, “Lesser-Scion of Responsibility.”
Captain America laughed, “There’s irony in this involving Spider-Man, but yes I would love to help Spidey.”
Hale stepped forward and began a chant as silver dust flowed about her.
“You are going to need to calm our Hulk though.” Captain America said.
In a flash of words, dust and sigils, Red Hulk was bound by silver light and gagged by a pure white cloth. He dubbed over as the green Hulk focused on Hale.
“You take Hulk’s fight!” Hulk roared.
Hale raised her hands. “I only wished to help and to spare people from danger.”
Hulk marched up to her and looked down at her before roaring at her and stomping off.
“Wow.” Captain America blinked, “He doesn’t usually just stop.”
Hale smiled nervously, the Hulk radiated power and strength and she wasn’t sure if her powers would have actually stopped all the pain. “He is impressive.”
Captain America again spoke into his wrist, then nodded at Hale. “I’m good to go. The rest of the team has the cleanup.”
Hale nodded and gestured, after a brief moment a portal opened and Captain America stepped through followed by Hale.
“You’re late.” Sammy said as he was at a table with Anna and a man in an almost completely red costume.
“Hiya!” The man said cheerfully, the black spots on his mask looked like large bruises. “You’re lucky I’m allowed to interact here, otherwise the other guy in red would be strangling me like Homer does to Bart!”
“Deadpool.” Anna sighed, “You are literally tempting him.”
“I know.” Deadpool’s voice was a smile in and of itself. “He’s my senpai.”
“Cap, care to join us?” Anna asked.
“I’m here to help Spider-Man.” Captain America said, “Where is he?”
“Taking a long deserved bath.” Anna nodded. “When this one isn’t trying to sneak in to join him.” She grumbled.
“He’s my bestie!” Deadpool argued.
Anna just glared at him. “Sammy, you got the spirit. Please check who you’re going to next time, because while he is ostensibly a hero, Deadpool is also the most chaotic individual in this reality!”
“To be fair, that is a change from Spider-Man, is it not?” Hale asked, “Would it not make sense for Sammy to bring such a person?”
“Lesser-Scion of Change.” Sammy nodded and collapsed his hand and tossed it on the table, “Also he’s cheating. Again.”
“Goddamnit Deadpool.” Anna huffed. “Thank you Sammy.”
“She can’t read my mind.” Deadpool snickered. “Well she can but it’s not safe to be in.”
Hale blinked, “Is he okay?”
Captain America sighed and shook his head. “He’s insane.”
“Sadly I don’t have the boxes to talk with me this time but there is this guy at a keyboard and fox-boy-” Deadpool laughed
It was at that moment another portal opened and Perfection appeared behind Deadpool with two large cymbals, then crashed them together on Deadpool’s head. The man in red fell unconscious and Perfection dragged him off.
“Sammy, we’ll talk about this later!” Perfection shouted as he vanished.
“Should I be worried?” Captain America asked.
“No, he’s putting him back in his bed and making this a dream for him.” Anna sighed, “Small miracles.”
“Heya Cap.” Spider-Man waved as he came onto the roof in a pink robe and bunny slippers, his mask still on. “I take it you’re my replacement for the day.”
“I am, and please remember not to overexert yourself. A good soldier gets his rest, and New York needs her friendly neighborhood SPider-Man at his best.” Captain America nodded.
“I’m getting that a lot today.” Spider-Man sighed. “So, okay, I get it. Day off. I’ll let the other Spider-Man know you’re covering for me.”
Captain America nodded, “Now I just need my motorcycle...”
Anna smiled and snapped her fingers, “Downstairs and waiting.”
“Thank you, Anna.” Captain America nodded as he went down the fire escape.
“I have to ask something.” Hale spoke up. “Was it wise to bring either of them here? Spider-Man clearly hides his identity, wont’ this lead enemies to him?”
Anna chuckled, “Most usually know who he is. It’s hard not to notice him coming out of a window, or to link his own pictures of himself back to him. But most villains don’t want to target the man who can lift multiple tons or rip your arms off you like a kid ripping off a fly’s wings.”
Hale paused, “Beg your pardon?”
Anna nodded. “You met Hulk, right?”
“I met a guy who ripped me off of thirty caps.” Sammy said, “But it was p[aper cash when I gave it to him.”
Anna nodded, “Your funds will adapt. But Hulk gets stronger as he gets angrier. Spider-Man has the proportional strength of a spider.”
Hale paused. “That is terrifying.”
“Why?” Sammy asked, “How do these people get their powers?”
“Well, both Spider-Men got bit by special spiders. One was radioactive, the other was a genetics experiment.”
“Radiation doesn’t do that.” Sammy said flatly.
“It does here.” Anna said. “Cap got his via an experiment.”
“He has powers?” Hale asked, confused by the statement.
“Peak human physical condition.” Anna nodded. “And mutants, like Logan, were born with their powers. But Logan’s skeleton is metal because people experimented on him.”
Hale took a moment to sit on the chair Deadpool had been in. “That is...”
“Mega-friggin-cool.” Sammy nodded.
“He was tortured, Sammy. I doubt he sees it as cool.” Hale frowned.
Anna nodded, “So what did you learn?”
“This world and its technology are fascinating, but there’s a level of cruelty...” She paused as the fourth chair filled with a cloud of darkness.
“Yes.” Consumption nodded, “You will find cruelty everywhere. You must not let it sway you from your duty.”
“Hello.” Anna glared.
“Anna.” Consumption nodded, “They’re learning well, but seem not to grasp the lesson.”
Both Hale and Sammy looked confused.
“You both did great at the request.” Anna nodded, “But whose job is it to look out for heroes?”
Hale nodded, “I would say both of ours.”
“I’m a dumbass.” Sammy scoffed and leaned back.
“Anna, you have a genius with you.” Consumption grinned, his far too wide grin spreading back to the edge of where a human’s jaw would end.
Hale glared at him, “If that is an insult, it is poor in taste.”
Sammy snorted, “No, it’s all right, I shouldn't have been helping. “
“To be fair I should have expected Deadpool.” Anna nodded, “But you’re right Hale, we can work together.” She gave a sly smile.
“Well, we welcome you to this little family of madness.” Consumption nodded, “We have work elsewhere, we advise you to listen to the spirit and letter of what Anna is teaching. We must be united to survive what is to come, but we must maintain our aspects of individuality and control.”
“You’re oddly wise...” Anna glared at the Scion.
“I am an amalgamation of many evil beings, not all of them are psychotic.” Consumption smiled, “Farewell for now.” He vanished in a flash of darkness.
“How did he do that?” Sammy asked.
“He’s a full Scion.” Anna huffed, “They get a few more tricks. Like knowing where we are when they want to.”
Hale nodded, “Where to next?”
Anna stood up and Hong Long tore open reality. “Find me to find out!” She leaped through and the pathway sealed.
“I’m boned.” Sammy sighed.
“Sammy. We focus on her.” Hale laughed, then realized she could not sense Anna. “Oh no.”
Their phones rang and each got a picture of a city, the message was from Anna.
“Maybe focus on going there.” Sammy suggested
Hale nodded and focused on Anna and the city. Then a portal opened and she stepped through, she noticed Sammy joined her rather than make his own. They were at a small curbside restaurant and Anna had a meal waiting for both of them, meat in a bun with a cold drink for each of them.
Anna smiled, “Welcome to Metropolis, it’s not what we like to call ‘The Fifth’, but it’s a good DC Reality.”
Hale watched as a man flew through the air above them.
“That was Superman. Sit down, I’ll explain this one in more detail.” Anna smiled.
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The Scions are © /uTheSmogMonsterZX
All other characters not a part of the Scion-Verge-Verse are © Their Original Creators and are not used with intent to infringe upon their creator’s rights.
First Story
Previous Story <<<>>> [Next Story]()
SCIONS Spotify
<<< The Voice Box/Author’s Notes>>>
Perfection: She’s gonna be a crazy one, I can tell.
Smoggy: Yes. Have fun.
Wraith: In other news, we have the artwork for Cassandra Quain done. You all should see it on the next BSF.
Smoggy: It’s damn good. Some changes were made, but Twisted approved it, so I’m fine with it. And should have next chapter up in a day or two.
Perfection: Having a hard time making the buffer?
Smoggy: Someone got me hooked on a game. My brother is sneaky that way.

I had to buy my wireless keyboard via the Logitech website back on 3/13/24 since Amazon US didn't have it in stock. I received it within a week, everything was in perfect condition and it came with the 24 month long battery pack (replaceable, not rechargeable). I love how it types since it reminds me of a laptop keyboard, which is what I wanted. But the issue is that this keyboard kills batteries after 2.5 weeks with no indication that the batteries are low at all. It's like I flip the switch and they die instantaneously.
I first thought the batteries it came with were a dud and replaced them with Energizer Bunny AAA batteries here at home. Things worked fine for 2 weeks until those suddenly died. I know it wasn't the batteries this time, I have used this brand of batteries for years and they never died that quickly!
I had the keyboard set up on one USB receiver to save USB ports (I have a Logitech M510 ordered and shipped from Amazon 2 months ago, its battery life is still 100%). At first I thought I messed something up and let the K585 back on its own receiver. I replaced the 2nd set of batteries 2 weeks ago, I was using this keyboard fine a few days ago up until now: the indicator light is flashing rapidly but very dim, and Logi Options+ says the keyboard is 'Inactive'.
I unfortunately can't send this back since the 30-day return window ended 4/19, but I am very frustrated and disappointed in how this keyboard eats through my supply of batteries with no discernable reason as to why. I tried looking up this issue on Google, but there's nothing besides 1-5 Amazon reviews saying that their K585 keyboard won't last more than a month, so I'm at a loss at what to do.
EDIT 4/24/24: I am currently getting in contact with a live agent, the chatbot said my warranty expired on 2/11/24; that's incorrect since I ordered this keyboard on 3/13/24. I hope that the agent will straightened this out, and possibly get my money back. I started the process of trying to get a replacement under warranty, hopefully things will work out. The customer rep believes this is a hardware issue and worked with me to start the replacement process. I do truly love this keyboard and how it feels, there's no other keyboard out there like this one. I will update this post as things progress.
EDIT 2, 4/29/24: just received my warranty replacement K585 after my talk with a live agent last week. I believe the hardware issue he was referring to was due to the On/Off switch, as the batteries only died whenever I turned the keyboard on. I'll be conducting an experiment with the new one and leave it always on to monitor the battery usage. If things look good after 2 weeks then I'll know that the switch caused the issue.

It began as gameplay of FNAF 3 but in VR. I died a few times because of Phantoms even had to go through menus to restart the night and Phantom Toy Chica was randomly dressed in a few bunny accessories like it was an Easter event and her jumpscare changed too. She would rip off a face mask while walking/pulling herself towards you.
Then quickly the whole atmosphere changed after the fade to black from Chica's jumpscare. It stopped feeling like I was in a game to me actually being in the FNAF 3 location. Then I heard someone on the phone (who wasn't either Phone Dude or Guy) shout down the line in panic "Oh no, HE'S HERE-!!!" as the line broke up and the warning siren started going off now on one monitor a guy in a purple uniform was hung up like he was on a cross with his head in shadow and, on a second monitor was a live POV of SpringTrap coming down the vent!!! Keys on the keyboard in front of me lit up and I began to mass them which somehow caused SpringTrap to take the wrong turn.
I took that extra time to hide behind the vent next to the desk has there was an indent there now. I crouch down and hold my breath has SpringTrap got out of the vent, he walked forward a bit and began looking around infront of him. Then as he began to look backwards his eye met mine before I woke up a gasped and scared...
I should really stop listening to FNAF songs late at night.

My friend and I were playing at 3am in a gold lobby because I'm support gold and D2 at DPS.
My mate is D2 Genji main and Tank and there was a Genji on the other team that was not being pocketed and dropped our entire team solo... the elims he was getting were so incredibly fast in execution I thought maybe he was aim locking us...
Later my friend explained that a lot of Genji players use a 1 shot macro which is just them binding the following commands to execute in order when pressing a singular button to activate it....
Like you press your "B" button and it executes in game....
Left Click + Dash + Right Click + Melee + Right Click... or something like that.. and so quickly that no human can do it at that speed... as its down to 1ms in timing between the strokes.
I've heard of scripting before from CSGO/CS2 however the community treats it as cheating and severely underhanded to winning the match and decent players will even call out their own team if theyre suspicious.
In CSGO/CS2 using any form of script that enables your movement or controls your characters movement like bunny hop scripts or "perfect jump" and even the popular "Jump Throw Grenade" is highly illegal in professional play... and is bannable on Faceit and blocked by all measures of Valves inbuilt scripting which is only enabled in a SV_Cheats 1 private server of your making.
Does OW2 and the community does not consider this a cheat or under handed?
I tested this myself in OW2 training range using my mouse software and it indeed is inhumanely fast...
My attempt at recreating it in CS2/CSGO didnt work it only works in the buy menus buying guns... which I'm fairly sure they dont really care about since theres already an inbuilt "Auto Buy" F3 on your keyboard command.
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Thoughts?
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I love playing DRG and have racked up many hours in multiplayer and solo play. I really enjoy interacting in the space rig and recently my 2 year old son has been enamoured with it too. He is learning to use a keyboard and mouse and we have had some special bonding time playing DRG. I run around the space rig while he taps 'E' to kick all the barrels (later remapped to '0' on the number-pad to make it easier for him).
He thinks the blue forcefield of the launch bay is "water" and insists all the barrels belong there, as well as the forge hammer and the yellow boxes near the elevator ("little yellow barrels"). His favourite is the green barrel. Every time we play, we always needs to find that one. I am currently looking for to commission someone who 3D prints, to make a green barrel, because my son would be thrilled to have one of his own. He reaches to the computer screen because he wants to "hold it". Thank you for always decorating the space rig for different festivities. The Easter theme was a hit. My son particularly loved patting the bunny and kicking the eggs.
My son is still learning the difference between the words "you" and "I". Whenever he wants to play DRG he will say "You wanna kick barrels into the water!" Keep up the great work guys! 👍⛏️

Back with more stuff, this time with the addition of my entire NES collection. Prices include shipping for continental US and are negotiable. Pics and more details available upon request. Payment accepted via PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, and CashApp. Order minimum of $40. I may be slow to respond and ship sometimes, but feel free to give me a reminder if it seems I've overlooked/forgotten you. Leave a comment if you're interested in anything!

Backbone One for Android & iPhone PlayStation Edition (CIB; lightly used) - $70

NES (all games are cart only unless otherwise noted)

• 8 Eyes - $15
• A Boy and His Blob - $15
• A Nightmare on Elm Street - $70
• Adventures of Lolo - $15
• Air Fortress - $15
• Arkista's Ring (some label damage) - $60
• Bases Loaded - $10
• Batman - $15
• Bionic Commando - $15
• Blades of Steel (w/ Manual) - $15
• Blaster Master - $15
• Breakthru - $15
• Bubble Bobble - $25
• Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout - $10
• Castlevania - $40
• Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - $20
• Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - $40
• Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers - $20
• Clash at Demonhead - $30
• Contra - $40
• Crash 'N' the Boys - $50
• Crystalis - $25
• Desert Commander - $10
• Disney Adventures in the Magic Kingdom - $15
• Double Dare - $25
• Double Dragon (w/ Manual) - $25
• Double Dragon II: The Revenge - $20
• Double Dribble - $10
• Dr. Mario - $15
• Dragon Warrior - $15
• Dragon Warrior II - $70
• Excitebike - $15
• Faxanadu - $20
• Felix the Cat - $100
• Final Fantasy (Japanese) - $15
• Final Fantasy II (Japanese) - $15
• Final Fantasy III (Japanese) - $15
• Gauntlet II - $15
• Ghost Lion - $125
• Ghosts 'N Goblins - $20
• Goonies II - $15
• Gradius - $15
• Guerrilla War - $20
• Ice Hockey - $10
• Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II - $15
• Jackal - $20
• Jaws - $15
• Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary Edition - $10
• Journey to Silius - $50
• Kabuki: Quantum Fighter - $30
• Karate Champ - $10
• Kid Icarus - $30
• Kirby's Adventure - $40
• Legendary Wings - $15
• Little Nemo: The Dream Master - $20
• Maniac Mansion - $30
• Mega Man - $90
• Mega Man 3 - $30
• Mega Man 4 - $50
• Mega Man 5 - $150
• Mega Man 6 (tear on top of label) - $60
• Mickey Mousecapade - $10
• Mike Tyson's Punch Out! - $50
• Monster in my Pocket - $75
• NES Open Tournament Golf - $15
• Ninja Gaiden - $20
• Ninja Gaiden III - $100
• Nintendo World Cup (some label damage) - $10
• Operation Wolf (w/ Manual) - $15
• P.O.W.: Prisoner of War (w/ manual; some label damage) - $15
• Paperboy - $25
• PinBot - $10
• Power Blade - $85
• R.C. Pro Am - $10
• Rad Racer - $10
• Rambo - $20
• RBI Baseball (Tengen) - $10
• Renegade - $15
• River City Ransom - $60
• Robocop - $10
• Rolling Thunder (Tengen) - $15
• Rygar - $20
• Shadow of the Ninja (non-working) - $30
• Shatterhand - $90
• Snake's Revenge - $20
• Spy Hunter - $10
• Star Tropics - $20
• Super C - $30
• Super Mario Bros. 2 - $25
• Super Mario Bros. 3 (CIB) - $100
• Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt - $15
• Tecmo Bowl - $15
• Tecmo Super Bowl - $25
• Tecmo World Wrestling - $15
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (w/ Manual) - $20
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (CIB) - $100
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project - $40
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (some label damage) - $15
• Tetris - $15
• The Battle of Olympus (CIB) - $75
• The Legend of Kage - $15
• The Legend of Zelda (Gold) - $40
• The Little Mermaid - $15
• Tiny Toon Adventures - $20
• Track & Field II - $10
• Ultima Exodus - $15
• Vice: Project Doom - $60
• Willow - $25
• Wizards & Warriors - $15
• Wrath of the Black Manta - $10
• Xexyz - $15
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Gold) - $30
• Zoda's Revenge: Star Tropics II - $20

SNES (cart only unless otherwise noted)

• Aladdin - $15
• Battle Clash - $10
• Brawl Brothers - $30
• Breath of Fire - $40
• Breath of Fire II - $85
• Chrono Trigger (Japanese) - $15
• Contra III - $50
• Demon’s Blazon (Demon’s Crest; Japanese) - $60
• Donkey Kong Country - $25
• Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble (does not save) - $30
• Earthbound - $400
• Earthworm Jim - $35
• Final Fantasy II (CIB w/ box and manual; does not include map and inserts) - $200
• Final Fantasy III - $80
• Final Fantasy IV (Japanese) - $15
• Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - $20
• Final Fantasy V (w/ box; Japanese) - $15
• Final Fantasy VI (Japanese) - $15
• Final Fight 2 - $60
• F-Zero - $20
• Game Genie - $35
• Goof Troop - $25
• Illusion of Gaia - $30
• Lagoon - $20
• Lufia II - $175
• Magic Sword - $50
• Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems - $50
• Mega Man X - $35
• Mortal Kombat - $15
• Mortal Kombat 3 - $15
• Mortal Kombat II - $20
• Pilotwings - $10
• Return of Double Dragon (Japanese) - $35
• Rival Turf - $15
• Saturday Night Slam Masters - $35
• Secret of Evermore - $50
• Secret of Mana - $50
• Shadowrun - $65
• SimCity - $15
• Skyblazer - $100
• Soul Blazer - $100
• Spider-Man Venom Maximum Carnage - $50
• Spider-Man X-Men Arcade’s Revenge - $15
• Star Fox - $20
• Street Fighter II - $15
• Street Fighter II Turbo - $25
• Super Baseball Simulator 1000 - $10
• Super Castlevania IV - $50
• Super Double Dragon - $40
• Super Game Boy - $35
• Super Ghouls ‘N Ghosts - $25
• Super Mario All-Stars - $30
• Super Mario Kart - $40
• Super Mario RPG - $80
• Super Mario World - $25
• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island (does not save) - $45
• Super Metroid - $75
• Super Punch Out - $35
• Super R-Type - $20
• Super Scope 6 (full light gun CIB) - $150
• Super Star Wars - $15
• Super Turrican - $50
• Tetris Attack - $25
• The 7th Saga - $35
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (does not save) - $35
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (CIB; Japanese) - $50
• The Lord of the Rings Vol. 1 - $25
• The Simpsons: Bart’s Nightmare - $25
• TMNT IV: Turtles in Time - $50
• TMNT Tournament Fighters - $25
• Yoshi’s Safari - $20
• Zombies Ate My Neighbors - $40

N64 (all games are cart only; most have custom end labels)

• 007: The World is Not Enough - $15
• 1080 Snowboarding - $15
• Blast Corps - $20
• Castlevania - $30
• Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness - $125
• Donkey Kong 64 - $30
• Doom 64 - $35
• Extreme-G 2 - $10
• Goldeneye 007 - $25
• Hexen - $15
• Hybrid Heaven - $15
• Jet Force Gemini - $15
• Mario Party 2 (Japanese) - $10
• Mario Party 3 (Japanese) - $10
• Mischief Makers - $40
• Mission: Impossible - $15
• NFL Blitz - $25
• Off Road Challenge - $15
• Onegai Monsters (Japanese) - $15
• Perfect Dark - $20
• Puyo Puyo Sun 64 (Japanese) - $15
• Rayman 2: The Great Escape - $20
• Robotron 64 - $25
• Shadowgate 64 - $45
• Star Wars Episode 1: Battle for Naboo - $25
• Star Wars Episode 1: Racer - $15
• Star Wars: Rogue Squadron - $20
• Super Robot Taisen 64 (Japanese) - $15
• Super Smash Bros. (Japanese) - $15
• Turok 2: Seeds of Evil - $15
• Wave Race 64 - $15
• WCW vs NWO World Tour - $10
• WCW/NWO Revenge - $10
• Winback - $25
• WWF Wrestlemania 2000 - $15

GameCube (all games are CIB unless otherwise noted):

• Battalion Wars - $25
• F-Zero GX - $100
• Geist - $50
• Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - $50
• Odama (includes microphone) - $50
• Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II - $100
• Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution - $50
• Resident Evil - $25
• Resident Evil 0 - $25
• Rocky - $20
• SoulCalibur II - $30
• Spawn: Armageddon - $40
• Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader - $15
• Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike - $20
• Tale of Symphonia (Player's Choice) - $35
• Timesplitters 2 - $30
• Wario Ware Inc.: Mega Party Games (Disc only in generic case) - $40
• Wave Race: Blue Storm - $25

GB/GBC:

• Dragon Warrior I & II (label damage) - $40
• Ghostbusters II - $40
• Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru Frog Bell Tolls (Japanese) - $10
• Lacroan Heroes (Japanese) - $10
• Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Japanese) - $10
• Operation C - $30
• Super Mario Land 2 (does not save) - $20
• Tetris - $15
• The Emperor's New Groove - $10
• The Simpsons: Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror - $20
• WWF Betrayal - $15

GBA (GBA games are cart only with custom cases unless otherwise noted):

• Power Rangers SPD - $10
• Sword of Mana (w/ manual) - $30

Nintendo DS (all games are CIB unless otherwise noted):

• Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (Sealed) - $80
• Ash: Archaic Sealed Heat (Japanese; Sealed) - $20
• Away: Shuffle Dungeon (Sealed) - $30
• Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - $100
• Dragon Quest IX: Sentinel of the Starry Skies (Sealed) - $120
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Sealed) - $50
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fate (Sealed) - $30
• Final Fantasy III - $25
• Final Fantasy IV - $30
• Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (Sealed) - $50
• Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light (Sealed) - $75
• Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (Sealed) - $130
• Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (Sealed) - $50
• Heroes of Mana (Sealed) - $30
• Lock's Quest - $20
• Master of the Monster Lair (Sealed) - $50
• Okami-den (Sealed) - $85
• Pokemon Black Version (Case and manual only, no game) - $40
• Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (Case and manual only, no game) - $20
• Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box - $20
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 (Sealed) - $50
• Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (includes soundtrack and outer box) - $100
• Suikoden: Tierkreis - $80
• The World Ends With You (Sealed) - $60
• Theresia (Sealed) - $100

Nintendo 3DS (all games are CIB unless otherwise noted):

• Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. - $10
• Culdcept Revolt (Sealed) - $80
• Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past - $60
• Ever Oasis (Sealed) - $50
• Fantasy Life (Sealed) - $80
• Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Sealed) - $40
• Jake Hunter Detective Story: Ghost in the Dusk (Sealed) - $40
• Kid Icarus: Uprising (Big box with stand) - $100
• Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance - $20
• Mario & Luigi: Dream Team - $30
• Metroid: Samus Returns (Special Edition) - $80
• Monster Hunter Stories (Sealed) - $75
• Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (Japanese; Sealed) - $75
• Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (Wild Cards Premium Edition) - $125
• Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth (Sealed) - $60
• Pokemon Moon (Sealed) - $40
• Pokemon X (Sealed) - $75
• Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (Sealed) - $60
• Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney (Japanese; Sealed) - $40
• Project X Zone (Limited Edition) - $60
• Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (w/ music CD) - $75
• Shin Megami Tensei IV (Limited Edition) - $85
• Shinobi - $30
• Stella Glow (Launch Edition; Sealed) - $200
• Super Mario 3D Land (Sealed) - $25
• The Great Ace Attorney Adventures (Japanese; Sealed) - $50
• The Legend of Legacy (Launch Edition; Sealed) - $60
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (Limited Edition) - $125
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Japanese) - $25
• The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes (Sealed) - $30
• Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (w/ music CD) - $35
• WarioWare Gold (Sealed) - $50
• Yo-kai Watch (Japanese; Sealed) - $25
• Yo-kai Watch (Sealed) - $25
• Yo-kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits (Sealed) - $75

PS1 (CIB and black label unless otherwise noted)

• Alone in the Dark: One Eyed Jack’s Revenge – $50
• Alundra 2 - $35
• Arc The Lad Collection (Complete Big Box Set) - $200
• Battle Formation (Japanese) - $15
• Beyond the Beyond - $60
• Biohazard/Resident Evil (Japanese) - $15
• Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain - $50
• Brave Fencer Musashi - $150
• Breath of Fire III – $75
• Breath of Fire IV – $120
• Bushido Blade – $40
• Castlevania Chronicles – $175
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Greatest Hits. Supposedly signed by AVGN James Rolfe, but I have no way to verify this) - $100
• Chocobo Racing – $80
• Chocobo’s Dungeon 2 – $80
• Clock Tower - $200
• Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within - $350
• Countdown Vampires - $100
• Darkstalkers 3 - $75
• Deception 3: Dark Delusion – $75
• Die Hard Trilogy (Greatest Hits) - $15
• Dino Crisis – $75
• Dino Crisis 2 - $125
• Dragon Warrior VII - $80
• Echo Night - $175
• Eternal Eyes - $25
• Favorite Dear (Japanese) - $15
• Fear Effect - $45
• Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix - $65
• Fighting Force - $30
• Final Fantasy Anthology - $40
• Final Fantasy Origins - $30
• Final Fantasy VII International (Japanese) - $30
• Final Fantasy VIII - $30
• Final Fantasy VIII (Japanese) - $15
• Front Mission 3 - $60
• Galerians - $100
• Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth - $75
• Kagero: Deception II - $50
• Kartia: The Word of Fate - $80
• King's Field (Longbox) - $150
• King's Field II - $100
• Koudelka - $300
• Legend of Legaia - $75
• Legend of Mana - $50
• Lunar II: Eternal Blue Complete (Big Box Set) - $300
• Martian Gothic: Unification - $30
• Mega Man Legends 2 - $150
• Metal Gear Solid - $50
• Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions - $30
• Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero - $60
• Mortal Kombat: Special Forces - $75
• Nascar Rumble - $20
• NHL Rock the Rink - $15
• Ogre Battle - $150
• Overblood - $50
• Pandemonium - $40
• Pandemonium 2 - $50
• Parasite Eve - $100
• Parasite Eve (Japanese) - $20
• Persona (Missing manual) - $300
• Primal Rage (Longbox; missing manual) - $50
• Rayman - $80
• Resident Evil - $100
• Resident Evil (Longbox) - $130
• Resident Evil 2 - $50
• Rival Schools - $150
• Road Rash (Longbox) - $50
• Rubbish Blazon (Japanese) - $15
• Saga Frontier - $40
• Saga Frontier II - $50
• Saiyuki: Journey West - $125
• Shadow Madness - $35
• Silent Hill - $200
• Silhouette Mirage - $100
• Sim City 2000 - $15
• Soul Blade - $50
• Star Ocean: The Second Story - $50
• Street Fighter EX 2 Plus (Missing manual; former rental) - $75
• Suikoden - $80
• Suikoden II - $300
• Syphon Filter - $15
• T Kara Hajimaru Monogatari (Japanese) - $35
• Tales of Eternia (Japanese) - $20
• Tecmo’s Deception – $75
• Tekken (Longbox) - $80
• Tekken 2 – $40
• The Granstream Saga – $50
• The Legend of Dragoon - $50
• Thousand Arms - $150
• Thrasher: Skate and Destroy - $40
• Threads of Fate - $80
• Triple Play 98 - $10
• Twisted Metal 2 - $50
• Vagrant Story - $100
• Valkyrie Profile - $325
• Vampire Kyuuketsuki Densetsu (Japanese) - $30
• Vandal Hearts - $65
• Vandal Hearts II - $80
• Velldeselba (Japanese) - $20
• WCW Backstage Assault - $15
• WCW vs. The World - $20
• Wild Arms - $50
• Wild Arms 2 - $50
• WWF In Your House - $25
• WWF Smackdown! 2: Know Your Role - $20
• Xenogears - $175

PS4:

• .hack//G.U. Last Recode (Sealed) - $15
• 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (w/ slipcover and artbook) - $30
• A Hat in Time (Sealed) - $25
• A Way Out - $40
• Assassin's Creed III Remastered (Sealed) - $25
• Atelier Firis (Sealed) - $60
• Batman: The Enemy Within - $20
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (w/ Kickstarter backer sleeve & steelbook) - $60
• Borderlands 3 (Sealed w/ steelbook) - $20
• Burnout Paradise Remastered (Sealed) - $25
• Crash Bandicoot N' Sane Trilogy (Sealed) - $25
• Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled - $20
• Dead Cells - $20
• Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess (Sealed) - $60
• Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Ultimate Evil Edition - $15
• Digimon Story: Cybersleuth (Sealed) - $40
• Digimon World: Next Order (Sealed) - $25
• Dishonored & Prey The Arkane Collection (Sealed) - $40
• Disney Classic Games Aladdin and Lion King (Sealed) - $20
• Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT (Sealed) - $15
• Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Sealed) - $20
• Dragon Quest Heroes II (Sealed) - $20
• Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition - $30
• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age - $15
• Dragon's Crown Pro (Battle-Hardened Edition; Sealed) - $50
• Fallout 4 GOTY Edition (Sealed) - $40
• Far Cry 6 - $15
• Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (Day One Edition w/ steelbook) - $50
• Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age (Limited Steelbook Edition) - $60
• Fire Pro Wrestling World (Sealed) - $40
• Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise (Sealed) - $50
• Ghost Recon Breakpoint (Gold Edition Steelbook; Sealed) - $50
• Ghostbusters The Video Game Remastered - $20
• God of War - $15
• Gravity Rush 2 - $50
• Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series - $20
• Katamari Damacy Reroll (Sealed) - $25
• Kingdom of Amalur: Re-Reckoning (Sealed) - $20
• Kunio Kun: The World Classics (Japanese) - $50
• Lost Sphear (PAL) - $20
• Maneater (Sealed) - $15
• Marvel's Avengers (Sealed) - $15
• Mass Effect Legendary Edition - $15
• MediEvil (Sealed) - $20
• Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (Sealed) - $50
• Mortal Kombat 11 - $10
• Ni No Kuni Remastered - $20
• Nier Replicant (PAL; Sealed) - $30
• Nioh 2 (Sealed) - $15
• Onimusha: Warlords - $30
• Oninaki (Japanese; Sealed) - $30
• Persona 5 (Steelbook Launch Edition) - $25
• Persona 5 Royal (Steelbook Edition) - $30
• Planescape Torment / Icewind Dale (Sealed) - $30
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Sealed) - $20
• Resident Evil 2 (Deluxe Edition w/ Steelbook) - $80
• Resident Evil 3 (w/ Steelbook) - $80
• Resident Evil Origins Collection - $20
• Resident Evil Revelations 2 - $20
• Sakura Wars (Launch Edition; Sealed) - $40
• Secret of Mana - $30
• Shenmue I & II - $15
• Shenmue III (w/ Kickstarter slip cover) - $25
• Skyrim Special Edition (Sealed) - $20
• Spider-Man Miles Morales - $25
• Spyro Reignited Trilogy (Sealed) - $25
• Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (PAL; Sealed) - $20
• Tales of Arise (Sealed) - $15
• Tales of Berseria (PlayStation Hits; Sealed) - $30
• Tales of Vesperia Definitive Edition (Sealed) - $25
• Tales of Zestiria - $15
• Terminator Resistance - $30
• The Alliance Alive (Awakening Edition; Sealed) - $65
• The Last Guardian - $15
• The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors (Sealed) - $40
• The Nonary Games (Sealed) - $40
• The Walking Dead: The Final Season - $15
• Tokyo Xanadu EX+ - $25
• Trials of Mana - $20
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - $10
• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - $15
• Undertale (Collector's Edition) - $120
• Valfaris - $20
• Valkyria Chronicles 4 (PAL; Sealed) - $25
• Valkyria Chronicles Remastered (Sealed; steelbook) - $30
• Valkyria Revolution (Vanargand Edition) - $25
• Watch Dogs: Legions - $10
• Wild Guns Reloaded - $25
• Wolfenstein Alt History Collection (Sealed) - $70
• World of Final Fantasy (Collector’s Edition) - $150
• Yakuza 0 (The Business Launch Edition) - $175
• Yakuza Kiwami (Steelbook Edition) - $50
• Yakuza Kiwami 2 (Steelbook Edition) - $50
• Yakuza: Like A Dragon (Day Ichi Steelbook Edition w/ bonus steelbook) - $30
• Ys IX (Pact Edition; Sealed) - $40
• Zero Time Dilemma (PAL; Sealed) - $30

PS5:

• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion (Sealed) - $60
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Deluxe Edition; Sealed) - $30
• Lost Judgment (w/ steelbook)- $50
• Resident Evil Village (w/ steelbook) - $50
• Sifu (Sealed) - $30
• Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin - $20
• The Callisto Protocol - $15
• Thymesia (Sealed) - $25

Switch

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Sealed) - $50
• Bayonetta 2 - $50
• Breath of the Wild - $40
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker - $40
• Code of Princess EX - $60
• Deadly Premonition 2 (PAL; Sealed) - $25
• Diablo III Eternal Collection - $20
• Disgaea 1 Complete - $40
• Disgaea 5 Complete (Sealed) - $50
• Fire Emblem Warriors (Sealed) - $30
• God Wars: The Complete Legend - $30
• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Sealed) - $50
• I Am Setsuna (Japanese; Sealed) - $40
• Layton's Mystery Journey - $60
• Luigi's Mansion 3 - $40
• Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order - $40
• New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - $40
• No More Heroes III (Sealed) - $25
• Octopath Traveler - $45
• Paper Mario: The Origami King - $50
• Pokemon Scarlet (Sealed) - $50
• Pokemon Sword - $40
• Seiken Densetsu Collection / Collection of Mana (Japanese) - $30
• Shin Megami Tensei V (Steelbook Launch Edition) - $30
• Sid Meier's Civilization VI - $15
• Super Mario 3D All Stars - $100
• Super Mario Maker 2 - $40
• Super Mario Party - $40
• Tetris 99 - $40
• The World Ends With You: Final Remix - $40
• Triangle Strategy - $40
• Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers - $40
• Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - $60

PSP (all games are CIB):

• Brave Story: New Traveler - $50
• Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (Favorites; Sealed) - $100
• Crimson Gem Saga - $75
• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - $20
• Dissidia 012[duodecim] Final Fantasy (Sealed) - $40
• Dissidia: Final Fantasy - $15
• Dragoneer's Aria - $20
• Final Fantasy - $25
• Final Fantasy II (Favorites; Sealed) - $40
• Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection - $45
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (Greatest Hits; Sealed) - $50
• Gungnir - $50
• Hexyz Force - $150
• Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (Sealed) - $40
• Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner - $100
• Phantasy Star Portable - $20
• Phantasy Star Portable 2 - $50
• PoPoLoCrois - $35
• Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires - $30
• Star Ocean: First Departure - $30
• Star Ocean: Second Evolution - $40
• Sweet Fuse: At Your Side - $50
• Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Sealed) - $40
• Tales of Eternia (PAL) - $75
• Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology - $35
• The 3rd Birthday (Sealed) - $75
• The Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion - $35
• Valhalla Knights (Sealed) - $20
• Valkyria Chronicles II - $40
• Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (Sealed) - $100
• Ys Seven (Sealed) - $100
• Z.H.P.: Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman - $50

Dreamcast (all games are CIB unless otherwise noted):

• Dreamcast Keyboard (loose) - $65
• Dreamcast Light Gun (MadCatz Dream Blaster; loose) - $65
• Blue Stinger - $40
• Bust-A-Move 4 - $30
• Carrier - $50
• Capcom vs. SNK - $75
• ChuChu Rocket! - $30
• D2 - $150
• Dead Or Alive 2 - $35
• Death Crimson OX - $50
• Dynamite Cop! - $100
• Evil Dead: Hail to the King - $45
• Power Stone (no manual) - $50
• Ready 2 Rumble Boxing - $20
• Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 - $25
• Resident Evil 2 - $150
• Resident Evil CODE: Veronica - $45
• Shenmue - $45
• Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - $125
• Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage - $60
• The House of the Dead 2 - $35
• The Ring: Terror's Realm (no manual) - $80
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 - $20
• WWF Attitude - $15

Steelbooks (No games included)

• Anthem (Sealed) - $10
• Cyberpunk 2077 - $10
• Doom Eternal - $20
• Ghostwire Tokyo (Sealed) - $30
• Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix - $40
• State of Decay 2 - $10

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• Quicksy (version 2.14.1+free): JabbeXMPP with Easy Entry and Easy Discovery
• Simon Tatham's Puzzles (version 2024-03-29-2245-fd304c53): 40 single-player logic games
• Conversations (version 2.14.1+free): Encrypted, easy-to-use XMPP instant messenger for your mobile device
• Obtainium (version 1.1.0): Get android app updates directly from the source
• SpMp (version 0.3.1): A YouTube Music client with a focus on language and metadata customisation
• Password Generator (version 1.7.0): Password Generator is an app for generating secure passwords
• GreenStash (version 3.2.0): Simple app to help you plan and manage your savings goals easily.
• Torrents-csv-android (version 2.2.2): A search engine for Torrents-csv.
• Geekttrss (version 1.6.7): A Tiny Tiny RSS reader with transparent offline mode
• FairEmail (version 1.2171): Fully featured email client. Neat, intuitive user interface. Privacy friendly
• Vinyl Music Player (version 1.9.0): Light and slick material design music player
• QRAlarm (version 1.6): Disable alarms with a QR scanner
• Brainf (version 20240330): Interpreter for the ‘Brainf’ programming language
• Yatoo (version 0.7.0): Yet another todo app
• PiliPalaX (version 1.0.19): A third-party Bilibili client developed in Flutter
• MedTimer (version 1.5.0): Med reminders and history with full offline privacy
• Vernet - Network Analyzer (version 1.0.5): Host and Port scanner. Ping IP or domain.
• Keep Screen On (version 1.17.0): A screen timeout quick settings tile
• Currencies: Exchange Rate Calculator (version 1.22.1): An exchange rates currency converter for Android
• Shader Editor (version 2.33.2): Create and edit GLSL shaders
• Träwelldroid (version 2.7.1): Free check-in service for recording journeys in public transport
• AntennaPod (version 3.3.2): Easy-to-use, flexible and open-source podcast manager and player
• Mirror (version 1.2.0): Simple Android application turning your device into a pocket mirror🪞
• Ricochlime (version 1.3.0): Satisfying monster shooter
• WG Tunnel (version 3.4.0): An alternative VPN client app for WireGuard with additional features
• Doodle Dudette (version 1.0.4): Doodle, drawing and painting for children in an Android App
• KeyPass (version 1.4.25): Offline, Secure, Private
• Tasks.org: Open-source To-Do Lists & Reminders (version 13.8.1): Private, ad-free task lists! Optional sync with Google Tasks, CalDAV or EteSync!
• addy.io (formerly AnonAddy) (version v5.2.1): Anonymous Email Forwarding
• EBT New Note (version 0.75.0): Submit Euro bill note data to EuroBillTracker.com
• Tuner (version 6.8.0): App for tuning musical instruments.
• Thumb-Key (version 2.7.2): A privacy-conscious keyboard made for your thumbs.
• RiMusic (version 0.6.28): A multilingual Android application for streaming music from YouTube Music.
• Chroma Doze (version 4.3): Noise generator
• FHCode (version 20240331): Code editor for android
• Blitz: Fischer Chess Clock (version 1.7.8): A minimalist Fischer chess clock for Android.
• Nextcloud Dev (version 20240330): Synchronization client
• Liedgutverzeichnis (version 2.47): An app that knows which song is to be found in which book at which page.
• TRIfA (version 1.0.229): TRIfA Tox Client
• Kotatsu (version 6.8.3): Manga reader with online catalogues
• Tower Collector (version 2.14.6): Join the community and collect cell towers locations from your area!
• P2Play - Peertube client (version 0.6.0): Unofficial client for Peertube
• monocles chat (version 1.7.9.5): is a secure XMPP chat client for Android
• c3nav (version 4.3.2): Indoor navigation for the Chaos Communication Congress
• Flux News (version 1.3.7): Newsreader for miniflux backend
• Fulguris Web Browser (version 1.9.30): ⚡Sparkling Android Web Browser⚡
• Halma (version 12.0): Chinese checkers (Halma) to play with friends. Try this strategy board game now!
• IYPS (version 1.5.1): Evaluate passwords, predict crack times, and get tips for stronger passwords.
• SimpleReminder (version 0.9.13): Quickly create reminders and get notified later
• NextDNS Manager (version 5.0.4): Manage your NextDNS settings quickly and easily!

^{2024-04-02T09:13:24Z}

Edit: This was an April Fools' joke. If you like any of the suggestions, let OWI know :)
Attention Squaddies,
Squad has changed a lot since our launch in early access in late 2015 and so has the player base and the surrounding community. We must sadly admit that as Community Team, we have not been able to keep up with the needs of this ever-growing and evolving community, especially with the onboarding of new players.
At the beginning of March our Director of Community SgtRoss listed some of the pain points we had identified and back in 2022 we wrote about our commitment to improve new player onboarding. With all the great feedback we have received since then, we are now prepared to share with you some of the specific changes with which we aim to improve the new player onboarding and the community experience as a whole:

In-game Improvements:

- Tutorial Rework: we are working on a series of short tutorials that introduce new players to different game aspects. Currently planned are: Infantry Basics, Vehicle Basics, Logistics, Gamemodes, Squadleading, Advanced Tools. All tutorials are open-ended, encouraging players to test everything they've learned in a safe environment.
- Downed Screen: when you are downed, there is little to do until being picked up by a teammate or respawning. We are compiling a series of tips and game mechanics explanations to show during this period. We also decided to disable giving up for the first 15 seconds, as you will not be able to respawn anyway.
- Team Selection Screen: We will include gameplay relevant information about the specific units picked for each faction. We have also replaced the static faction images with interactive 3D-Models to help you distinguish friend from foe. You can cycle through the different models for each faction.
- End of Match Screen: teamwork and coordination are pillars of the Squad experience and major ingredients to achieve victory. Our current end of match screen does not reflect that well, presenting an inaccurate image of players' performance during the match. This rework will still take some time, as there is a lot of work we need to do on our backend (more to this further below) to realize our vision.
- Map POI: you can currently only see the names of the discovered flags. We are adding a new toggable map layer that shows the name of all POIs in order to improve communication and coordination.
- Jensen's Range Expansion: Jensen's Range has not kept up with everything we have added to Squad over the years. We have expanded the camp: it now includes a shooting range with moving targets and a special Anti-Tank shooting range* in which you will be able to spawn moving vehicles. We have also included a real size "armor view" display of the vehicles.
*PLEASE NOTE that damage models will still differ from live servers, but this should help you practice hitting critical components.
- Jensen's Seeding: seeding is a critical part of server communities and a good way to practice some infantry gameplay or just hang out with other squaddies. We have made a special Jensen's Range version for multiplayer, that includes a separated 1 Flag AAS HAB vs. HAB arena. You will now be able to improve your flying skills or try new weapons at the shooting range while your squadmate fights in the arena. Once the server "goes live" all spawns outside the AAS arena will be disabled.
- Key Bindings Layout: every person is different and the number of key binds in Squad may seem overwhelming at first. We are launching a new screen that shows you your key bind layout*, to provide you with a better overview. *Only Mouse and Keyboard will be supported on launch. Joystick support may be added with a later update.

Back-end Improvements:

- Server Logging: there are still some small inconsistencies between what happens in game and what the server registers. We are committed to fixing these inconsistencies and are in contact with server owners and admins to expand server logging, to provide further functionality.
- Gameplay Metadata: some of you may have seen Moidawg's interview with our lead designer BaronVonBoyce last year in which, amongst many interesting insights around ICO, he explained how we monitor gameplay changes to make sure we achieve the desired effects. We are greatly expanding the gameplay metadata we collect and improving our analysis tools to be able to provide faster and more granular gameplay tweaks.
- Match Replay: watching and analyzing replays is a major part of any competitive team sport training regime. We strongly believe that it will also help improve squaddies across the board, in addition to providing content creators with a great tool. Replays will only be accessible at the end of the match and be active for all servers. Replay is coming back!

Community Improvements:

Squad has been continuously growing since 2015: we have introduced and reworked many new maps, factions, vehicles, assets and mechanics. While we have always tried to streamline all these new elements, it is undeniable that Squad is a more complex game today, than it was years ago. This is why we are launching the Squad Educational Offensive later this year. We want to condense all the Squad knowledge that is now scrambled all over the place to help players of all skill levels to better understand the game.
- Upgraded Wiki: wikis are a great source of educational material. We are currently working with the wiki team on setting up the rules and infrastructure necessary for a new, updated and upgraded wiki.
- Reworked Discord: we are creating the infrastructure to provide a more individualized experience (e.g. only showing events and clans in your region). We intend on using threads to better evaluate and refine your feedback. Furthermore, we are introducing an extensive FAQ and did you know we already have a Squad Community Bot that provides you with technical info regarding vehicles, weapons, factions and maps?
- Communicating Gameplay Changes: in hindsight, sharing critical information about the faction rework in a 23 page spreadsheet linked in some +1500 words long patch notes was not the best solution. We have contacted some content creators that going forward will produce explanatory videos and shorts regarding upcoming gameplay changes. A video with an in depth explanation of the new systems, as well as a series of shorts covering the basics, will be released later this month. - Informational Videos: there is also a series of informational videos being produced that delve into the intricacies of each infantry and vehicle role, as well as explaining some of the more unintuitive mechanics.
- Q&A: written Q&A take a lot of time and en up feeling rather impersonal, while live Q&A-Streams can quickly turn into chaos. We want to test a hybrid format in which you can send your questions beforehand and the Community Team arranges a stream with 2 or 3 devs to go through the desired topics. This will allow us to quickly react to misunderstandings or clarify misconceptions, better communicate our vision for the game, and show you that we're actual humans at Offworld.
- JoinSquad Forums: we've quietly killed the squad forums, apparently none of you noticed so...
We hope this gave a good overview of our intentions and that you are as excited as we are for the future of Squad! Next year we will show you our concrete plans to reduce SL burnout, Happy April 1st.
OFFWORLD Easter Bunny out.

Edit: This was an April Fools' joke. If you like any of the suggestions, let OWI know :)
Attention Squaddies,
Squad has changed a lot since our launch in early access in late 2015 and so has the player base and the surrounding community. We must sadly admit that as Community Team, we have not been able to keep up with the needs of this ever-growing and evolving community, especially with the onboarding of new players.
At the beginning of March our Director of Community SgtRoss listed some of the pain points we had identified and back in 2022 we wrote about our commitment to improve new player onboarding. With all the great feedback we have received since then, we are now prepared to share with you some of the specific changes with which we aim to improve the new player onboarding and the community experience as a whole:

In-game Improvements:

- Tutorial Rework: we are working on a series of short tutorials that introduce new players to different game aspects. Currently planned are: Infantry Basics, Vehicle Basics, Logistics, Gamemodes, Squadleading, Advanced Tools. All tutorials are open-ended, encouraging players to test everything they've learned in a safe environment.
- Downed Screen: when you are downed, there is little to do until being picked up by a teammate or respawning. We are compiling a series of tips and game mechanics explanations to show during this period. We also decided to disable giving up for the first 15 seconds, as you will not be able to respawn anyway.
- Team Selection Screen: We will include gameplay relevant information about the specific units picked for each faction. We have also replaced the static faction images with interactive 3D-Models to help you distinguish friend from foe. You can cycle through the different models for each faction.
- End of Match Screen: teamwork and coordination are pillars of the Squad experience and major ingredients to achieve victory. Our current end of match screen does not reflect that well, presenting an inaccurate image of players' performance during the match. This rework will still take some time, as there is a lot of work we need to do on our backend (more to this further below) to realize our vision.
- Map POI: you can currently only see the names of the discovered flags. We are adding a new toggable map layer that shows the name of all POIs in order to improve communication and coordination.
- Jensen's Range Expansion: Jensen's Range has not kept up with everything we have added to Squad over the years. We have expanded the camp: it now includes a shooting range with moving targets and a special Anti-Tank shooting range* in which you will be able to spawn moving vehicles. We have also included a real size "armor view" display of the vehicles.
*PLEASE NOTE that damage models will still differ from live servers, but this should help you practice hitting critical components.
- Jensen's Seeding: seeding is a critical part of server communities and a good way to practice some infantry gameplay or just hang out with other squaddies. We have made a special Jensen's Range version for multiplayer, that includes a separated 1 Flag AAS HAB vs. HAB arena. You will now be able to improve your flying skills or try new weapons at the shooting range while your squadmate fights in the arena. Once the server "goes live" all spawns outside the AAS arena will be disabled.
- Key Bindings Layout: every person is different and the number of key binds in Squad may seem overwhelming at first. We are launching a new screen that shows you your key bind layout*, to provide you with a better overview. *Only Mouse and Keyboard will be supported on launch. Joystick support may be added with a later update.

Back-end Improvements:

- Server Logging: there are still some small inconsistencies between what happens in game and what the server registers. We are committed to fixing these inconsistencies and are in contact with server owners and admins to expand server logging, to provide further functionality.
- Gameplay Metadata: some of you may have seen Moidawg's interview with our lead designer BaronVonBoyce last year in which, amongst many interesting insights around ICO, he explained how we monitor gameplay changes to make sure we achieve the desired effects. We are greatly expanding the gameplay metadata we collect and improving our analysis tools to be able to provide faster and more granular gameplay tweaks.
- Match Replay: watching and analyzing replays is a major part of any competitive team sport training regime. We strongly believe that it will also help improve squaddies across the board, in addition to providing content creators with a great tool. Replays will only be accessible at the end of the match and be active for all servers. Replay is coming back!

Community Improvements:

Squad has been continuously growing since 2015: we have introduced and reworked many new maps, factions, vehicles, assets and mechanics. While we have always tried to streamline all these new elements, it is undeniable that Squad is a more complex game today, than it was years ago. This is why we are launching the Squad Educational Offensive later this year. We want to condense all the Squad knowledge that is now scrambled all over the place to help players of all skill levels to better understand the game.
- Upgraded Wiki: wikis are a great source of educational material. We are currently working with the wiki team on setting up the rules and infrastructure necessary for a new, updated and upgraded wiki.
- Reworked Discord: we are creating the infrastructure to provide a more individualized experience (e.g. only showing events and clans in your region). We intend on using threads to better evaluate and refine your feedback. Furthermore, we are introducing an extensive FAQ and did you know we already have a Squad Community Bot that provides you with technical info regarding vehicles, weapons, factions and maps?
- Communicating Gameplay Changes: in hindsight, sharing critical information about the faction rework in a 23 page spreadsheet linked in some +1500 words long patch notes was not the best solution. We have contacted some content creators that going forward will produce explanatory videos and shorts regarding upcoming gameplay changes. A video with an in depth explanation of the new systems, as well as a series of shorts covering the basics, will be released later this month. - Informational Videos: there is also a series of informational videos being produced that delve into the intricacies of each infantry and vehicle role, as well as explaining some of the more unintuitive mechanics.
- Q&A: written Q&A take a lot of time and en up feeling rather impersonal, while live Q&A-Streams can quickly turn into chaos. We want to test a hybrid format in which you can send your questions beforehand and the Community Team arranges a stream with 2 or 3 devs to go through the desired topics. This will allow us to quickly react to misunderstandings or clarify misconceptions, better communicate our vision for the game, and show you that we're actual humans at Offworld.
- JoinSquad Forums: we've quietly killed the squad forums, apparently none of you noticed so...
We hope this gave a good overview of our intentions and that you are as excited as we are for the future of Squad! Next year we will show you our concrete plans to reduce SL burnout, Happy April 1st.
OFFWORLD Easter Bunny out.