I (22F) and my bf (24M) have been dating for 3.5 years. We met in college and have been living together in an apartment for 2 years now. It's been a stable relationship with him working a full time job and me continuing my education. We don't have much common interest but do share the same humor.However we have different ideas on the future like I eventually want to be married and have kids and he doesn't like the idea of having children. He confessed that he had a crush on my best friend (22F). I have known my best friend for 7 years now. She and I went to the same high school and college. That is where I met my bf. My bf and best friend are in the same majors and also shared interests. He said he cannot help but think about her. He still cares about me and is very loyal and I know that cheating will not happen but just the thought of him liking her in that way makes be feel uncomfortable. I am not worried about any cheating bc I know both of them very well, just being aware that his feelings for her are there makes be uncomfortable even though he is not actively ly pursuing her. She is also in a stable relationship with some else. I don't know what to do now. My bf suggested breaking up because it will free both of us from this misery but we still love and care about each other. There is definitely a lot of attachment between us. Please give some advice, thanks.

Extroverts are one of the groups for which people have a love-hate relationship. Some people hate the way a lot of extroverts act but the same people would love the relationships extroverts have. This guide is not to become an extrovert but to become better at socialisation.
Socialisation or having a great social circle is one of the most important things in the world. It is one of the most important things in terms of mental health. I would argue it is more important than something like working out. So this is my guide for Socialisation.
WHO IS IT FOR?
It is for primarily people who are in college, university or school. If you are working this is not for you as all my guides come from my personal way of solving my problems and I don’t have experience with social circles while working a job.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
I would consider myself as an ambivert, I am very middle of the pack when it comes to extraversion traits. I had a problem where I failed 11th class and then stayed at home for 12th class and then covid happened and because of that I spent like 2-3 years at home. And because of that I was super shy and antisocial in the start of college and didn’t try to make friends, but over time I made some great friends where my social circle is more than 10 friends who I like to spend time with, which is very great for me. So this is how I did it.
ACTIONABLE ADVICE:

1. JOIN A SOCIETY: I don’t know how it works in foreign universities but I live in India and we have different societies in college as well as school like theatre, dance, music, or even things like debate, community service etc. My guess would be that foreign universities also have that and in my experience that has been the best way to meet people both girls and guys and they have things in common with you plus some tasks where you work together.
   
2. FIND WHAT YOU ENJOY: A lot of time we tend to just do what our friends do like clubbing, parties etc. But personally I never liked them. My preferences in social settings got confirmed in college and I don’t do clubbing or parties. But I found out what I like to do, which is concerts and activities like bowling, swimming etc. Even in huge social circles I like when there is not too much noise like clubs but where we sit, eat something and talk. So I geared people around me towards things like that. So find out what you enjoy doing and do it with other people.
   
3. SAY HELLO: Saying hello to people around you is the easiest way to start a conversation, I mean yeah no shit sherlock, but what worked for me was a framework where I said hello, my name, then asked for their name and acknowledge what we have in common and then build from there. This framework which I build unconsciously tends to work for me.
   
4. STOP AND TALK: One last thing which helped me was when I talked to someone once, using the above framework, I then whenever I saw them in college campus stopped and talked with them even if that is for 3-4 minutes and that helped form a lot of acquaintances with many different people.
   

SUMMARY:
Join a social group or a society, find what social activity you like to do, for example Bowling, Concerts , Say hello, your name, ask for their name, what you have in common and build from there. Stop and talk with people you have applied the framework on when you see them.
Again this is not to become an extrovert but if you follow it you would develop some traits which are usually attributed to extroverts. If you have any review for me tell me in comments.

Extroverts are one of the groups for which people have a love-hate relationship. Some people hate the way a lot of extroverts act but the same people would love the relationships extroverts have. This guide is not to become an extrovert but to become better at socialisation.
Socialisation or having a great social circle is one of the most important things in the world. It is one of the most important things in terms of mental health. I would argue it is more important than something like working out. So this is my guide for Socialisation.
WHO IS IT FOR?
It is for primarily people who are in college, university or school. If you are working this is not for you as all my guides come from my personal way of solving my problems and I don’t have experience with social circles while working a job.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
I would consider myself as an ambivert, I am very middle of the pack when it comes to extraversion traits. I had a problem where I failed 11th class and then stayed at home for 12th class and then covid happened and because of that I spent like 2-3 years at home. And because of that I was super shy and antisocial in the start of college and didn’t try to make friends, but over time I made some great friends where my social circle is more than 10 friends who I like to spend time with, which is very great for me. So this is how I did it.
ACTIONABLE ADVICE:

1. JOIN A SOCIETY: I don’t know how it works in foreign universities but I live in India and we have different societies in college as well as school like theatre, dance, music, or even things like debate, community service etc. My guess would be that foreign universities also have that and in my experience that has been the best way to meet people both girls and guys and they have things in common with you plus some tasks where you work together.
   
2. FIND WHAT YOU ENJOY: A lot of time we tend to just do what our friends do like clubbing, parties etc. But personally I never liked them. My preferences in social settings got confirmed in college and I don’t do clubbing or parties. But I found out what I like to do, which is concerts and activities like bowling, swimming etc. Even in huge social circles I like when there is not too much noise like clubs but where we sit, eat something and talk. So I geared people around me towards things like that. So find out what you enjoy doing and do it with other people.
   
3. SAY HELLO: Saying hello to people around you is the easiest way to start a conversation, I mean yeah no shit sherlock, but what worked for me was a framework where I said hello, my name, then asked for their name and acknowledge what we have in common and then build from there. This framework which I build unconsciously tends to work for me.
   
4. STOP AND TALK: One last thing which helped me was when I talked to someone once, using the above framework, I then whenever I saw them in college campus stopped and talked with them even if that is for 3-4 minutes and that helped form a lot of acquaintances with many different people.
   

SUMMARY:
Join a social group or a society, find what social activity you like to do, for example Bowling, Concerts , Say hello, your name, ask for their name, what you have in common and build from there. Stop and talk with people you have applied the framework on when you see them.
Again this is not to become an extrovert but if you follow it you would develop some traits which are usually attributed to extroverts. If you have any review for me tell me in comments.

Extroverts are one of the groups for which people have a love-hate relationship. Some people hate the way a lot of extroverts act but the same people would love the relationships extroverts have. This guide is not to become an extrovert but to become better at socialisation.
Socialisation or having a great social circle is one of the most important things in the world. It is one of the most important things in terms of mental health. I would argue it is more important than something like working out. So this is my guide for Socialisation.
WHO IS IT FOR?
It is for primarily people who are in college, university or school. If you are working this is not for you as all my guides come from my personal way of solving my problems and I don’t have experience with social circles while working a job.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
I would consider myself as an ambivert, I am very middle of the pack when it comes to extraversion traits. I had a problem where I failed 11th class and then stayed at home for 12th class and then covid happened and because of that I spent like 2-3 years at home. And because of that I was super shy and antisocial in the start of college and didn’t try to make friends, but over time I made some great friends where my social circle is more than 10 friends who I like to spend time with, which is very great for me. So this is how I did it.
ACTIONABLE ADVICE:

1. JOIN A SOCIETY: I don’t know how it works in foreign universities but I live in India and we have different societies in college as well as school like theatre, dance, music, or even things like debate, community service etc. My guess would be that foreign universities also have that and in my experience that has been the best way to meet people both girls and guys and they have things in common with you plus some tasks where you work together.
   
2. FIND WHAT YOU ENJOY: A lot of time we tend to just do what our friends do like clubbing, parties etc. But personally I never liked them. My preferences in social settings got confirmed in college and I don’t do clubbing or parties. But I found out what I like to do, which is concerts and activities like bowling, swimming etc. Even in huge social circles I like when there is not too much noise like clubs but where we sit, eat something and talk. So I geared people around me towards things like that. So find out what you enjoy doing and do it with other people.
   
3. SAY HELLO: Saying hello to people around you is the easiest way to start a conversation, I mean yeah no shit sherlock, but what worked for me was a framework where I said hello, my name, then asked for their name and acknowledge what we have in common and then build from there. This framework which I build unconsciously tends to work for me.
   
4. STOP AND TALK: One last thing which helped me was when I talked to someone once, using the above framework, I then whenever I saw them in college campus stopped and talked with them even if that is for 3-4 minutes and that helped form a lot of acquaintances with many different people.
   

SUMMARY:
Join a social group or a society, find what social activity you like to do, for example Bowling, Concerts , Say hello, your name, ask for their name, what you have in common and build from there. Stop and talk with people you have applied the framework on when you see them.
Again this is not to become an extrovert but if you follow it you would develop some traits which are usually attributed to extroverts. If you have any review for me tell me in comments.

I purchased a condo last fall that needed some upgrades which I’ve been steadily making. Since there’s still some more painting to do and a lot of my tools are taking up most of the storage closet space, I decided to price rent fairly low and communicated this to my now roommate. They assured me that was fine and they didn’t own too much anyways. Now that they’ve moved in, they have a ton of belongings and are asking if they can their sleeping bags in the storage closet to avoid compression issues. They also shaved in the bathroom and there are small hairs on the toilet seat. I wiped it down and discovered their used period products were just sitting on top of the bathroom trash uncovered. I went over cleanliness expectations with them and asked if they could clean the bathroom since I’ve been doing it for the most part and their hair is on the toilet. They thanked me for addressing it with them but haven’t cleaned it up and they’ve been avoiding me for the last 2 days. My suspicion is that they have poor habits and this will get worse. I gave them too much of a break on rent to now have to clean up after them. We have a month to month lease and discussed them renting through the summer for now but I’d rather have a roommate I’m compatible with to enjoy the summer. They haven’t unpacked much because they go out and drink nearly every night so it would be great to be rid of them before they get all settled in. Is it too insane of me to terminate their lease after 2 months? This is a home that I own and I’ve put too much work into it to share it with an inconsiderate person.

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Its confusing to me if he does or does not still eat 1 oz of choicolate per day.. My gut is saying NO he does not any longer... does anyone know?
I carefully reviewed his protocol site and its a bit fuzzy to me if he does or does not STILL use it. again my gut feeling is saying he does NOT, he just uses cocoa now and took chocolate out.
https://protocol.bryanjohnson.com/

near the supplements section

"Step 2: My Blueprint Supplement Stack (Jan 2024)"

In that step 2 section I DONT see chocolate on this list any more, I do see "High polyphenol cocoa 6 g" in the OTHER section
in the "contents" section. ( near the top of the page)
I still do see chocolate and link to Santabarbara chocolate near the top of the page
but I DONT see it in his total calories section:
Daily Calories - 2250

• Nutty Pudding - 433
• Pea Protein - 260
• Super Veggie - 379
• Third meal - 500
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil - 360 (3 Tbsp/day)
• Cocoa 15
• Nut Butter, Avocado, a healthy bar - 160
• Fermented foods - 20

Seeking help :> Thanks.

Before submitting a comment about an issue, the #1 thing any user should do when they first experience issues with a new update is to follow these troubleshooting steps.

If issues still persist despite the efforts made in this thread, report the issue to cricut.

⭐⭐Print then Cut users⭐⭐
Calibrate your machine right after an update as your calibration settings will not carry over into the latest update. Follow the advice of the calibration guide. Then do a test print then cut of your project using plain printer paper.
If for some reason after calibration your cuts are still inaccurate, clear cache (the troubleshooting guide above this) and try calibration again.

If you are experiencing issues despite clearing cache, please give some background information:

• Cricut machine (Joy, Joy Xtra, Explore Air 2, Explore air 3, Maker, Maker 3, etc.).
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• Were you successful in doing this project in the past? Or is this a new project?

What has changed (Desktop v8.30.64)? Update on May 6, 2024.

Fixed field issues: This release

• The ability to customize the Card project enables users to select specific sizes and personalize them according to their preferences.
  
• After disabling specific contours, the bounding box encloses the remaining ones within the Canvas.
  
• Images not uploading.
  
• Upon selecting, it appears that some of the ‘Make It Now’ projects in the Canvas have disappeared.
  
• Right-clicking and selecting “View image sets” from the Layers panel often displays irrelevant images.
  

Last 6 weeks:
Over the last 6 weeks we've fixed 74 software defects, including the following priority field issues and reliability concerns:

• The ability to customize the Card project enables users to select specific sizes and personalize them according to their preferences.
  
• After disabling specific contours, the bounding box encloses the remaining ones within the Canvas.
  
• Images not uploading.
  
• Upon selecting, it appears that some of the ‘Make It Now’ projects in the Canvas have disappeared.
  
• Right-clicking and selecting “View image sets” from the Layers panel often displays irrelevant images.
  
• Selecting certain fonts in the font selection process is causing delays in rendering on the Canvas
  
• The text box fails to load on the Canvas, and adding a text field in Chinese is not possible
  
• Changes made to the latest project are lost upon sharing.
  

- Draw projects are being opened as cuts instead of drawings, resulting in a color change.
- Save a project on iOS, then open it on desktop, and notice that the changes fail to appear.

• The Canvas tab disappears and it takes longer for the Canvas tab to load.
  
• The saved project only shows letters on the Canvas, but double-tapping the text box reveals the entire sentences.
  
• After finishing cutting the mat that's off-screen, the scrollbar scrolled back to the top instead of moving to the next mat.
  
• My Stuff doesn't show any projects, and the collection is displayed without a name.
  
• Follow button is not working on profile page
  
• Profile links that are copied and pasted shows Blank home page.
  
• Forever stuck on the project details page, with both the customize and make buttons greyed out.
  
• Print Then Cut images appear distorted or the print preview is not accurate
  
• Print Then Cut images did not appear correctly on the cut screen.
  
• The Print Then Cut quality warning message is preventing the user from proceeding to make it.
  
• Clicking "View All" on recent uploads either redirects to the Inspire/Discover page or results in the inability to access the full set of uploaded images.
  
• The Canvas performance drastically slows down when inserting high-quality uploaded images.
  
• The functionality of the automatic background remover has stopped working.
  
• Uploaded high-resolution images, those above 300 DPI, are displaying low-resolution warnings.
  
• When uploading an image with a resolution exceeding 300 DPI, it undergoes downsizing, accompanied by a low-resolution warning message for each uploaded image.
  
• The image icon that regulates the number of images per line remains unresponsive.
  
• The image loses focus when resized, and after hiding contour and resizing, it becomes impossible to move the image upward in the Canvas.
  
• There are performance issues with Warp, as it takes more than a second to enter edit mode and experiences lag when additional characters are entered. Additionally, after completing editing and clicking outside the box, there is a delay.
  
• There's no prompt to confirm unsaved changes, and the previous unsaved Canvas disappears without any notification to replace or save it.
  
• Using the keyboard shortcut cmd + shift + left arrow key to highlight everything results in improper rendering of the highlight.
  
• When opening Image Sets, the images load closely together, and the Image Set name tile appears misplaced, positioned between the top and second row instead of the first row.
  
• When performing combine, subtract, intersect, or exclude operations and attaching them, the color or operations remains unchangeable.
  
• Upon launching the app, users encounter a white screen, a continuous spinner, and a missing refresh token.
  
• Even after power cycling and setting the load to go, the -18 machine connection error continues to persist
  
• When hovering over the mat control multiple times, the mat preview fails to appear.
  
• When toggling the mirror function, the mat selection jumps, causing the left side to scroll back to the top.
  
• Cannot remove images from a collection
  
• Completing the product setup for a second time with a different machine leads to going to the "Get Started" page without setting the correct machine type.
  
• The "Get Started" page on the left rail and the pointer finger suggest that there's a reason to click there.
  
• It's not possible to unlike projects, and an error message stating "unable to remove likes" is displayed.
  
• The bookmark icon fails to switch to "bookmarked" for image sets
  
• The private profile message fails to display, and opening a project link leads to an empty Canvas without the project
  
• The shared profile links are incomplete, leading to the home page instead of directing to the profile
  
• Card Mat - If users attempt to make or customize without selecting a finished size, they will be prompted with the error message, "Select a Finished Size to continue
  
• When adding a photo to the Project details, it's observed that the image is zoomed in excessively, making it impossible to zoom out sufficiently to display the entire photo.
  
• It is not possible to cancel a full-page Print Then Cut project from the Mat Prepare screen.
  

-After completing the cut with Print Then Cut and Basic Cut operations attached, the mat remains unloaded.
-Performing a second search after the initial one yields no results
-Attempting to open a project with numerous sticker groups results in the Canvas displaying a perpetual spinner, rendering the project inaccessible.
-Loading stickers with multi-layered complex projects from project details takes considerable time to customize or make, typically ranging from 5 to 7 minutes.

• The custom border feature fails to function properly with complex shapes and does not create sticker-cut interior shapes combinations as intended.
  
• The Offset function fails to work with intricate PNGs for creating sticker-cut interior shapes combinations, and the Apply button remains disabled, accompanied by a continuous green bar.
  
• When deleting a Warp within a sticker group, the border is not redrawn.
  
• When resizing the sticker image using the Kiss cut & Die-cut Edge option, the image vanishes from the Canvas.
  
• After ungrouping and regrouping the text, the font toolbar is unavailable for the group.
  
• Apostrophes and quotes fail to transform into their left-right variants, causing coded single and double quote marks to appear instead of the anticipated left and right variants.
  
• Text is positioned closer to the bottom right corner, resulting in incorrect text placement after opening a new Canvas and adding new text
  
• When using the delete button on the laptop to erase text, it becomes evident that the undo and redo functions are not operating correctly.
  
• After changing a color or moving an image, the undo feature fails to function.
  
• Users have the ability to delete uploaded images when using new Image Inspiration designs.
  
• When attempting to upload an image, a message indicating "unable to upload image" is displayed, prompting users to check their internet connection.
  
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After learning what it is, I gave myself many doubts. It's never been detrimental on my life, but I have had instances where my dreaming would piss me off. Often, I act out my daydreams, whether it's accidentally speaking, walking, running, or interrupting something I try to do. Usually, when I daydream, I "play" as one of my made-up characters, and I've been adding lore and character stuff just about every day. After thinking about it, I haven't gone a day in the last year without thinking about him. For clarification, this character came up in relation to a role play game I started with an old friend of mine. We don't live beside each other anymore, but I've sprouted and branched many, many things off of that. I continue to add lore and dialogue every day. I've been carrying this fictional universe in my head for a while. Other times, I put myself in situations, use another set of characters in a different universe, or use people. Anyways, as the interrupting activities. For example, I went downstairs to get something, but simultaneously, I imagined my character walking down the stairs. After he saw something, he immediately turned back around, causing me to turn back around up the stairs. That pissed me off, because I didn't wanna go back upstairs. Many, many other times, I speak, do motions, (like walking, running, tiptoeing, jumping, etc. according to what he or I do in that moment) To add, my mother and I have also contemplated me having ADHD, for mainly different reasons. I am quite the energetic person, sometimes even hurting myself while running around my room or the house, but when I really think, I run and move because of my silly roleplay daydreams.
I think I quite literally just involuntarily spoke and move while writing this, acting out something one of my discord friends said to me a while ago.
Anyways, the doubts I had about it were definitely because, 1, I've never had them going on for hours at a time. 2, it's never harmfully or immensely impacted my daily life. 3, they don't often involve me as much, however I don't think that's quite related. I really just want to know what this is, and if this is the right term for me.
Thanks for reading, if you did! TLDR; Involuntary speaking, running, other motions, interrupting activities, making up an imaginary universe adding stuff everyday for the past year or two (3?), yet never been daydreaming for hours at a time and not ever severely impacted my life, +possible ADHD on top of that, want to know if this is the right term or whatever my case may be
(Also very tired tonight, will open this tomorrow morning)

Last updated 5/13/24
About a month ago I literally went through every single community server, empty/full/whatever, and added any that sounded interesting, and didn't have crazy ping to Favorites (I'm in North east US- NJ, US FYI). There are still a bunch of good ones out there (I've also had many solid ones in my favs for quite some time).

Scroll down a few lines to my "To keep it simple.." header for the best ones but the following is a full list I will update when I have time:

(The green line ones are my seal of approval, pink line ones I haven't checked out as much but seem to be ok.)
Server page 1: https://i.imgur.com/NQujz3H.png
Page 2: https://i.imgur.com/c7GkvGm.png

To keep it simple, I think the best ones right now (for me are):

tiny kitty's girl pound- friendly community, runs really solid, nice-looking custom maps, meme maps wednesday is a blast (played 3 hrs last night without loadouts), always has people in it, just be wary of nsfw furry sprays (yeah I know...put cl_spraydisable 1 in console to disable)
1st server: 74.91.115.12:27015
2nd server: 74.91.113.115:27015
OPRAH's PETROL STATION - Friendly community, always has people in it, no goofy instant respawn which has no place in payload yet half of all community server owners see fit to do that, pre-round scramble
108.181.63.51:27015
-EOTL- Payload - same deal
74.91.114.223:27015
redsun.tf - This community is the poster child for tastefully modded custom game modes, and is very active. It's very well maintained & polished and even though I may not enjoy every game mode I've been very impressed by this server network (esp. a former highly modded community server owner). The EU one fills up most of the time, and I deal with the ping because it's a cool community (it even runs a battle royale mode that is surprisingly well-made)
EU (actually gets players) 141.95.28.56:27015
US - 66.206.13.139:27015
Trigger Happy Gamers (THG) - Trigger Happy Gamers have been around forever and even though they are in the UK I deal with the ping to play with them because they are a solid community. Their server is empty and then randomly fills up out of nowhere and it's always full or I'd join, I feel like I'm missing a Discord @ all announcement but I try to play with them when I can
main: 87.98.254.85:27015
Fucked in the Head - Another community that has been around forever. To be honest, they have equal respawn on red & blu, even for payload, which I hate with a searing passion, HOWEVER, the regulars are entertaining af and give off vibes of drunk buddies goofing off and not giving a fuck that it almost offsets it. It's also decently populated.
216.52.148.223:27015
Skial servers- I never got the hate for this server network, decent spawn times, halloween mode year round, no power tripping admins, feels like a bunch of randoms having a good time. The Payload+ EU in particular has some really chill/cool regulars, Dustbowl+ US some interesting/funny peeps. Payload US generally decent also:
Payload+ EU 91.216.250.226:27015
Dustbowl+ US 91.216.250.12:27015
Payload+ US 91.216.250.11:27015
Uncletopia - Pretty standard Casual experience except the skill level is generally higher, though it seems to be evening out honestly. And tbh from my experience people in these servers seem pretty cool. If you're looking for Vanilla I'd say this is your best bet.
https://uncletopia.com/servers
Southern Cross Gaming (Rainbow Swirl in particular) - Stumbled across this & played 1 round with these guys running a cool custom mode but apparently they run stock maps as well as custom maps/game modes. Their rules had a huge emphasis on keeping it fun & being respectful and everyone seemed really cool & laidback. It was full at peak time on the weekend. They also have other servers, even in other games & seem to have been around awhile:
IP: furfortress.com:27016
Site: https://www.scg.wtf/servers#team_fortress_2
ciggyland 18+ LGBT+ Furry server run by puppygirls
Funny, chill vibes, lots of custom maps. Seems to get full around peak time. Another diamond in the rough I discovered recently.
74.91.115.82:27015
The Furry Pound - Some people list this one as one of the best non-UT for Vanilla TF2, however the one time I decided to give it a try I was met with some weird overly dramatic BS happening in Voice chat, and I heard someone else give a similar criticism the other day here. BUT, I've also seen people swear by them. It might depend on the day, IDK:
Main server: thefurrypound.org:27015
Bad Weapon Rehabilitation (Vanilla US)
A really solid rebalancing of all weapons in-game. Nothing really feels overpowered or underpowered anymore, also fun things like flames stay on surfaces & I think spy or engy can radar enemies within a few feet or something to his team? It's really fun and gets full. Here's the site with IPs and stuff (The US server gets full around peak time, esp. on weekends)
74.91.126.159:27015
redstar.gg - Arena server, the owner ComradeYazoo seems pretty dedicated to starting it up and I hop in whenever I can. Believe it or not it's still very fun with little people but it's gotten pretty packed a couple times. It also has like every good custom arena map, and scrambles if a team wins 3 in a row. North America I believe.
204.12.240.186:27015
UGC High Tower servers - They run no carts, so it's the TDM High Tower everyone's always dreamed of. They also run Instant Respawn and on any other map I hate that setting with a searing passion but because it's reworked as TDM I feel it actually improves the gameplay (put "high tower" including the space, and without quotes in the search box for a list of 'em in the following link):
https://www.ugc-gaming.net/servers/tf2/
UGC also runs other servers which I cannot vouch for but might be worth looking into.
GFL Clan (maybe???) - Someone said these guys are chill too, though I hate 2fort with a passion:
https://gflclan.com/forum/26-team-fortress-2/
Kogasatopia if you're desperate. They run some really fun mods, and solid (especially good gimmicky) custom maps, but their community is 4chan edgelords that like to say racial slurs. Just mute chat & voice I guess- hud_saytext_time 0;voice_enable 0
Custom Weapons servers (including a guide to the best one via TF2Classic)
More Arena Servers
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For me; it's FX Galaxy.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/fx-galaxy
This is THE MOD that I play all the time within Remastered. FX basically combines all of the original factions from Homeworld 1 and 2; into a single new mod with new units and gameplay features. It's extremely addictive in terms of overhaul and what they did. The team is known for doing long production periods of actually developing and working on it over the years. I cannot wait for them to work on Homeworld 3; a new version of FX Galaxy.
Homeworld Tactical Fleet Simulator and Complex are both a close second.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/tactical-fleet-simulator-remastered
Complex is one of the mods I want to get into more but it's so detailed in tactical gameplay that you really have to invest in playing it. I've heard that there's so many layers of choices you can make within the mod. Ranking of the admiralty; ship tech upgrades; unit production; ect.
Finally;
https://www.moddb.com/mods/battlestargalactica-fleetcommander
Battlestar Galactica Fleet Command.
I am an OG BSG Fleet Command fan of the original and the remastered version is better with each update released.. The development team put their heart and soul into this mod and it shows. This is a mod! Not an actual game; mind you. They also did a version of Mass Effect as well within the Homeworld Remastered engine.
What mods did you play within the previous Homeworld games; do you want them to continue working on within 3 when modding tools actually drops? If it's actually possible to make new units into Homeworld 3 with bringing in new factions from the old games; the possibilities are endless.

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Acer Predator Helios 16 Gaming Laptop	Intel i7-13700HX, RTX 4060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, QHD+ 16" 165Hz IPS Display	$1,129.99
Lenovo Legion Slim 5	16" Laptop: Ryzen 7 7840HS, RTX 4060, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, QHD+ 16" 165Hz IPS Display	$1,129.99
ASUS VivoBook Pro 16 Laptop	16” Display, Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 4060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Home, Quiet Blue	$1,199.99
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In the recent weeks we've seen an influx here of posts looking for help with deck lists that have been copy/pasted directly from the PTCGL client. This leads to "lists" that look much more like a paragraph than a list, resulting in blocks of text that are very difficult to parse. Not to pick on anyone in particular, but below is a portion of an example:

Trainer: 38 4 Arven OBF 186 2 Iono PAF 80 2 Eri TEF 146 2 Penny SVI 183 1 Boss's Orders PAL 172 1 Professor Turo's Scenario PAR 171 1 Thorton LOR 167 1 Roseanne's Backup BRS 148 4 Rare Candy PAF 89 4 Ultra Ball PAF 91 2 Nest Ball PAF 84 2 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 144 2 Counter Catcher PAR 160 2 Pal Pad SVI 182 1 Super Rod PAL 188 1 Hisuian Heavy Ball ASR 146 1 Lost Vacuum CRZ 135 1 Forest Seal Stone SIT 156 1 Hero's Cape TEF 152 1 Bravery Charm PAL 173 1 Defiance Band SVI 169 1 Technical Machine: Devolution PAR 177

I understand that this is how the list copy/pastes. It also does not make for high-quality content here on /pkmntcg. I've been trying to suggest that folks edit their posts into something more legible, however very few OPs have done this. It's becoming frustrating and I think it is dragging down not only post quality but also engagement as a result.
My initial thought is to make a rule for the forum that deck lists submitted for feedback must be a true list, with each card on its own line and certainly not in a block of text like the above example. This will likely also not be followed because Reddit, and the result would be that posts not following this rule would be removed until fixed.
Before this is implemented, I would like to hear what the community thinks and if there are alternative suggestions for how to handle this. My biggest concern is the amount of moderation this may require, which leads to my second item.
I have to acknowledge that I have not been as visibly active here as I once was. Especially as /pkmntcg approaches its 100k member milestone, I would like to work to find a few other folks to bring on the moderator team to work with Tsukimizu and me on updating and modernizing a lot of resources here to make this community more useful to all of you. If you have ideas or candidates in mind, please drop a modmail message. Look for more to come about this in the near future.

2296, The scene is set in a post apocalyptic Mojave desert, 15 years after a joint effort of the New California Republic, the Rangers, and the mysterious benefactor of the New Vegas Strip, Mr. House pushed back an attempted invasion of the Mojave and a final battle was waved for control of the hydroelectric powerhouse, Hoover Damm.
In the aftermath, Mr. House was removed from power discreetly, due to the actions of a wasteland wanderer on a mission for revenge, known only as the Courier. Mr. House's iconic Lucky 38 casino opened its doors, for the first time, offering a single floor casino and bar, it's upstairs remained an exclusive and mysterious meeting place for the New Vegas Strip's elite. The Lucky 38 represented one of the cleanest, most secure facilities, protected, like the rest of the strip, by the Securitron Mk 2, predominantly. Their presence ensured visitors on the Strip behaved themselves, though the other casinos maintained their own security and 'house rules' internally.
The Strip defined and maintained its status as an independent entity, determining through the Courier's observations that the NCR was stretching it's military might too thin, and couldn't realistically manage over the Strip and Mojave, so a new deal was struck, similar to the prior, but with The Strip extending it's Securitron security to enforce the immediately surrounding communities and a few outlying satelites. Trade to the surrounding areas increased, the Mojave benefitting from the prewar tech, pre-programmed security forces. The drug addicted fiends and other Raider groups would never be any match for their advanced weaponry, and ultimately were cleared out of existence.
The King's continued to watch over Freeside, making alliances with the Follower's of the Apocalypse... their desire to service the needs of the belittled, disadvantaged and destitute lined up, and this is where Mr. Wolf found his place in the story... the Courier and a Follower's doctor found love in the wasteland.... and raised a child together under a Ranger's flag... 23 years later? This is New Vegas...
A handsome man in a leather jacket sat in a dusty leather booth watching one of the girls dance on a pole, shaking her ass as bottle caps clinked on the stage in front of her. It was a swanky post apocalyptic casino strip club. A man in a leather jacket stood nearby, his hands crossed in front of his chest, "Kings" embroidered across the back in silver letters. A waitress approached him carrying a glass of some amber colored liquor, and sat it down at the half moon table. She lingered a moment in her lacey body suit, following his gaze up to the girl rubbing her tits in some older cowboys face.
"You don't get jealous seeing her like that, Mr. Wolf." The girl bit her lip and met his eyes as he picked up his glass and swirled it before giving it a smell and taking a slow swig. He tilted his head looking her over. She couldn't possibly be older then 19. Tight, perky little thing.
Mr. Wolf smirked and shook his head. "I like her... nice and wet when she comes to my bed."
The girl blushed and bit her lip. "So you like to watch?" She surmised.
"I don't mind, but why do you ask?" Wolf had these intense eyes that shot arrows into your very soul. It made her incredibly nervous... but she found it deeply exciting at the same time.
"Well... I'm living in 206 now... maybe... you might stop by sometime and I could dance for you? I know I don't have her body but... if you wanted something that was a little fresher... something... just yours?" She figeted her fingers against the table.
Jason looked her over once more and smirked.
"Two-Oh-six, huh?" He tilted his head, considering.
She nodded.
"Leave your cum soaked panties on my doorknob one of these nights if you really need it and maybe I'll come see if you got the moves." His Texan accent was subdued, but enthrallingly charming with his confident, somewhat bored with reality overtones.
"M-my panties?" She stammered turning bright red. "On your doorknob?" Alexa couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"If you're gunna shoot your shot with a dom... with an alpha... you need to be willing to submit. If you can't do that... I'm not interested." Wolf shrugged, completely unphased.
"But what about... what if..." Alexa glanced at Laura, the clubs most iconic stripper in the club, perhaps even the whole Strip.
She was taking some NCR soldier to the VIP lounge for a private dance.
Alexa had been bold enough to offer herself but now she was feeling nervous. If Laura wanted her out, she could lose her job... her home.
"Oh she won't mind... if anything she'll want to watch." Wolf shook his head, sensing her anxiety.
"Assuming of course... she likes the way you smell... she's funny like that." Wolf let the conversation end and Alexa nervously retreated.
Wolf sat drinking by himself, but got bored.
"Jakey, go get yourself a drink and sit down, I'm bored." Wolf called to his body guard.
Jacob looked over and nodded, giving the lounge one last look around before approaching the bar and getting himself a mug of beer, from the tuxedo shirt and boytie bartender Gerald, and returning to the table.
"What's on your mind boss?" Jacob had his hair slicked back in the usual King's gang hairstyle.
"Heard any rumors lately?" Wold looked at him, taking a drag from his cigarette and flicking the pack over to him.
"Honestly, boss, aside from the occasional drunkard or fiend rolling through freeside, nothing out of the ordinary... well, except... a way's out.. the crazy lady... Gloria was swearing up and down she found a headless metal suit of armor.. said the Enclave would burn down New Vegas. God's wraith and all that, you know how she gets."
"Enclave?" Jason's attention was piqued.
"Yeah, I don't know, she was probably just in withdrawal from the Jet... said she found it in the hollowed out shell of the Super Duper, out by the old highway." Jacob shrugged and drank from his beer and pulled a cigarette from the pack.
Wolf finished the last drag of his own cigarette. "Has anyone validated her claims?"
"Well... no... but... I mean... you've met her, she sees things that aren't there, all the time." Jacob shrugged and lit a cigarette.
Jason squinted, considering the resident crazy ladies most recent half coherent ramblings.
"That's an oddly specific hallucination though....take a group of guys out there tonight... humor me, and make sure she's not right." Wolf lifted his glass.
"Sir?" Jacob raised an eyebrow, thinking surely this could wait until tomorrow.
"Hypothetically" Wolf pondered aloud, "If there was... for some reason, there in-fact was... a pre-war, piece of military tech out there....a T-45, let's say, or T-60, best case scenario? We want it. Even if it's not at 100% capacity? It's fusion core alone... could change up the game for Freeside, something like that could make our tiny little city independent. We wouldn't have to be reliant on the scraps of New Vegas, and forget about the Hoover Dam completely."
Jacob caught Mr. Wolf's drift.. a fusion core could mean producing its own, radiation-free water, it's own electricity.. not just a little, a lot. Powering long dead machines, not to mention the agricultural benefits... producing healthier, higher yield tobacco... expanding their income ten fold.
Jacob suddenly felt like he understood Mr. Wolf's vision for the future.
"I should... go and deploy the King's to investigate." Jacob concluded.
"I think that would be for the best, I can take care of myself here." Wolf waved Jacob off.
Jacob downed his beer and excused himself.
Wolf drank the rest of his whiskey, extinguishing his cigarette.
Laura, the dancer came up to the table, and Wolf motioned to the blushing new waitress for a round, who felt a twinge of jealousy seeing her crush with the most popular stage act in town. She bit her tongue though, bringing over two more heavy pours of whiskey.
Laura eyed the girl as she came and went.
"She likes you." Laura concluded as the waitress walked away.
"Yeah.. I think she does." Mr. Wolf shrugged, flicking her a cigarette.
"The NCR boy liked me." She giggled wiping a little bit of cum from her lips and used half her shot like mouthwash.
"Get anything out of him.. other then.. his seed?" Wolf sighed.
"Of course," She grinned mischievously, "Apparently there's been trouble out West with the Brotherhood. They had some type of skirmish? Apparently NCR lost? NCR was apparently holding some old world tech, I don't know, but apparently it lit up the west coast power grid, like... in it's entirely?" Laura tilted her head to look at him.
"The entire western power grid was lit up by a single piece of tech??" Wolf shook his head at the topless girl beside him.
"Yeah, I had to make him cum twice for more details, but apparently it's the size of a grain of rice, with quote, unlimited energy potential." Laura relayed the information. It seemed more important then a suit of power armor or its fusion core.
"Who else knows about this?" Wolf demanded with his eyebrows squinted against his eyes.
"Anyone with a functional light bulb for... like... three hundred miles?" Laura guessed with a shrug.
"You said... it was the Brotherhood that took the win on the skirmish?" Wolf clarified some details.
"Yeah... rumor has it they have a new up and coming knight that's making waves." Laura shrugged.
"Stay on the rumors... I need details." Mr. Wolf nodded at her, drank his whiskey and stood up, downing his drink.
An energy source that powerful would have a big effect on the balance of power in the Mojave. It could mean a resurrection of the New California Republic to it's former glory and then some, and potentially... might mean a renewed effort to reclaim the western part of the former United States, in time.

I like to think I’ve read a bit on the war. But while watching Glory for the 100th time it dawned on me I have no idea what Drill Sergeants were like during the conflict. The Irish Sgt in Glory is the only time I think I’ve seen one depicted in film, which leads me to question how accurate a depiction it was. I’m sure the Marines in DC had some sort of drill instructors but how was it handled by the rest of the military? What was the variation between North and South? Cavalry? Navy?

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TW: Violence, Suicide, Abuse I’m a transgender man, and like the title says my family and I are estranged because I’m transgender. From my extended family: I’ve been told to kill myself, I’ve been called every name (read as slur) in the book, I’ve been told that they want nothing to do with me and that I’m no longer a part of the family. This happened 6 almost 7 years ago, and what hurts the most is that my mother never defended me, her son, when her family members whom I was never close with said all these vile things to and about me. She told me that I need to move on. They never apologized for these evil things they said to me. I have 5 siblings, with the youngest 2 being twin girls who are over a decade younger than me. I was at the hospital with my mom when they were born. I was a kid, and I was expected to make all of their beginning of life decisions because our father was useless. I would come home from school and take care of them, because my mother had PPD. She took them away from me. She said I was a bad influence on them and she took them away from me. They are my first children. I raised them from birth until my mother took them from me. I postponed my college at 17 because my mother told me that her and all my siblings would be homeless if I didn’t financially contribute to the household. I paid all the bills, I made more at my job than she did at hers. Anything they needed they came to me for. I never could save any money because someone always needed something financially and I was the person to make it happen. My credit is ruined from my mother pressuring me to take out loans I couldn’t afford to pay for things for her and my siblings. I did everything I thought a good older sibling should do. And she took them away from me because I asked her to call me a different name. She turned them against me. They told me they hated me for being transgender. None of my other siblings will talk to me. Our relationships all died the day I started my transition. My father and I don’t speak. His stepdaughter called me disgusting slurs and I asked him to talk to her, he defended her actions and told me to toughen up because the world will never be nice to people like me. I don’t expect the world to be nice, I expected the family I had to be supportive. I don’t have a family anymore. I have few friends, and I genuinely feel like they’re tired of me. I left an abusive relationship a year ago and have been homeless since. My blood “family” knows that, but they don’t care what happens to me. They don’t care that the winter was freezing and that the summer will be scorching. They don’t care that I’m trying to pick up the pieces of my life and just want their love and support. They don’t care about me at all, because I decided to be true to myself and stop hating myself. I attempted suicide several times before starting my transition, I told my mother if she wanted me to live then this is what needed to happen. And she chose to actively mourn her daughter instead of loving her son. When I changed my name legally, my mother told me I killed her daughter. I’ll never have a family again, and it hurts so bad.

I bought a house with an older shower (originally tiled in the 90s) that had crumbling grout, especially right where the tub joined the tile. I used a hand-held grout remover and a dremel tool to get rid of as much of the old grout as I could at the joint between the tub and tile, and then resealed with 100% Silicone.
It seemed to hold great for about a year, after which I could see it separating slightly from the wall and building up a bit of dark discoloration. I went to remove it and quite a bit of water came out from behind the silicone - think the volume of a 2-liter soda bottle cap or two. Maybe an oz.?
First, I'm wondering whether the Silicone I'm using is the right product to seal where the tub meets the tile.
If the Silicone is the right tool for the job, could the water just be coming in from small defects elsewhere in the grout? There seem to be one or two small (1/8") spots where the grout has failed and water might be entering the wall. Can I just seal those up with the Silicone as well?
Is this a bigger job than I'm making it out to be? Do I need to try start from scratch and retile the whole shower? I'm worried about water getting into the walls and doing damage that I'm not seeing.
I believe this is the product I used, which I see now is a window and door sealant. I'm happy to put more photos in the comments, if that would be helpful.
Any help would be appreciated! Thank you.

With what happened with the Red picks for Ligue 1 and the NickRtfm siutation I have been thinking of all the things that need to change in this game. This game is infuriating. The amount of things that need to change in this game is actually astronomical. I'm gonna do my best to lay out all the problems I see and some solutions even if they are not be perfect.
1.SERVERS
For a company that boasts about making 1.5 billion in revenue the servers are actually terrible. The amount of DCs I have had while playing champs or rivals is unbelievable. Fix your servers. Understand that at content time the player base count will increase dramatically and account for that.
2.People quitting 0-0, 1-1 etc
Why are you not awarded a win when someone quits at the start of the game makes no sense to me. Especially when it's halfway through a game and they are doing it just to spite the other player. I've heard that they might not do this due to multiple reasons. If this is the case then only add it to CHAMPS at least
3.Corner glitches
The fact I have to 2nd man press and bring my player up short every time so that Roberto Carlos or whoever else has playstyle + whipped cross doesn't cross a ball in and some 6ft CB with aerial+ is dunking on my 5ft RB/LB is crazyyy. If it's not this it's another powershot corner BS tactic. Sort this AI out and do something to stop this OP tactic. Its too consistent and abused.

1. Menus

Why is it I press R1 or L1 too quick the game freaks out and I have to restart it. Who coded this game where it is guaranteed to happen every day. I will have to restart my game every day multiple times.

1. Pack weight

This has to be the scumiest ones of all. When EA put 100% guarantee on getting a TOTS or whatever promo. Why is it always the same 5 players worth 50k or less. I'd like to see the real chance of you packing the million + players. I honestly think that it's based on how much they are worth on the market exactly why you never see extinct players like CR7 or Mbappe. I'd rather see 0.000001% chance of packing Mbappe then see 100% guaranteed. Its too predatory that these packs are worth the price of full fledged games.

1. Draft

What a boring game mode. The same thing for the past 8 years. What's the point going 4-0 if the best of my rewards are gonna be an 83 rated fodder player 90 % of the time. Make it more then 4 games. Make the rewards better. Incentivize players to actually wanna play this gamemode instead of ignoring this mode and just copy and pasting it every year.

1. Rivals

I don't mind this gamemode with the recent change to rewards but the disparity in skill level with elite division makes no sense. I have played actual demons in div 3 and I have played some bots who seem like it's their first time playing in Elite Div. It doesn't matter what div you are in because it's gonna be win some lose some which is fine but I would hope it would be more consistent. I love the skill rating in Elite division but why is this limited to just Elite. Add it to all divisions. If I lose to someone better then me then I'm gonna be less inclined to say its DDA or luck.
7.5 Milestones rewards
How lazy can EA be. Honestly it's actually bewildering that they think it's acceptable to give us a tifo to get us to play games. What happened to rewarding people for playing their game instead of giving us 99% of the player base wont touch.

1. Tifos/Season rewards

I DONT CARE ABOUT TIFOS. SPEND LESS TIME PAYING ARTISTS AND SPEND THAT ON YOUR GAME! How hard is it to put 500 fifa points in the rewards tab. Every other game with a battle pass system can give it out im pretty sure it won't hurt your pockets EA. And the levels of packs that are in season pass are abysmal. All this grind for every 10 levels to get something of value. Surely you can boost these packs this far into the game cycle. Not like I'm gonna pack anything of value with how shocking pack weight is anyway...

1. ICON SBCS ROULETTE.

I don't need to pack another Winter wildcard icon worth nothing that I'd rather put into the exchange then play 1 second with in any game mode... I get that they don't want everyone running around with TOTY Ronaldo but at least make it worthwhile with limiting the bad player pool.

1. FC PRO

It's actually disgusting how much EA forcefeed this dead eSports down our throats just so they have people watching them so their advertisements are happy they have someone watching. If they didn't put packs in to get people to watch I'm sure half or even more would dissappear. Make the gameplay more enjoyable and people would happily watch.

1. SBC grind/Quality of Life

This is how I know EA just don't care or are too lazy to add any quality of life improvements. I have to give props to paleta the guy who made paletools. It basically has everything needed that EA should have added. And if he can do it on his own then why can't EA. In Madden AN EA GAME BTW you can filter through ratings. Why can't we do that in this game? JUST ASK THEM HOW THEY DID IT. I know it's probably different dev teams but they aren't gonna lose any money if you ask and if its a matter of coding it from the beginning then maybe it needs a revamp instead of a copy/paste.
-Duplicates. Add a button that let's me automatically put duplicates into an SBC. Searching through this dysfunctional menu to add a player is so tedious.
-Add a settings menu to see when you complete an objective in game. You have it visible when you play moments. Surely you can add a feature to turn this on and off during a game. Makes objectives so much easier. There are probably other quality of life improvements I am missing but I'm sure people in the comments can add a few.
This is from a fc24 player that is just tired of not having a good product of a game. To charge 70-100 pounds or dollars just to buy this game is a massive slap in the face. I haven't given many solutions to these problems but I know there are many so something can definitely be done. If you guys wants any change then boycott buying fc points. Hurt them where they will feel it the mosts. Their pockets. Then maybe some change will happen.

1. Every single ipad pro 10.5 has a massive white spot. No acknowledgement by Apple or reimbursement of the product. Someone should've filed a huge lawsuit. They offer 14 day free returns. Guess what? The spot develops after 14 days.
2. Apple charges $1,000 dollars for a new ipad pro and still gives inferior cpu and ram specifications unless you spend literally $3,000. The base model specifications are good enough but if I am spending that much I should get the best of the best. Years back it was much cheaper and they gave the same specs to all configurations. They are beyond greedy.
3. The Apple Stores never honor what the official Apple Support chat agrees to do for you, even with screenshots and proof.
4. Their products are very overpriced. I could buy a cheap $250 ipad. But guess what? It is 7-8 year old tech.
5. They don't trickle down many specifications into their cheaper products. Examples include, Promotion and laminated displays/Quad Speakers. Pro ipads have had most of these for a decade!
6. Their software often slows down devices. (ios 11 and 14 were two of the worst versions).
7. They throttle devices to "preserve them and their batteries", yet other brands are able to do it without throttling. For example a samsung s23 with a bad battery will just not last long on a charge but won't throttle.
8. They have raised prices significantly on all battery replacements.
9. They won't replace a device battery that does not work great because their dumb software tells them it is over 80% capacity. Who's to say their software is accurate? I should be able to pay to replace my battery whenever I want.
10. They feel the need to update the software every year and break it with tons of bugs yet the operating system always looks the same.
11. They have not thoroughly overhauled the ios design for 11 years! "If it ain't broke don't fix it" doesn't hold true forever!
12. They have gauged the tech community into feeling obliged to upgrade in that their tech is outdated.
13. M1 ipad pros perform worse then their predecessors! They overheat and lag. I returned mine awhile back.

(I have a ton more but this list is long enough for one post.)

With what happened with the Red picks for Ligue 1 and the NickRtfm siutation I have been thinking of all the things that need to change in this game. This game is infuriating. The amount of things that need to change in this game is actually astronomical. I'm gonna do my best to lay out all the problems I see and some solutions even if they are not be perfect.
1.SERVERS
For a company that boasts about making 1.5 billion in revenue the servers are actually terrible. The amount of DCs I have had while playing champs or rivals is unbelievable. Fix your servers. Understand that at content time the player base count will increase dramatically and account for that.
2.People quitting 0-0, 1-1 etc
Why are you not awarded a win when someone quits at the start of the game makes no sense to me. Especially when it's halfway through a game and they are doing it just to spite the other player. I've heard that they might not do this due to multiple reasons. If this is the case then only add it to CHAMPS at least
3.Corner glitches
The fact I have to 2nd man press and bring my player up short every time so that Roberto Carlos or whoever else has playstyle + whipped cross doesn't cross a ball in and some 6ft CB with aerial+ is dunking on my 5ft RB/LB is crazyyy. If it's not this it's another powershot corner BS tactic. Sort this AI out and do something to stop this OP tactic. Its too consistent and abused.

1. Menus

Why is it I press R1 or L1 too quick the game freaks out and I have to restart it. Who coded this game where it is guaranteed to happen every day. I will have to restart my game every day multiple times.

1. Pack weight

This has to be the scumiest ones of all. When EA put 100% guarantee on getting a TOTS or whatever promo. Why is it always the same 5 players worth 50k or less. I'd like to see the real chance of you packing the million + players. I honestly think that it's based on how much they are worth on the market exactly why you never see extinct players like CR7 or Mbappe. I'd rather see 0.000001% chance of packing Mbappe then see 100% guaranteed. Its too predatory that these packs are worth the price of full fledged games.

1. Draft

What a boring game mode. The same thing for the past 8 years. What's the point going 4-0 if the best of my rewards are gonna be an 83 rated fodder player 90 % of the time. Make it more then 4 games. Make the rewards better. Incentivize players to actually wanna play this gamemode instead of ignoring this mode and just copy and pasting it every year.

1. Rivals

I don't mind this gamemode with the recent change to rewards but the disparity in skill level with elite division makes no sense. I have played actual demons in div 3 and I have played some bots who seem like it's their first time playing in Elite Div. It doesn't matter what div you are in because it's gonna be win some lose some which is fine but I would hope it would be more consistent. I love the skill rating in Elite division but why is this limited to just Elite. Add it to all divisions. If I lose to someone better then me then I'm gonna be less inclined to say its DDA or luck.
7.5 Milestones rewards
How lazy can EA be. Honestly it's actually bewildering that they think it's acceptable to give us a tifo to get us to play games. What happened to rewarding people for playing their game instead of giving us 99% of the player base wont touch.

1. Tifos/Season rewards

I DONT CARE ABOUT TIFOS. SPEND LESS TIME PAYING ARTISTS AND SPEND THAT ON YOUR GAME! How hard is it to put 500 fifa points in the rewards tab. Every other game with a battle pass system can give it out im pretty sure it won't hurt your pockets EA. And the levels of packs that are in season pass are abysmal. All this grind for every 10 levels to get something of value. Surely you can boost these packs this far into the game cycle. Not like I'm gonna pack anything of value with how shocking pack weight is anyway...

1. ICON SBCS ROULETTE.

I don't need to pack another Winter wildcard icon worth nothing that I'd rather put into the exchange then play 1 second with in any game mode... I get that they don't want everyone running around with TOTY Ronaldo but at least make it worthwhile with limiting the bad player pool.

1. FC PRO

It's actually disgusting how much EA forcefeed this dead eSports down our throats just so they have people watching them so their advertisements are happy they have someone watching. If they didn't put packs in to get people to watch I'm sure half or even more would dissappear. Make the gameplay more enjoyable and people would happily watch.

1. SBC grind/Quality of Life

This is how I know EA just don't care or are too lazy to add any quality of life improvements. I have to give props to paleta the guy who made paletools. It basically has everything needed that EA should have added. And if he can do it on his own then why can't EA. In Madden AN EA GAME BTW you can filter through ratings. Why can't we do that in this game? JUST ASK THEM HOW THEY DID IT. I know it's probably different dev teams but they aren't gonna lose any money if you ask and if its a matter of coding it from the beginning then maybe it needs a revamp instead of a copy/paste.
-Duplicates. Add a button that let's me automatically put duplicates into an SBC. Searching through this dysfunctional menu to add a player is so tedious.
-Add a settings menu to see when you complete an objective in game. You have it visible when you play moments. Surely you can add a feature to turn this on and off during a game. Makes objectives so much easier. There are probably other quality of life improvements I am missing but I'm sure people in the comments can add a few.
This is from a fc24 player that is just tired of not having a good product of a game. To charge 70-100 pounds or dollars just to buy this game is a massive slap in the face. I haven't given many solutions to these problems but I know there are many so something can definitely be done. If you guys wants any change then boycott buying fc points. Hurt them where they will feel it the mosts. Their pockets. Then maybe some change will happen.