I’m having trouble sticking with grinding a nation and keep bouncing around. Any tips on how to stick with one nation, at least a main nation to grind? Do you guys just grind a bunch of nations at once or just pick one?
I really like the idea of IFVs and F&F missiles (even if they need work) so I’ve been grinding Italy with the VRCC and OF-40 MTCA.
U.S.A. seems good all around so I’ve been grinding them with the Wolfpack and Harrier and Im around 6.0.
Germany was my main starting nation but was slow and boring and I’m at 7.7 with them. The TAM2IP is a beast though and the Marder is fun with the TOW missiles.
France is fun with the AMX-30 Super. I’m not that far up the tree, I’m at the E.B.R tank (5.3). I wish France had IFVs but it looks like mostly tanks.
No real interest in Japan or Israel. Sweden seems fun but close to Germany/Russia and looks like a flavor of the month nation right now.

This is not really a finished homebrew Archetype. More like an outline? Draft? Stupid idea? I am particularly unsure about distances and levels.
The goal is to start at the Extending Rune 2 Action Activity - and then make more out of it. Being able to use some extra distance easier or increasing the limit- at a cost.
This is based initially on Ichimaru Gin from Bleach. But I ended up mixing in Son Goku's power pole too.
Dedication
If you current weapon doesn't have the Extending Rune but can take another Property Rune, it gains a temporary Extending rune while you wield it. It can only can Extend 30ft.
Note: The 1st Rune is level 9 and might not be on every weapon you pick up. The first thing is fixing that.
Quick Extend
If a weapon with the Extending rune doesn't have Reach and you wield it with 2 Hahds, give it Reach.
Note: First upgrade is a little reach passively. Twisted Tree Magus and a bunch of ancestries have this with 2H requirement - so it is probably important for balance.
Mile long Weapon
Requirement: Quick Extend
When using Extend, you can make a Ranged attack with a range increment equal to Extend's normal Range limit.
Note: This one breaks the range limit, but at the cost of Range penalties and all the other downsides of ranged attacks. Probably a higher level one, even with the 2 Action cost of Extend.
Wide Swing
2 Action
You swing your weapon with Extending rune in a 30ft Cone, dealing damage with a Basic Reflex Save. The damage type is B, P or S depending on your weapon.
Note: I really have no idea about the proper damage/level for a basic save cone. I am also unsure if the Cone should be shorter or if it's length should be relative to the Extending Rune? Not like you are planning to stand in the enemies face with this Archetype, but it might be for close enemy emergencies.
Retrieve
2 Actions
You retrieve a object within Extend range. The item ends up held in your other hand, or at your feet if your hands are occupied.
Alternatively, you can perform simple Interact actions within Extend range, such as opening an unlocked door. Your weapon can't perform actions that require fingers or significant manual dexterity, including any action that would require a check to accomplish.
Note: More of a utility ability. I copied the extra limb limits for Interact, just to be sure.
Extending Push
When using Extend, you can Shove the target instead of Striking. This does not require a free hand. This can only push them just outside extend Range.
Note: Part of me wants to give this Whirling Throw distances instead. But I am worried it might become too good at keeping enemies away.
Additional Feat: Felling Strike
Note: Really need that for the next two.
Extending Vault
Using your Extending Weapon as pushing force you leap. This works likrle Sudden Leap, expect ou are limited to Extend range instead of your speed.
Note: Sudden leaps incredible freedom and attack, without your speed getting in the way. And you can Felling Strike too.
Fly Swatter
Requirement: Felling Strike
When using Extend with 3 Actions, you can use Felling Strike instead of a normal Strike.
Note: Sometimes you want to stop the flyer's, without ending next to them.
Done
So, those are my ideas for now.
Any thoughts? Somebody make something similar? Anything that stands out as overly strong? Did I forget any feature?

Open for discussion of in general butch 4 butch conversation, but honestly this is just a bit of a rant about a discovery I made about myself recently. I don’t have many gay friends and I just need to put this down somewhere.
For years I’ve had relationships with fems, flirted with and been flirted with by fems, only noticed by fems and felt attracted to fems. I love fems, they hold such a special space in my heart. Though recently I noticed that I’m started to feel more attracted towards masc features and well……butches-
I’ve never been against butch 4 butch but I’ve also never been in such a relationship, flirted with, been flirted with, met or attracted anyone that represents that way. Because of that, it never crossed my mind how attractive other butches are until now (I haven’t met anyone but being on certain sides of the internet unlocks new things yk yk). I understand that not all butches and mascs are the same, they’ve all got their individualities but god……..they’re fucking hot omg. I feel like a baby gay all over again 😭. I’m happy but also kinda sad - knowing I haven’t attracted someone masc presenting in the past, I’ve got no hopes in meeting someone anytime soon. Maybe I’ll be wrong, summer is coming up, who knows what’s next!

Baby started gelmix finally yesterday, and it’s so hard to get to 98.6-100° for the right temp with our bottle warmer. Does anyone have one they recommend? Or anything good? Let me know please I’d love to figure this out. I know someone said microwave but my speech therapist said absolutely not. Let me know! Any warmers you loved? Thanks!!!

Just a few days ago we brought baby home from a three week stay in the NICU. I really wanted to breastfeed and baby was latching but he was struggling with eating in general. The nurses/lactation team were supportive but I was told just to try one or the other (breastfeeding or bottle feeding) per feed so he didn’t tire out. As he got more used to the bottle, he started crying when I would attempt to breastfeed. Since the breastfeeding wasn’t really counting towards his volumes anyway, I gave up trying and just bottle fed in the NICU with donor milk combined with my pumped milk.
I found pumping exhausting and frustrating, especially because my volumes were low and I was barely producing even a ML when I wasn’t at the NICU but I kept it up in hopes I could transition to breastfeeding. I tried supplements recommended by lactation.
I thought when I got baby home my supply would increase but that’s not been the case. At first, I was able to make nearly a 50/50 formula/breastmilk mix but now I’ve been having to use around 80- 100% formula. My supply has gotten even lower and probably because I’ve missed pumping sessions. With baby eating every 2-3 hours, by the time I prepare the bottle, feed him, hold him, pump and clean everything, I’m lucky if I have even 30 minutes to spare to get some rest. I try to prioritize pumping but sometimes I have no time between feeds. Since I’m barely producing anything, the pumping feels almost pointless but I’m having a hard time giving it up because I know it’s good for him what little I can produce.
I tried breastfeeding once at home but I’m scared because I never really got the hang of it in the NICU and feel like I don’t know what I’m doing. I want to make sure he has enough to eat, especially with my supply low, and I don’t know if trying both will exhaust him. I’ve been sleeping maybe 3 hours per 24 hour period and don’t know how long I can keep up with pumping. I’m feeling discouraged. Any words of wisdom?

I (15M) met my friend (16F) last year. Since then, because I’ve never had a crush or romantic relationship ever, this had hit harder than expected. But I also feel this is part of my fault.
For context. I met her last year in the summer, we weren’t really close. Beginning of school is when she’d get closer and I start having feelings. Because of this I’d back away quite a bit from my insecurity of being used and made fun of from past experiences. After the first week, I’d then began coming back around but she seemed to only want to use me and didn’t want to be friends.
So, I backed off for about 4 months, not completely though. Just occasional talking, but each time, I’d find her also using me.
I didn’t wanna confront her on it in fear of losing her as a friend like past experiences. All the while this, my feelings just got stronger and stronger. It got to the point where I couldn’t even make eye contact with her in the fear of getting really nervous. After the 4 months, I felt we were making no progress in our friendship from the constant times she was using me and me thinking she didn’t actually want a friendship. So I slowly stopped talking to her more because I wanted a friendship and not this situation.
Through about 3 months, we’d eventually completely stop talking, she would sorta suffer a heart break herself (even though we weren’t in a relationship). I would conclude it was me who caused this because she seemed sad after I stopped talking to her, and only ignored me or tried to divert the attention to someone else when I would try to talk to her. Not only that, but around that time, she posted a video saying “when he thinks I’m mad, when really I’m just hurt.” I asked if she wanted to talk about it over text, she said no and to stay out of her comments and videos, I replied ok and apologized.
For the rest of the 3 months after the 3 month silent treatment period, I started to try coming back around because all the thinking started to kill me for what I had done and I wanted to apologize and rekindle or friendship.
I think the reason she felt sad wasn’t only from not talking to her, but the jealousy I would’ve thought she felt from me hanging with other girls who were friends and I had no romantic relationship with or whatsoever. The only difference was these girls were actually willing to talk and hangout and not ask for money, items, etc. But having friends like this, It’s like, I didn’t want to make it worse than it already was for her.
Now, for these last 2 months, I felt guilty of letting her go cause it was a dumb move. But I also didn’t want to go through the emotional abuse done to myself where I had really strong feelings that I was fighting with alongside the thought of her only wanting to be my friend so she could use me.
I fell for her for her gentle and kind personality. She was just a good soul all around and social, more social than me. But as I got close, I found she was using me, whenever and however. So the best I could come up with, was to crush from a distance without thinking it would affect her. So I still have feelings for her but don’t know how to tell her because she ignores me and wants nothing to do with me at this point. So I ask, how do I cope with my guilt and feelings for her?

New college grad and I need a new car. I came up with these three. I don’t know anything about cars so any input helps :)
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Some of my friends, my partner, and I (all in our 30's, if it matters) go to the Regal Monday Mystery Movies fairly often. Everyone but me loves to be surprised. I can't sit through some stuff (e.g. SA, realistic violence/torture, really slow/boring stuff). If it starts in on something I can't deal with, I get up and go to hang out in the car while they finish watching the movie. Nobody has a problem with it, I just feel like it's an easily avoidable waste of money. I've begun hitting up Reddit and trying to figure out what the movie is before I agree to go. I don't expect anyone else to skip it if I opt out and I don't ruin the surprise for anyone else. They all know I look, though, and everyone but my partner acts like it desecrates some kind of camaraderie we are supposed to experience by doing this together. I'm just trying to stop wasting money on sh*t I don't want to watch. Plus, when it is something I legit want to see, I actually get excited beforehand instead of just dreading what could be coming.
Apparently, one person knowing the surprise defeats the whole purpose of going to the mystery movie, ruins it for everyone, and I should just stop going if I can't handle not knowing in advance...? Seems dumb to me, but maybe I'm missing something? AITAH?

I'm 30 yo now and starting to think on having children with my husband. But I'm terrified of checking what is the status of my fertility or to learn if there could be any risks for me or the baby as a detransitioner. I would like to hear from other FtM detrans, if a successful pregnancy is possible after 2 years of going under T? Or if I should lower my expectations of having bio kids?

Hello everyone!
I'm 23 and I love weed. For the past couple of years (not exactly sure when I started), I've been smoking pretty regularly, usually enjoying a bowl or two every evening at home. Even when I go out, I often choose a joint over alcohol. So, you could say I have a pretty close relationship with weed, but I ain't no Snoop Dogg.
Until about 2 months ago, I'd been smoking almost daily for nearly a year, with only occasional insignificant breaks. Even when I wasn't home, I'd usually have a little pipe with me, just in case. But then, about 2 months ago, I had to take a break (lost my plug lol). After a few days of not smoking, I decided to extend the break until my birthday, which was about a month away.
During this month-long break, I noticed both good and bad things. On the positive side, I didn't really crave the weed; I could live without it just fine. No headaches, no sweats, slept like a baby — I just stopped one day and wasn't tempted to reach for the stash (although I kinda did miss being high). On the negative side, the bad thing was (and still is) these damn brain fogs. I don't know if I'm tripping, but it feels like my head was a lot clearer before I started smoking. I miss having a clear head. I've questioned myself a lot if this foggy brain is just because of the weed, or maybe it's because of my unhealthy sleep schedule, maybe something else or even if it's really there.
Whether it was just one day or a month without weed, I didn't notice much of a difference in the brain fog—it definitely didn't go away. I'm not even sure how to explain the feeling, but maybe some of my fellow smokers have experienced something similar. It'd be great to find someone who can relate, so I know I'm not alone in this.
Also, as a musician, I used to convince myself to smoke before writing new songs, thinking it would get my creative juices flowing. Lately, though, I would just end up sitting in my studio watching TikToks and wasting my time. I'm not even sure if different strains make much of a difference in this. About a year ago, smoking would put me in a perfect mood, helping me enjoy the everyday little things and making me more productive and creative. But now, I often find myself just doing nothing when high. I really miss the healthier relationship I had with weed and I'd love to find my way back to it.
I wouldn't say I want to quit weed completely, though part of me understands it might be for the better. I just enjoy it too much. There aren't many things in life that bring me great joy, but weed, being one of them, also helps me turn the boring things into something enjoyable and entertaining.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar? What would you suggest I do? Thank you guys.

There is a nest on my apartment balcony, I am on the 3rd floor so it is a high drop. Lately there has been baby birds dropping from the nest onto my balcony luckily not down all 3 floors, although sadly one of them passed away while I was out of town this last weekend, and 2 others dropped down on my balcony today.
There was another nest that had dropped down with no eggs a couple weeks ago, I left it up on my balcony in case any birds wanted to use it for anything because they come here daily. I put gloves on and immediately helped the birds gently onto the nest and put an old cushioned rug underneath the nest for now, it all happened so fast and they are breathing and resting there.
It was about a 8-9 foot drop from their nest onto my wooden balcony, one of them bounced off the metal railing then by some miracle onto my balcony instead of over the railing, I tried to catch it but couldn’t, the other fell before I ever noticed. Now I’m worried what to do next.
Is it against the law to remove the nest? All 3 of the babies have fallen and I’m hoping their mother comes to see the 2 here now that need her. Should I take them to a vet? I work starting in the middle of the night tonight so I won’t be home, do you think my apartment complex staff would be able to do anything in the morning?

Hello! This is my first post, so I hope I’m doing this right. We have our second baby boy coming very (very) soon, and still can’t come to any agreement for a name. I’ve stooped to asking random children what names they like in an effort to find SOMETHING that clicks.
Our first son’s name is Magnus Michael, and I love it so much.
We have a last name starting with L and it is Swedish in origin, so we have been open to trying out Nordic names, but, again, nothing is clicking. My husband hasn’t been terribly on board with names starting with an L because of the alliteration.
Names that have been considered (and ultimately rejected by one or the other of us): Henrik Thaddeus Marcus Forrest Leif Harry Harvey Anders
We’d prefer it to not be something too popular, but I’m worried that we’re trying so hard to match Magnus that we are trending too far out in left field.
I feel so silly having to resort to reaching out like this, but after nine months my brain is fried and I’m about to give up!

Gen 4 and Gen 6 are interesting picks for the basis of Legends games. And while we don't truly know what will happen in PLZA, I think selecting Kalos reveals some of the game pitch and the direction this is going.
Diamond and Pearl
In Diamond and Pearl, there was an event that never happened to battle and catch Arceus. With the key item Azure Flute, you would've been able to travel to Spear Pillar. However, Masuda later said the Azure Flute event was too complicated for players and the whole thing was dropped after the game's release.
D&P also had a number of other game issues including their small number of Fire-types.
Legends Arceus in some ways was revisionism for Sinnoh. GF aimed to redo the Azure Flute experience and add in more Fire-types including Cyndaquil and H-Growlithe. While many things changed, the game manages to deliver closer on the original promise for Sinnoh.
X and Y
If you take that mindset for PLA, it extends very easily to include PLZA. There have been a lot of posts over time over how X&Y feel unfinished, including the locked power plant, the ghost girl, the lack of a Zygarde storyline, and more.
Every so often you hear about some cancelled ideas for Kalos. I've heard they skipped Pokemon Z for Sun/Moon. I've heard X&Y were originally going to have a bunch of aliens in disguise roaming the region as invaders. I imagine there's a lot of ideas they scrapped.
Which is why they're going PLZA next. GF wants to deliver on a Kalos game of the scale they wanted. They could revise plenty of game points that were dropped before, and finish storylines they never did before. I think it's interesting that the Tapus and Ultra Beasts notably did not return to SV in any DLC. If they wanted to redo the alien plotline, they have a lot of ways to do that now.
I think we're still trying to figure out what a "Legends" game is, but I think a lot of it is about fan service.
Nostalgia
D&P came out in 2006. If you were a six-year old playing that as your first game, you would've been playing Legends: Arceus when you were 22. It was timed very well to those lukewarm players to recapture their nostalgia with a game that captures their interests specifically with the Azure Flute and Arceus. A Legends game, with an older main character and grittier storyline, does manage to feel slightly more mature in a way that should draw in a different player base.
As Pokemon gets close to its 30-year anniversary, they will need to keep finding ways to appeal to a wider player base. That means approachable games for new players but also deeper dives with nostalgia to keep others engaged in the franchise.
Legends: Kyurem?
I don't think there will be a Legends: Kyurem anytime soon. I know there are a small number of fans who really enjoyed the games and their sequels. They are games without major flaws. And that's why they're unlikely to get the Legends treatment. Using the same thesis above, I don't think there's anything major in these games that needs to be revisited. The only thing that never happened was the Lock Capsule event, which was so obscure you might not even know it existed.
Sure, there's the "original dragon", but I don't believe GF ever intended to add that to the game and then scrapped it last-minute.
Legends: Celebi
So with that in mind, I do think Legends: Celebi probably makes the most sense. Johto is one of the regions that underwent the biggest change in its entirety. Reading through beta content for G/S takes you through all kinds of interesting theories and what-ifs. Its locations changed a lot through development. I don't think the GS Ball event was ever distributed outside of Japan. The GS Ball was also dropped from the anime.
Other missing parts of the canon include the many scrapped Pokemon that were removed from the game including new evolutions, pre-evolutions, and entirely new designs. If GF ever wanted to revisit Johto, I would hope they go back into this list and pull out one or two of their favorites to make official.
Pokemon Go as a test bed?
Celebi plays a big role in Pokemon Colisseum, an obscure GameCube game in which it purifies the heart of a shadow Pokemon you 'snag'. So could Shadow Pokemon return in a Legends: Celebi game?
I think that Mega Evolutions coming to Pokemon Go in late 2020 showed these designs and mechanics had a lot of fan favor. I had really thought mega evolutions would be gone from the games entirely until they teased its return in PLZA. I wouldn't be surprised if their popularity in Go is what led them to reintroduce the mechanic.
Along the same lines, would shadow and purified Pokemon from Go ever be considered popular enough to make an official mechanic in a future game? G/S/C were about Team Rocket's return and using machines to draw out a Pokemon's strength (and rage). Sounds a bit like shadow Pokemon. They might do more revisionism and say they were always shadow.
This is all my personal speculation of course. But as we start to learn more about this specific series of games, I think it will definitely continue in the vein of bringing back older players by giving them answers to questions that were unresolved because the original answers were scrapped.

Long time lurker, first time redditoposter. I've been listening and reading a lot of these horror stories and figured it might be fun to share mine.
I haven't actually played a game of DnD or DnD adjacent since about 2020/2021, mostly because of what transpired during the games I actually did play before that. I love the concept, I love creating characters and stories and worlds, but I get a pit in my stomach when I actually try to play again.
I had my first opportunity to play DnD my freshman year of college. I dropped in on the campus tabletop club and I was quite anxious. I was the only girl in the room, everyone seemed to have known each other or clicked well, but I wanted to branch out of my comfort zone. The first night went well! We played a very quick heist one shot where we made a character with one flaw and one interesting trait. Through unfortunate rolls and circumstances, we had a TPK, but it was a fun time. I was invited afterwards to join a Pathfinder campaign that a few of the members were going to start up for the new semester, and so I scheduled a time to meet with the DM and create my first full fledged character.
Now, the DM was kind of eccentric, a little whack if you will but very excited to help me make my first character. I thought he was just goofy and really into the game. God I wish I picked up on all the red flags that would come.
He first asked me what kind of race I'd like to play as. I had always been drawn to tiefling characters because I liked the aesthetic. His eyes lit up at that for some reason. Then he asked what class I'd like; if I'd like to be primarily a support or tank or what have you. I didn't want to get overwhelmed in my first game and thought support might be nice. I could watch how combat worked while just keeping everyone going and buffed. I said let's try bard! The grin that crept up on his face...
He immediately started talking about how saucy that would be, how my character would be so flirty and fun. I expressed some discomfort in having my character immediately fall into the "h*rny bard" category I had seen meme'd on so much, but he laughed and waved it off by saying he "was a theater kid in high school! Everyone was super h*orny and making out backstage all the time. It just comes with the environment!" Being a new player, and wanting to fit in, I pushed down my discomfort and thought okay, I'll play her as a joke character I guess.
For awhile it was fine, I got to play her as a dancelyre player who was part of a traveling circus. Nothing weird was coming up the first few sessions. Most of the other PCs either joined together by taking quests from the town job board, or had ties built in to their backstory. My first red flag should have been that the DM, despite constantly raving about all his planning, was frequently skipping around the story. He would suddenly decide the plot point we were on wasn't interesting enough for some reason, and just throw us into another scenario. We left so many lose ends because he just didn't feel like finishing them, regardless of if we were engaging in it or not. But hey, he's the DM right? That's what I thought, he had the right to change it. I had no prior experience to see this was just bad DMing.
We ended up joining an archery competition as we were tempted by a mystery grand prize. At the sign up table, out of nowhere, the DMPC attending to registration suddenly starts flirting with my character. I got flustered in a negative way because this DM got very into character (giving me looks, leaning in as he spoke to me, the whole shebang). I panicked, all of a sudden being the focus of a room full of men seeing how I'd react to it. I again, stupidly, went along with it. I had her (nervously) flirt back lightly, and I was relieved it didn't go much further at that point. Skipping to the end of the archery competition, my bard ended up in the final two and sabotaged an assassination on the town's mayor mid competition. The party was invited to a celebratory dinner at the mayor's house afterwards, where we once again ran into the NPC that flirted with my character at registration. He invited her to bed, and again I got extremely uncomfortable and flustered. None of this was discussed beforehand, nor was I even asked if I was comfortable with such topics before joining the campaign. The guys at the table were egging me on, and I felt pressured to accept. With a few hoots and hollers, we had a fade to black scene (thank god). I went home feeling very icky, but convinced myself I was being a wimp. And the table had enjoyed my antics that night, so I should be grateful.
I had the thought between sessions to write in a childhood friends to lovers interest for my bard to try and avoid any more unexpected encounters like that again, thinking if the DM had another character to play as with some personal tie to my bard, that would make be feel better about the interactions. He was brought up once, where I milked the f*ck out of my character's attachment to him, hoping to drive home that this was juicy potential relationship to build over the campaign. He never came up again during that campaign. The DM also completely disregarded many of the notes I gave him detailing this love interest's personality, and took many 'creative liberties' with him, but not enough where I would decide to say something.
Another few sessions happened where we struggled through the DMs inconsistent storytelling and jumping around to whatever plot point had his interest at the moment. He was constantly putting us in fights we could not hope to win, way too challenging for our lvl. 1-3 party. We often sat around the table in disappointment and defeat as we got absolutely destroyed by monsters (no one being able to land hits for sometimes 3-4 rounds at a time because of how high the AC or CR was), while the DM laughed and basked in the dreary nature of the table. He would usually eventually fudge rolls to give us an out when we were close to TPKs. He even gave us a deck of many things and insisted our PCs "felt compelled" to pull cards despite the players disagreeing they that wanted to. He attempted to force my character to drastically change her alignment to an evil one for shits and giggles because of one card pull (later allowed me to ignore it because I didn't even WANT to use the deck), and got three of us killed by having them pull a card that summoned the highest CR monster you could use.
One night he texts the group chat that he decided he's done running that story, and wants to run another one shot instead. We had one last session to "close" that first campaign and discuss the one shot options. During our meeting, he gleefully admitted to me that he had planned for my bard to get PREGNANT in that one night stand with the NPC from the archery competition. Not only did he plan to do that without my consent or knowledge, he had planned for it to be a HAG baby that would have entirely f*cked my PC up (he explained it as the man having been a witch in disguise or something?? And said that's how hags are made? Which to my knowledge is entirely incorrect. Maybe it was a homebrew rule, but regardless, I was mortified. And now very grateful he lost interest in that campaign).
Moving on to the one shot, another player decided to try DMing, and so the Problem DM had a chance to be a PC, yay! He privately messaged me and asked if I'd be interested in connecting our characters and their backstories. I said yes and we got to work. We spent a few nights discussing their dynamic and I was really excited to go into this game. Well, come the night of the session, we were going around the table introducing our characters. The Problem DM went before me, and introduced an entirely different character than the one we discussed, and one that would often almost kill us during the one shot (to which the guy would cackle and mock us for getting upset each time). I asked him what happened to our plan, and he said earlier that day he decided he wanted to do something different. I sighed and let it go, because at least it was just a one shot and my character could still function without his connection to the other PC. Another one shot where the Problem DM got to be a PC, he seemed to make it his goal to be the biggest asshole to everyone else's character. My PC was an archaeologist, and when she excitedly discovered some old pottery in a dungeon, he had his PC run up and smash everything and laugh in her face.
The next campaign we tried that had issues was a Starfinder campaign. Our party was considered its own crew for a space ship, plus one DMPC that was placed into the mix supposedly to help us if we fell short, since we were all unfamiliar with Starfinder and spaceship battle mechanics. She was honestly a really cool character! And we had one or two sessions to establish the story and how the crew interacted. Now, this was my mistake, not taking any of the other creepy habits of the DM into consideration, but I offhandedly mentioned to the table at large that my PC (a woman) might be developing a crush on this DMPC (also a woman). They had gone through a lot together in-game at that point and it felt natural. The next session, you'll never guess, the DMPC started flirting hard core with my character. I was confused and asked the DM what that was about, as we had never had any interactions between those two that would be read as romantic. Even if I mentioned my character was crushing, she had never let it on, and the DMPC had never indicated she felt a similar pull as well. The DM didn't really have an explanation, just that apparently in-universe, the DMPC had been flirting more and more with my character since their last adventure together alone. I thought, okay, I guess...
Honestly? What transpired would have been an insanely cool plot twist if we had had the time to actually roleplay and develop the relationship between my character and the DMPC, as well as the crew at large and the DMPC. She ended up being part of a cult that wanted to steal an artifact we had acquired. She was apparently trying to 'romance' my PC because my PC was the one who often guarded the artifact, and needed her to let her guard down. It would have been a super impactful betrayal, but it was literally only a handful of sessions between the first meeting, and the plot twist. We just had to trust the DMs word that we had all gotten super attached to her between actual session meetings and we all should feel like we were stabbed in the back by this trusted individual. And I especially should feel heartbroken because she never really was interested in me anyway.
Later on down the line, despite some very interesting story points, it got creepy again. Our PCs ended up being sucked into a death game show, and isolated from the outside world while being broadcast to universal TV stations. At some point we were all given access to the internet after a few weeks in isolation to search up anything we wanted. Everyone searched up their names among other things. The DM described us finding our newly formed fanbases. He described the other PCs fanbases (men played by men) as having hot debates on their intelligence and decisions during the show, or bets on if they'd be the last ones standing; that sort of stuff. He described my fanbase as leering creeps saying the most unhinged things about what they wanted my PC to do to them s*xually, as well as some spreading photos of my PC without her face covering (she was a Kasatha, which canonically keep their mouths covered. But she had been forced to remove it briefly when it almost waterboarded her after she fell into a river).
Eventually, we weren't able to meet consistently enough to warrant running campaigns anymore, and I fell out of touch with all involved. Oh, we also lost a player at some point right after he confessed to me and I declined his interest.
I went another year not playing before another friend group of mine invited me to play as a guest character. I thought this would be a nice way to ease back into the game slowly after my horrid experiences before. Rather than make an entirely new character for one or two sessions, I brought back my tiefling bard because I still really liked her character, and had started to reshape her personality without being pressured to have her be a s*xual chess piece. The new DM dropped my character in a labyrinth their current party had been trapped in for awhile. I was made to be a level or two higher and be an ally they encountered to help them escape. We did, it was fun! But I was only there as a guest, and had only planned my character to be in one to two sessions before leaving. I was consistently mentioning to the party that my PC would be leaving as soon as they get to her major city, but either they didn't think I was serious or didn't remember. I may have been convinced to come on full time, but unfortunately, history repeats itself. We got to a session where the party got to a tavern and drowned their sorrows and nursed their labyrinth bruises with beer, and the idea of a threesome was thrown in the air between my PC and two others. Now, half of this group were dating someone else in the group, and seemed very comfortable roleplaying casual s*x between their PCs because of it. They started a damn chant pressuring me to say yes, already trying to roleplay it, and I felt sick. I was too anxious at the idea of saying no with how aggressive everyone was for me to agree, so I tried to "roll for yes or no" as an out; the dice failed me, and it rolled a number assigned to yes. I was very quiet the rest of the session, and afterwards messaged the DM that I want my character to leave at the beginning of the next session.
The DM then tried to convince me to stay, despite me saying a clear no multiple times within the same conversation. They begged me to stay saying the party loved my PC a lot, and they would hate to lose me. When they finally relented, they then tried to smoothly transition to talk of making me a new character so I could permanently stay with the party, without compromising my bards story and decision. I kind of got on their case about that, and told them to stop pressuring me and I did not want to play with that group anymore. Eventually, they gave up, but not without some low key guilt tripping.
I tried playing with one more group after this, and while it didn't get creepy, it was also a disappointment as none of the players seemed to care besides me and the DM, despite everyone having encouraged starting the game because they wanted to learn how to play for the first time. Players slowly started ghosting us, drama happened between two players that joined just to have an excuse to talk and try and date (which ended up very messy and they both left), and the new players would get angry at me or the DM if they got confused with the rules or combat dynamics (the wizard rushed ahead of me, the tank barbarian, and then acted like it was my fault when they nearly got killed in the first round because "the tank is supposed to protect the damage dealers").
The DM and I stayed in contact after all the other players ghosted the chat, and ended up bringing over some other new players who had also played before, and re hauled the campaign. This one had so much promise...then quarantine hit, and we couldn't keep up with regular meetings.
At this point, with all my games ending with creeps, messy player dynamics or falling through, I decided maybe these kinds of games weren't for me.
I have new friends now inviting me to play, who have very functional groups (experienced professional DMs, closeknit friend groups, long-running campaigns), but I am too wary to accept any more offers for games, despite deep down really wanting to try again and be part of something I know can be amazing. Maybe I will one day, but until then, I just have these horror stories to think about.

I've proceeded to analyse tominecon_decoy.7z, to hopefully give you some hints / useful info:

"data" file - decoy.7z

I've checked it's distribution to see if it's a random file (probably created with dd from /dev/urandom) or in fact an encrypted file. It's most likely pure random data.

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"secret.mp4" file - decoy.7z

Transcript.srt (Whisper v2)

1 00:00:00,000 00:00:06,000 Kids get the best of it with WDCA Channel 20 in Washington, D.C. 2 00:00:06,000 00:00:14,000 Think twice before you answer. 3 00:00:14,000 00:00:16,000 Think twice. 4 00:00:16,000 00:00:20,000 Think twice before you say yes. 5 00:00:20,000 00:00:23,000 Think twice before you answer. 6 00:00:23,000 00:00:26,000 Think twice before you say yes. 7 00:00:26,000 00:00:28,000 You know, I know y'all saying this and that. 8 00:00:28,000 00:00:31,000 Look at this food. Got this watermelon here. 9 00:00:31,000 00:00:36,000 The reason why I say think twice is because... 10 00:00:36,000 00:00:40,000 That's giving me a little air. That'll give me a little air, y'all. 11 00:00:40,000 00:00:45,000 The reason why I say think twice is because... 12 00:00:45,000 00:00:54,000 I just can't understand how we as black people started eating watermelon in the closet. 13 00:00:54,000 00:00:57,000 Lord have me. 14 00:00:57,000 00:01:00,000 This is called the heart. 15 00:01:00,000 00:01:06,000 You know, it makes me feel so bad sometimes when I see black... 16 00:01:06,000 00:01:08,000 My black brothers and sisters. 17 00:01:08,000 00:01:14,000 And they'll see me eating a piece of watermelon like this here. 18 00:01:14,000 00:01:17,000 And they'll go... 19 00:01:17,000 00:01:20,000 And they'll go to frown their faces on me. That's despicable. 20 00:01:20,000 00:01:22,000 But it's good. 21 00:01:22,000 00:01:24,000 And you know the thing that makes me mad? 22 00:01:24,000 00:01:28,000 When I go to their parties, they will take a big pretty watermelon like this... 23 00:01:28,000 00:01:31,000 And cut all kinds of gadgets. 24 00:01:31,000 00:01:34,000 And then cut the inside. 25 00:01:34,000 00:01:36,000 You see this good piece of watermelon here? 26 00:01:36,000 00:01:39,000 Cut all the guts out that good watermelon. 27 00:01:39,000 00:01:42,000 And mix it up and mess it up with something else. 28 00:01:42,000 00:01:44,000 Man, sometimes they got a notion to put liquor in it. 29 00:01:44,000 00:01:49,000 And then after they cut them little crevices in it, then put it back inside of that hood. 30 00:01:50,000 00:01:55,000 Man, that's a waste of watermelon when all you got to do with it is pick it up like this here. 31 00:01:55,000 00:01:58,000 Look here, let's pick it up like this here. 32 00:02:03,000 00:02:05,000 I don't mess it up. 33 00:02:05,000 00:02:07,000 I can work my eye out. 34 00:02:07,000 00:02:10,000 That's the way you eat a watermelon. 35 00:02:10,000 00:02:13,000 And I don't care if you use a PHD, if you use a whatever. 36 00:02:13,000 00:02:17,000 You can't tell me cutting all that out, putting it back in there. 37 00:02:20,000 00:02:22,000 Yeah, Lord. 38 00:02:22,000 00:02:24,000 It's better than this here. 39 00:02:24,000 00:02:26,000 Now, I know you're sitting at home. 40 00:02:26,000 00:02:28,000 That's an ignorant nigga. 41 00:02:28,000 00:02:30,000 But this is a sweet watermelon. 42 00:02:30,000 00:02:34,000 I ain't going to waste no time cutting no watermelon up and mixing it up in no fruit cocktail. 43 00:02:34,000 00:02:37,000 All I'm saying to you, be yourself. 44 00:02:37,000 00:02:39,000 Because I went to a party the other night with some white folks. 45 00:02:39,000 00:02:40,000 They didn't have it in that thing there. 46 00:02:40,000 00:02:41,000 They had slices. 47 00:02:41,000 00:02:43,000 Walk around, Peter Green, you want a slice? 48 00:02:43,000 00:02:44,000 I said, yeah, give me a slice. 49 00:02:44,000 00:02:48,000 One of them, they said, I don't think, I didn't think you blacks eat watermelon like that. 50 00:02:48,000 00:02:50,000 You can't eat watermelon like that no more. 51 00:02:50,000 00:02:52,000 I said, look, lady, don't try to get out on me, you understand? 52 00:02:52,000 00:02:55,000 You just want to eat the good part and want me to cut it all up and do it. 53 00:02:55,000 00:02:59,000 And then, you know, I was mad with niggas for putting salt on a watermelon until two old bamboos. 54 00:02:59,000 00:03:02,000 I was talking to two cold-blooded country bamboos. 55 00:03:02,000 00:03:04,000 And I said, why y'all put salt on watermelons? 56 00:03:04,000 00:03:05,000 Niggas were a man in my home. 57 00:03:05,000 00:03:07,000 I said, you know, I'm down in that bottom in Virginia. 58 00:03:07,000 00:03:08,000 I said, let me tell you about salt, Peter. 59 00:03:08,000 00:03:11,000 He said, you Washington niggas put too much salt on it. 60 00:03:11,000 00:03:13,000 I said, I watched you, Peter. 61 00:03:13,000 00:03:21,000 You dump salt on it and say you put a twang of salt on a sweet melon and it brings out like accent. 62 00:03:21,000 00:03:22,000 I said, what you say? 63 00:03:22,000 00:03:24,000 He said, man, I love watching you Washington people. 64 00:03:24,000 00:03:26,000 Y'all dump salt on it like you got chicken. 65 00:03:26,000 00:03:29,000 He said, but you twang it. 66 00:03:29,000 00:03:31,000 I never knew that. 67 00:03:31,000 00:03:37,000 But I just want to sit here this evening and let y'all know there's two things you don't do. 68 00:03:37,000 00:03:42,000 Don't cut the insides out of no watermelon and mix it with nothing else. 69 00:03:42,000 00:03:46,000 And don't put no two sticks around a corner rochner. 70 00:03:46,000 00:03:48,000 You know, y'all niggas put two sticks. 71 00:03:48,000 00:03:49,000 Don't do that. 72 00:03:49,000 00:03:55,000 You get one of them big rochners, saturate it with some butter and hit that. 73 00:03:55,000 00:03:57,000 Be yourself. 74 00:03:57,000 00:04:01,000 And always remember that I got it off the vine. 75 00:04:01,000 00:04:02,000 It's sweet like, honey. 76 00:04:02,000 00:04:04,000 And I'll plug it all the time. 77 00:04:04,000 00:04:06,000 Sit back, y'all. 78 00:04:06,000 00:04:08,000 This nigga's good and crazy. 79 00:04:08,000 00:04:09,000 Hold it, boy. 80 00:04:09,000 00:04:14,000 I tell y'all just. 81 00:04:14,000 00:04:17,000 Adjust the color in the taco. 82 00:04:17,000 00:04:19,000 Give yourself a slice of watermelon. 83 00:04:19,000 00:04:22,000 And get ready to groove with Petey Green's White. 84 00:04:52,000 00:05:21,000 Mm hmm. 85 00:05:21,000 00:05:48,000 Mm hmm. 86 00:05:48,000 00:05:49,000 Mm hmm. 

https://chat.openai.com/share/e/6f2d2803-f158-4d03-811f-366c8900ac35

I'm sure in the beginning ebony was kind of telling the truth. I mean he did show the items in MTG and proved that Drake setting everything up was false. But after that, I feel like everyone involved just started saying shit to generate clout for ultimately nothing to happen. Does the CCTV footage even have anything incriminating? Why would someone get fired for letting a disabled celebrity inside instead of them freezing? Why did CA mention he had to unfollow all minors? Also, I feel like CA liked all those comments to generate hype for the article. Coolee got exposed apparently? (I didn't know this cuz I've kind of given up on all this in the past 7 hours). There's some unanswered questions but ultimately, I feel like this was all bullshit and everyone in this situation is yapping/clout chasing.
P.S., I'm still fucked up about that dog audio tho. My dog had issues with her legs, and she ain't ever make noises like that. I feel like Ak would've been like "Ah that's Pluto barking" or something while that was happening. But idk anymore. I'm just glad this shit is over

Tl;dr Check your receipts before leaving.
Been there a couple times - enjoyed the fact that they have reasonable prices and lots of fresh, pantry, and snack options. Today, however, I was charged for something I did not purchase. It was a weight variable item at the start of my receipt, so I assume this was input before they even scanned my items. I was a little suspicious but not sure if this was intentional or an accident. Called to the store and they made me return with the receipt and did the refund on the spot without questions - makes me think that this is not the first time this happened. Would probably not have returned if it was an extra dollar or two, but this extra item costed about a third of my entire grocery bill. I do not have the habit of checking my receipts at the cashier but perhaps this is a good time to start, and a reminder to all to double-check your receipts before paying or leaving any store to avoid wasted time and trips.

Hey all,
Note: I need one or two people for replacements and would prefer another LGBTQ representative but open to all allies as well.
This is a long style homebrew mixed with cannon D&D history campaign that would meet weekly. The game is for Friday at 730 EST start Via discord and tabletop simulator (not required but a plus). Level is 13 and currently is a long term game over one year.
I'm a openly gay GM and have LGBTQ+ themes in all my games and openly support people having a good time.
Campaign hook: The world around you is an incredible dangerous place where only the strong survive. Most rising up by stepping on others. You find yourself as one of those very people but now you have a chance now to rise higher. You have learned about a powerful magical kingdom that has only existed in legend and lore before but now you have an invitation to that very Kingdom to participate in a tournament to win the hand of the Wizard Kings son or daughter and /or powerful magic items.
This is a long term game 1- 20+. It's a grey and dark style campaign. Players have complete freedom to play good, evil or neutral characters. Heavily role play focused with combat as part of storyline or player caused. Break down 80/20. Game includes long term mysteries, puzzles and moral choices.
Criteria for acceptance: looking for the best character & backstory. Do not worry about the party. Play the most interesting character concept you have. I work with my player to fit your concepts into my world.
Must have character art (see Pinterest or AI generator if you do not have one). Respond via chat please only.
About you: must be willing to share the table and be friendly between all people. Must be able to take feedback. Over 18 and okay with adult and dark themes.