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2018.11.24 21:30 Benton_The_Panda Forza Auctions

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2013.08.21 16:37 TheJoePilato Buy low, sell high

A place to discuss tactics and success stories of buying things for a low price and selling them for a higher one.
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2024.05.15 14:19 Weary_Tax_9274 In five years, I made $20,000 a month

Introduction:
I am a 28-year-old e-commerce entrepreneur from China, and I have been in the business for five years. Initially, I ventured into various product categories such as clothing, watches, and pet food, all of which ended in failure. Over time, I realized that in these saturated markets, I lacked competitiveness. Large players easily defeat smaller businesses through strategies like paid advertising, price reductions, promotions, and even selling at a loss to dominate market share.
Strategic Shift:
To explain, selling at a loss refers to a strategy used for consumable goods with short repurchase cycles. This approach can crush competitors while quickly capturing market share, with profits recovered through customer repurchases. Of course, this requires careful optimization of the product SKUs.
As a result, I shifted my strategy to avoid such cutthroat competition and started looking for "blue ocean" products. Previously, my product selection was based on intuition, and any success was merely due to luck and couldn't be reliably replicated. I began an in-depth analysis of data from the "Taobao" platform and realized I was constantly battling in a "red ocean." Before, I would only consider a product's trend charts (search popularity, conversion rates), thinking anything on the rise was good, but I overlooked other indicators like "online product count." For instance, the keyword "casual men's clothing" had a search popularity of 240,000 but faced over ten million competing products. That was the moment I understood my constant failures.
I subscribed to several data analysis platforms and began vigorously searching for products, eventually discovering a niche product with a search popularity of over 3,000 but only 180 items online: "shoes for elderly people with swollen feet." I contacted the supplier, obtaining the shoes for $11 per pair, or $12.50 if they handled shipping. The leading seller on the platform priced them at $29. Observing the mild competition, and poor quality of the product images in the listings, I bought a few pairs of the shoes, had a designer create exquisite images, and listed them at the same price but included three extra pairs of comfortable socks as a bonus. Orders began trickling in a week later. As autumn progressed and winter approached, search popularity for the shoes climbed to over 7,000. In winter, many elderly people suffer from swollen feet due to varicose veins or poor circulation, prompting their children to buy these adjustable shoes as a sign of filial piety.
My sales surged day by day, and that winter, I sold over 1,900 pairs of shoes, experiencing the thrill of earning over ten thousand a month and a deep sense of achievement. This success showed me that such outcomes are replicable, prompting me to collect more "blue ocean" products and open multiple shops. Some of these included post-surgery pillows, luxury cosmetic samples, and foot-soaking medicinal packages, most of which turned profitable.
Reflections:
This journey taught me that "one cannot make money beyond their understanding." Once you truly comprehend and deeply understand certain aspects, the path to success is less crowded. The key for the average person is to understand differentiated competition—sometimes, choice is more important than effort. Running an online business is actually simple; just manage your customers and suppliers well.
Looking Forward:
Recently, inspired by numerous cross-border e-commerce posts on TikTok, and considering my small company’s good performance with a profit of about $20,000 a month after paying six employees—a considerable income in China—I continue to explore new directions and profit opportunities, focusing on the European and American markets. Here, I hope to meet like-minded friends.
That's all from me for now. I welcome your comments and discussions. Thank you very much.
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2024.05.15 14:19 Foreign-Rock-6256 What do you think of this config ? Any advice?

Hey guys, I’m rn considering to build a new pc to replace my old one. I have been browsing the hardwares for days and i have these in my lists:
motherboard: Asus prime B760M-A WiFi D5 -165 CPU: I5-12600kf - 184 Memory: Corsair ddr5 216g 6000MHz CL36 -145 SSD: Crucial P3 plus 2t - 142 Graphic card: MSI rtx 4060ti 28g - 395 Power: MSI A650 650w -63 Cooler: ventilator
So the whole price is about 1100euros and is already at the limit of my budget. Do you have any advice about this config ? Thanks a lot for ur help !
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2024.05.15 14:17 middlenamesbig Can anyone help me identify these?

Is anyone able to help me clarify the legitimacy of these two pin badges? I bought them on Vinted as they were listed as rare and vintage.
I recognise the W&G one as a interpretation of the poster image for the very elusive stage show, but I'm not too sure on it's authenticity. Perhaps it was released alongside the stage show as merch but there's no way of telling because the back is just painted white. There's no date or company stamp.
As for the other one - I've seen similar listed on Ebay, so I kinda have a reference. But anymore knowledge would be appreciated!
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2024.05.15 14:14 Thaddaus26 Some Holy Priest Rework Ideas

Holy priests are arguably one of the more boring healers in Warcraft to the point that people often refer to them as the ‘default’ healer. I’m sure there are more deep, underlying issues that Holy has but I wanted to try tackling them on a purely thematic level with some minor thoughts on a more gameplay-oriented level.
I aim to make more interesting spells that interact in a fun way that gives the holy spec a little more flavor than, “The default RPG healer”.
Quick preemptive self-defense though. This is all in good fun and purely theoretical. It’s always been interesting for me to speculate what a class or spec could be and rather than hoarding it all to myself, I thought it would be more interesting to see some other people's opinions and possibly inspire others to do the same. With that said...
Some of Holy’s biggest cooldowns are Divine Hymn and Hymn of Hope (Renamed to Symbol of Hope now). Singing to help your allies. You’ll notice other spells in the toolkit like shadow WORD pain and power WORD shield. Shadow has a spell called SILENCE for god’s sake. Basically, the implication is that priests are using their voices to channel their spells somehow. Why not...do more of that? Because I can’t lie, having several spells named “Heal” with different variations is killing me inside.
Plus, a bunch of the talent node names already lean into this! A few notable examples are:
Voice of Harmony
Healing Chorus
Gales of Song
Divine Word
Resonant Words
All the Holy Word Spells
Let’s make it so Holy is all about literally singing the Light’s praises. After all, if Shadow and Holy are canonically on two ends of the spectrum with Discipline being the proverbial middle ground, let’s really have Holy Priest’s be truly ‘Devout Feeling’ with their spell names. Double points if the spells end with a sung note or maybe a little arpeggio of a harp or something.
Let’s go through a few examples I’ve thought of and any non-obvious reasons behind each decision.
“Heal” -> “Holy Solo”
“Flash Heal” -> “Divine Etude” (An Etude is a short music piece)
“Prayer of Healing” -> “Holy Motet” (A motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, the name describes the movement of the different voices against one another)
“Circle of Healing” -> “Sacred Cantata” (A Cantata, (from Italian cantare, “to sing”), originally, a musical composition intended to be sung, as opposed to a sonata, a composition played instrumentally)
“Renew” -> “Grace Note” (An extra note added as an embellishment and not essential to the harmony or melody)
And now, I’ve saved my favorite for last. Its effect is decent but the name is so uninspired…
“Trail of Light”? More like... “Light Motif”!
A light Motif is a dominant recurring theme and what’s more dominant and recurring than spam healing?
The point is that there are so many possibilities with having the Holy priest being the spec that heals with singing, and unlike trying to shoehorn bards in as a new class, it makes some sense here.
Ok, so all this stuff so far is just replacing words for other words and I know what you’re thinking…
“This doesn’t do anything to fix the fact that Holy is still quite dull compared to other healers!”
You’re dead right. The Priest’s Discipline spec currently rewards thinking ahead of what the encounter you’re facing will bring while Holy just sits back and collects red solo cups after the party is over. Let’s change that.
My main problem is with its mastery. Don’t get me wrong, it’s very “Good” when you’re thinking about the throughput and the pure numbers but it’s also a very “set it and forget it” style of gameplay and reminds me of the Shaman’s sometimes similarly maligned mastery that dishes out healing depending on how much health is missing. There’s no thinking required and frankly, Shaman have a much more interesting toolkit to justify it.
I think we would all prefer it to be more interesting like how Paladins generate more healing based on how close they are to the action which allows them to get in close with their other melee abilities anyway and encourages them to help out with the DPS. Excellent design decision. Win win win.
So the first thing is to fix the mastery and the new system I am proposing is…
“Mastery: Chord Progression”
To start, your basic heal will apply an effect to a targeted party member. This effect will have a very long uptime which can stack called Holy Note. (I’m personally imagining a buff that has a golden crotchet note with a little wing instead of the tail). Now your first Holy Note merely exists on top of the target and does a small heal over time in a similar being to how the mastery currently works, increasing with how much mastery you have.
A second heal to the target will apply a second stack and increase the stacked effect. This will change the buff icon to be two crotchets, stacked on top of one another. This will, again, increase the heal over time effect.
A 3rd heal to the target will complete the stack and heal the target with an effect called “Holy Chord” that heals more depending upon your mastery stat. Instead of just spamming heals over and over again mindlessly to get that powerful Holy Word spell you want back in case you need it, you instead work up chords on friendly targets. Targets that don’t require constant spamming will have heal over time effects up near constantly whereas targets that are dying and in need of healing will receive direct heals instead!
The effect is largely the same but with a little more thought and interactivity involved. If a target has two Holy Notes ready but is only at, say, 70% health, you can wait and focus on other party members until they drop a little more, and then you complete the chord.
So that’s the base outline of the spec. The long uptime of the buff rewards not finishing off the chord until you actually need it and still makes it usable in PvP.
The best part about it is that if we don’t want to be rid of the cooldown reduction mechanic that Holy is currently working with, it can fit very neatly over the top without changing anything too fundamental. The Holy Words might need some very slight tweaking to work but I don’t see any immediate problems with this system.
Now, Holy needs some new cooldowns. Over the years, Holy has gone from having one of the most well-rounded toolkits to one that looks very limited in comparison. Shaman's can heal by sharing health percentages. Paladin’s have all their auras, Glimmers, and immunities. Evokers can fly and bombard people with healing, heal through stuns and other CC, and reverse recent damage taken. Monks are dashing around like no one's business and healing by punching them in the face. Let’s find some good stuff to give the Holy Priest.
Guardian Spirit stays right where it is. It’s extremely thematic to the spec identity by this point and I think it works well with the Holy Note system since you can leave a target with Guardian Spirit to die while you work on other targets with Holy Notes in the meantime.
Hymn of Hope (Not Symbol, change it back) can also stay because its raid and PvP utility is interesting and works collaboratively with other healers and DPS. A good singer should strengthen and work off those around them, right? It works thematically with this Bard theming we’ve got going on. Plus, having to drop it isn’t nearly as painful as having to quit Divine Hymn early. Speaking of which.
The first thing to change is Divine Hymn itself! Sure, on paper it feels very Holyish and it’s certainly quite powerful but ask any Holy Priest what its main flaw is and they won’t hesitate to tell you. You can’t move and nothing is stopping it from being interrupted from an interrupt, a knockback, a stun, or a pull, etc. There are so many instances I can think of where I wanted to press it so badly but I knew it would do more harm than good. Added that it’s often a dead button for me if I ever decide to try using Holy for PvP since in the rare event that I’m not being trained or chain CC’d, it’s so AOE-focused that it often isn’t strong enough to help anyone outside of a Battleground from behind a rock. It requires a PvP talent to make it more worthwhile which is very seldomly picked anyway.
I had a thought after playing Discipline for a while and having Ultimate Penitence available to me. It’s an incredibly fun spell that does a boatload of healing and/or damage while making you immune to CC effects and giving you a huge absorb shield to delay damage to yourself. It’s balanced by having a long cooldown that you can reduce but only by talenting into the following nodes in the tree.
I can’t be the only one who’s noticed that Divine Hymn is basically Ultimate Penitence but drastically weakened and less cool looking to boot.
My idea was to give it the same ‘un-crowd-controllable’ effect as Ultimate Penitence and make it do generally increased healing instead of a stacking effect to increase further healing afterward. The new ‘gimmick’ of it would either be that it would either expel enemies from within a certain radius once, like Anduin’s big bubble of light from the cinematic, or gently push enemies back from the priest as the center point. This would not completely negate adds or an enemy player’s walking speed having any forward momentum, but it would definitely aid in players trying to kite adds when they’re dying or from enemy players in PvP where that little extra distance would make the difference, and would also reward the priests choice in a central location. You could inadvertently push enemies INTO players, after all.
To top all of this off, I would prefer to have this ability further down in the tree to make it feel a bit more impactful of a choice rather than ‘almost’ mandatory’ where it is smack bang in the middle. A lot of spells in talent trees that are sat dead center in the tree feel like they're meant to be picked and I feel like Guardian Spirit should be where Divine Hymn is at the moment, not as close to the level 10 talents as it is currently. For example, Soul Swap for Affliction Warlocks, Invoke Yu’lon/Chi’ji for Mistweaver, Dancing Rune Weapon for Blood Death Knights, and Pillar of Frost for Frost Death Knights. I could go on but the list is pretty exhaustive.
Another thing I would like to change is very synonymous with Holy Priests but something that I think, overall, doesn’t see as much use as we’d like. Primarily because it relies on the priest dying.
Spirit of Redemption is a cool spell, the problem is that unless you take the capstone talent to make you revive afterward or you take the PVP talent to make it into a cooldown in PvP, you don’t really ‘want’ to trigger its activation requirements or have a reliable way of doing so in PvE when you want its effects. I do enjoy that now it allows you to resurrect an ally if you die so someone else can continue the fight but it’s more of a consolation prize or at worst, a reward for bad skill expression. It is also basically a required talent in Solo Shuffle as, if the priest dies, your teammates have 15 seconds to get a kill of their own to win the match or you take the PvP talent as a way more powerful cooldown.
What I would like to do is make the Spirit of Redemption a bigger cooldown spell but give it an obscenely long cooldown so you cannot feasibly use it more than once per fight. Like the Holy Word: Salvation spell without the possibility of cooldown reduction. Because you are losing it upon death, the gimmick here would be that it would last the full 15 seconds, you don’t use mana while casting and you can resurrect a party member instantly in that form(Outside of PvP). This would make the spell more central to the spec rather than as an add-on, free up a PvP talent choice node, and make the battle resurrection more readily available rather than having to wait for your death to use it.
Another such spell we could make SO much more interesting is Divine Star. The one people don’t like taking because who the hell doesn’t WANT to take Halo, right? Whether it’s effective in whatever format you’re playing in, it’s much more visually interesting and it just FEELS powerful, y’know?
Now to fix this, I’m going to do none of the work and instead do what Blizzard should have done by taking an idea from their own IP…Anduin’s Divine Star in Heroes of the Storm!
Yeah, I know they’ve stopped doing anything with HoTS but still…
In HoTS, it has had a bunch of effects over its tenure depending on the talents you take and most of them would make the spell more interesting in WoW. Maybe when it comes back to the priest, it could explode and heal party members or deal damage as Shadow near the priest since you’re already in close range due to the nature of the spell. Maybe it doesn’t even buff up the healing of the actual spell itself and instead interacts with your other heals by producing a stacking buff per enemy/ally you hit that increases the power of your next Flash Heal or Mind Blast?
We can also improve the lackluster mobility of the Holy Priest outside of always picking Angelic Feather by giving them the reverse Leap of Faith Glyph back as a choice node between the normal Leap of Faith.
The ability to jump to your allies was a worthwhile drawback to not being able to troll people as hard with the Leap of Faith ability when Glyphs were a thing and frankly, I miss it. I find that sometimes I’d rather be able to jump into the fray, especially as a class with an AoE fear effect, and the regular leap of faith doesn’t reward that playstyle as much. I remember back in Shadowlands that having Door of Shadows to jump in, disorient them with the covenant effect, and then Psychic Scream before running back out was actually really interesting and it’s one of the only things I miss from that expansion.
In terms of a new name instead of being a glyph, our new ability “Light Transposition“ will cause you to fly to your friend’s location just like old times. Stick it on a choice node with Leap of Faith and you have two differing playstyles almost immediately.
Now a major problem all healers have to contend with, especially to compete with the Meta of Discipline Priests and Holy Paladins, is providing some level of damage.
Not gonna lie, this is where I’m not sure about this idea since I already don’t ‘love’ the idea of healer’s DPSing and having to work around the base spells of the class now that they’ve been reintroduced has made this a little clunky so I’d love some other suggestions for this part. I’d prefer that healers offered utility that DPS do not have access to rather than extra damage but that seems to be the direction Blizzard is rolling in. Frankly, at the moment, Smite and Holy Fire interact with very little of the Holy toolkit outside of Chastise and Empyreal Blaze and we also have Shadow Word: Pain and Mind Blast. I fear that they will all just be tacked on to the toolbar with no thought and we’ll just have this myriad of spells to randomly fire off when we’re bored.
Personally, as a basic idea, I would consider removing Holy Fire as a button as, in the theme of removing bloat that War Within seems to be addressing, I think having Holy Fire as an add-on effect in the same way as the Monk’s Chi Wave is being remade would be ideal. It could function in the same way as Holy Note in that every three casts of smite would bring down a blast of Holy Fire which would give way to being justified in making Holy Fire feel a bit more impactful. Mind Blast could be used within this to ‘erupt’ the Holy Fire DoT, causing an effect I think I’d like to call “Discordant Notes” on account of mixing the void with the light which would either do additional damage or perhaps cause an extra effect like a slow or AoE damage around the target.
With this in mind, Empyreal Blaze could remain as a talent and cause Smite to proc Holy Fire two additional times when it next triggers its chord effect. Shadow Word: Pain would likely exist as just an extra DoT you can throw on as it is now or it could be applied through Mind Blast to clear up more bar space.
Anyway, those are just some thoughts I’ve had. I’m sure there are flaws in them and I’m looking forward to hearing them but I hope you found them fun to theorise around!
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2024.05.15 14:11 betsharks0 Halts Of Yesterday , and keep Rising ! Go understanding !

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2024.05.15 14:06 pmjwhelan [Ireland] [H] Steelbook Collection [W] Paypal - 20% off and FREEPOST on any two or more

The time has come to sell all items from my personal collection.
Open to trades (but I'm in Ireland)
Some Embossed Play.com and Zavvi Exclusives here
No J-Cards. Blurays NEVER watched. All opened and placed into a protective case.
Payment: Paypal F+F (can do services but add 5%)
Items will be sent tracked via An Post International Express Service
Items in photos but not listed below are sold.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipM5aN-LODOyUIB1VsIGsnNM10BEFs-7d1DnJfRBb7B1BdoaJWCmtl5Sc9O_BJspPg?key=ZXo2SVhRLXVObm5NN3M2YjhFbXNfcExOS0tvaXdn
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2024.05.15 14:04 OrlonDogger A Witch at Midnight - Chapter 13

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Minutes feel like entire hours while I wait for GalaxyTaco to return, and my anxiety is just mounting up like crazy! So instead of becoming a victim of my own fear, I decide to take a moment to explore the forum and see what I can find that's interesting!

The Sleeper section is by far the most active, with people commenting on their daily lives, talking about media, food and experiences in general. It’s so casual it almost makes me feel nostalgic for the good ol’ days!

I am… surprised. Mages watch anime too? I guess that makes sense, as magic is usually viewed as an intellectual endeavor, and it is not rare for intellectuals to have this sorta hobby.

They even have an old timer section, for old timers like you.

What? Old timer!? I am 21!

Alright then, youngster. What anime is popular right now?

Chlorine is pretty popular!

That’s one of the Big Three and won’t stop being popular for a while, not to mention it’s all filler these days, that’s cheating.

Alright then, big baby. How about Soul Devourer?

That ended three years ago.

What!? No it didn’t!

What about Ouran??

Five years ago.

Higurashi?

Six.

Lucky Channel?!

Five.”

MEDUKA MEGUKA??

Oh that one’s pretty new actually. That one was last year.

Alright then smart guy, what is airing right now then!?

Destiny/Zero, Girls and Tanks, Kitty Tale Black, Moon Brothers…

What in the hell are any of those!?

If you don’t know, I know even less! Idiot!

I guess I am a bit of an old fashioned weeb.

We are getting distracted. Remember what we are here for.

Right! The Translation section! It’s rather unused, compared to the Sleeper side of it all. There are a few active translation topics but all of them seem to be focused on actual, current languages. Sure, there are a few in old Helenian and Latin but the others are surprisingly modern. Thereare some in Wohlian that immediately get my attention, but they seem like finished works.

Mostly directed by that ‘souseiseki’ bitch.

Don’t waste time thinking of her. Focus on what you can learn from the books themselves!

That is a good point. Once they are fully translated, the material is left available for anyone to take it! So I immediately go for the ones in Wohlian and Dobrand.

There are only five texts available, biographies all of them… except for what looks like a flier.

‘El Arte del Contrahechizo’ it read in Hesperian, ‘The Art of Counterspell’ in Dobrand. It apparently was an advertisement for a short lived ‘Combat Spell Course’ in Hesperia? Closed by the ‘Brotherhood’ for ‘breaking the sanctity of the secret’. Maybe this ‘Brotherhood’ is somewhat related to the cloaks.

Nevertheless, there is something in the flier that interests me: a Symbol!
Rune 6
I immediately start looking for it in the book… and what I find was overwhelming. This has to be the single most used symbol I’ve seen so far! It is in a lot of combined words, almost never on its own… but after keeping my eyes narrowed for a while, I find it.

Jo

As in “Hoh” or as in “Yo”? Bah, I guess I’ll find that out later, when I can actually start experimenting on my own.

Ah, damn it that’s right! I do need to go investigate the library! It’s huge too…

Hmm… What if I made a trip out of it?

The library closes at 12 for students, but if you stay inside you can spend the night working there! I could spend all night surrounded by books, coffee and the sandwiches some people sell there…

That could mess with your sleeping schedule a bit…

Not to mention how useless the whole endeavor can be. What if you don’t find the damn golden symbol, huh?

Won’t know if I try. This will be my last night staying up, I promise!

Hmmmn… well, if you are sure about it.

Yes!

Feeling energy surging through my body again, I immediately get up again and look for clothes, fishing for some cash and then trotting out of my room… only to be stopped by that Saints damned door again.

I swear, every time I see it’s worse. It becomes more and more ominous with each attempt to pass through it. I really, really have been going out too much these days, huh…?

“...I better talk with GalaxyTaco first, then I can go to the library.”

Coward.

“I can’t talk to them without the TER anyways.”

Walking back to the computer, I internally beg for GalaxyTaco to not have appeared on my contact list yet… but alas, fate is always working against me. There he is, right there. Well, at least I can solve this quickly and still get out in time… Maybe.

xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx has begun messaging GalaxyTaco to your rescue!
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: H-Hey!

I immediately cringe at myself for that written hesitation. Damn it, keep the emotions inside! Why must I be like this!?

xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: This is Tav, you know, from the forum? n.ñ
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: oh hey dude! nice, I was wondering who the hell was this lol
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ok, now we can talk proper.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: so… you just found the link somewhere, didn’t you?
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: unless I’m totally wrong and you were just referred by some cold mf

Alright. This is it… where do I go from here? I can’t exactly lie my way out of this without knowing much of the magical world. But that doesn’t mean I have to say all of the truth, right?

xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: …yeah u.u
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: I haven’t been Awake for a long time to be honest, and I found this link on a book I read at the local library.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ahhhh shit.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ok, that’s trouble
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: do you have a teacher?
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: No u.u
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ok, you’re a bastard
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: not to imply anything about your family dude, that’s just how we call mages without teachers.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Ok that’s kinda mean xD
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: tell me about it.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: anyways, shit, uh…
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ok, do you know what an Elysium is?

I don’t. But can I just admit that? I mean… maybe I can tell him I know where to look for it?

What are you, stupid!? He’s assuming you know jack shit! This is your chance to squeeze all the information! MILK IT!

A-Ah! Right!

xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: No idea. I hope you don’t mean the other world? O.o
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: nope.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: an Elysium is a safeground in a city, a place where mages can go and practice legally.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: shit, I hope you haven’t been doing magic around people right???
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: No no! O.o I swear!
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ok good.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: that’d get you in trouble with the Brotherhood in no time.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: The Brotherhood? o.o
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: The Brotherood of Black Pages.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Ominous… are they like, magic police? .-.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: sorta
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: you wanna avoid them as much as you can, them black cloaks.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: I mean, you won’t be able to avoid them if you wanna get your license but, beyond that, avoid them.

Ok, that’s confirmation of a few suspicions. The Elysium is a place, I need to find that place, and the black cloaks/brotherhood were bad news, probably super strict or something like that. I am a ‘Bastard Mage’, still not very happy about the name, and I should look for instruction before I blow myself up!

xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Can’t you teach me things? ;w; the meaning of these runes and stuff?
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: sorry dude, I don’t have a teacher’s license
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: but tell you what. I’ll get you something that will help you for sure!
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: I just gotta talk to a few friends.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Oh okay! Good! n.n thank you so much for this, Gal
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: hah, it’s no problem
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Imma be outside of the TER for a while so, don’t talk to me about magics until I return, okay?
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: arite, thanks for the heads up! gives me time to talk to Aoi and Mort
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Ok I assume those are your friends!
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: I’ll be seeing you later!
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx has disconnected.

Alright.

No more excuses. I close my computer, take a deep breath and walk to my door. I try my best to ignore the shaking of my hand as I grab the knob and open up. The air in the hallways outside was cold, making me go back in, pick up my long coat and then right out I went again!

The descent in the elevator had never felt this slow…I am excited and nervous at the same time.

This will be fun!

This will be a disaster. You’ll stay up for nothing, you hear me? Nothing.

Taking a deep breath, I walk out of the elevator as it arrives at the first floor and wave at the night guard, stepping right out and checking my phone.

It’s already a quarter past eleven. I have time… but I may need to call a taxi.


Cities are completely different at night. I have never been an active resident of Party City or anything, but I have been in the streets at the high hours of night, at least back in my old town. I assumed stuff would be quiet here too in Saüle, but turns out I was completely wrong. There were people stumbling around the streets, ladies of the night smiling and parading themselves in some of the corners, a few college students clubbing and singing…

Only now I remember we are technically on vacation. Of course everyone is partying!

Drat, does that mean the library will be closed!?

Too late to ask the cab to take you back home. No, you'll just have to freeze for a few hours.

The taxi leaves me in front of the University’s main entrance. After paying and waving the guy away, I let out a deep sigh of relief when I see that the lights of the place are still on.

So either they leave the lights on all vacation or they are still open despite it all.

I try to jog along the dirt trail, straight for the library! But I quickly realize my body is simply not made for running. I still try to keep the pace, panting and gasping for air. Passing right by the Pharmaceutical Sciences building and the Biology building, feeling lucky that no one can see me fighting for my life like this.

The campus is gigantic, with many different buildings focused on the different sciences and disciplines taught at the University. The Library stands in the middle of it all, a perfectly square, five story building comfortably constructed on a plateau and looking over the entire campus. As cool and impressive as that is, it also meant a long climb a massive set of stairs…

“Saints damn it all…”

It’s a miserable jog, but eventually, I make it to the gates before the Librarian closes. An ancient lady of dark skin and thin white hair, eternally dressed in a black, long dress.

“Hmph. Right on time, night owl.” She says with a mix of annoyance and playfulness in her tone, turning her back on me as soon as she closed the door. “Do not run like that inside.”

Still recovering my breath, I just nod and walk towards the machines that scan your credentials. I fish my wallet out of my pockets, scan my old card, and then walk straight in, looking around the main hall with a tired smile. Ah yes… I've always felt more at ease in libraries and the like, especially when there are no crowds of people around. Right now I could see only a few furtive shadows sliding around, and no sandwich sellers at all! With some luck, the librarian will try to gain a few extra Empires by selling stuff, but that will have to wait.
Right now, we are back on the hunt for the Golden Symbol! I need to focus all of my strength on finding it this time, because if they really want it to be both private and easy to find, it has to be here.
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2024.05.15 14:02 RotaVitae Most vs. Least favourite foods

Foods can sometimes tell you something about the character.
Usagi - Cake & ice cream vs. carrots. Not surprising for a girl who loves her sweets! I think Usagi would only ever eat carrots if you made her carrot cake.
Chibiusa – Pancakes & pudding vs. carrots. The apple doesn’t fall far.
Ami - Sandwiches vs. Hamachi/Yellowtail. Ami likes sandwiches for being able to eat them while she reads. I’m not quite sure why she wouldn’t like yellowtail tuna though.
Rei - Fugu vs. Canned asparagus. Although fugu poisoning is relatively rare, Rei seems like a risk-taker for this delicacy. While I’ve never had asparagus from a can, I’m sure it’s not that great. In the anime, Rei prefers instant curry to cooking from scratch, which may suggest she’s tried a variety of canned foods.
Mako - Cherry pie & meatloaf vs. nothing! Totally sensible; Mako will not only eat anything you put in front of her; she'll probably know how to cook it better too.
Minako - Curry vs. shiitake. High-energy Minako probably enjoys a quick, filling meal like curry. Shiitake can be an acquired taste at the best of times.
Haruka - Salad vs. natto. Super athlete Haruka probably wants to eat light on the go like Minako. Natto is packed with protein, but its fermented smell and slimy texture make it an acquired taste.
Michiru - Sashimi vs. Sea cucumbers & kikurage (wood ear mushrooms). Sashimi seems very appropriate; sliced raw fish, nothing elaborate. The strange look and texture of sea cucumbers and kikurage might put her off. Sea cucumbers are also bottom-feeders and Michiru may find that unappealing.
Setsuna - Green tea vs. eggplant. Sailor Pluto joined our world so recently that the flavour of something as simple and common as green tea probably tastes phenomenal to her. Eggplant may be an acquired taste.
Hotaru - Soba vs. milk. Buckwheat noodles are simple, filling, and probably something Hotaru could prepare herself from packages since she was left alone a lot. Milk is a mystery, but it may suggest she prefer to act older than she is.
Mamoru – Nothing most fav. vs. bell peppers. I guess he’ll eat anything as long as you don’t try to hide them in it.
Of the Starlights, only Seiya has a favourite food listed: hamburgers. No surprise for a high school celeb on the go.
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2024.05.15 14:02 BlackberryInner768 Storing the collection

Storing the collection
I was chasing the NA list with some rare titles mixed it. A little over 600 in 3 years with 200 of them new. Now I have to focus everything on building our new place and eventually moving there. We've already started storing things including consoles, Amigas and Ataris. Maybe you will see it on storage wars in 20 years. 😀
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2024.05.15 14:00 trad9r [Store] May 6 - BFK Emerald, Talon/Bayonet Sapphire, Clean Karambit Fade, Wild Lotus, Pandoras 0.18, Superconductors 0.09, Spearmint 0.18, Vice 0.16, Slingshot 0.11, St Fire Serpent, Glock Fade, M9 CW, Nocts & more

Not all of my skins are listed here, make sure to check my inventory for more!

Buyouts are in cash value but mostly looking for TRADES!

Some prices might be outdated.

Almost all of my prices is negotiable, feel free to send me offers / add me to negotiate prices!

Mostly looking for items offers, downgrades/upgrades!

Last Update May 6, 2024.

Trade Link - Steam Profile - InGame ScreenShots

KNIVES

Name Wear Wear value Additional info Screenshots B/O Tradable After
Butterfly Emerald FN 0.029 - ScreenShot $15,250 May 10
Talon Sapphire FN 0.033 - ScreenShot $4,175 Tradable
Bayonet Sapphire FN 0.008 - ScreenShot $3,775 Tradable
Bayonet Sapphire FN 0.019 - ScreenShot $3,700 Tradable
Karambit Fade FN 0.008 96% fade clean corner ScreenShot $3,888 Tradable
Karambit Marble Fade FN 0.028 tricolor clean corner ScreenShot $1,625 Tradable
M9 Crimson Web MW 0.126 clean hole 2 webs PS ScreenShot $1,500 Tradable
Karambit Tiger Tooth FN 0.007 - ScreenShot $1,250 Tradable

GLOVES

Name Wear Wear value Additional info Screenshots B/O Tradable After
Sport Gloves Pandora's Box FT 0.187 - ScreenShot $6,500 Tradable
Sport Gloves Superconductor MW 0.091 - ScreenShot $5,885 Tradable
Moto Gloves Spearmint FT 0.184 - ScreenShot $3,185 Tradable
Sport Gloves Slingshot MW 0.119 - ScreenShot $2,595 Tradable
Specialist Gloves Crimson Kimono FT 0.166 left hand max red ScreenShot $2,370 May 09
Sport Gloves Vice FT 0.168 - ScreenShot $2,340 Tradable
Specialist Gloves Emerald Web FT 0.152 - ScreenShot $1,200 Tradable
Specialist Gloves Emerald Web FT 0.201 - ScreenShot $965 Tradable
Sport Gloves Arid FT 0.194 - ScreenShot $685 Tradable
Sport Gloves Omega FT 0.163 - ScreenShot $695 Tradable
Driver Gloves Crimson Weave FT 0.169 - ScreenShot $505 Tradable
Sport Gloves Omega FT 0.229 - ScreenShot $499 May 11
Sport Gloves Nocts FT 0.165 - ScreenShot $490 May 11
Sport Gloves Nocts FT 0.166 - ScreenShot $490 May 11
Specialist Gloves Fade FT 0.223 clean E ScreenShot $450 May 12

WEAPONS

Name Wear Wear value Additional info Screenshots B/O Tradable After
AK Wild Lotus WW 0.400 - ScreenShot $5,000 Tradable
St AK Fire Serpent FT 0.277 - ScreenShot $1,875 Tradable
Glock Fade FN 0.026 98%+ fade ScreenShot $1,800 Tradable
AK Fire Serpent FT 0.193 - ScreenShot $888 Tradable
AK Vulcan FN 0.037 - ScreenShot $790 Tradable
AK Vulcan FN 0.065 - ScreenShot $740 Tradable

Trade Link - Steam Profile - InGame ScreenShots

x x X - [ScreenShot]() $x Tradable
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2024.05.15 14:00 trad9r [Store] May 6 - BFK Emerald, Talon/Bayonet Sapphire, Clean Karambit Fade, Wild Lotus, Pandoras 0.18, Superconductors 0.09, Spearmint 0.18, Vice 0.16, Slingshot 0.11, St Fire Serpent, Glock Fade, M9 CW, Nocts & more

Not all of my skins are listed here, make sure to check my inventory for more!

Buyouts are in cash value but mostly looking for TRADES!

Some prices might be outdated.

Almost all of my prices is negotiable, feel free to send me offers / add me to negotiate prices!

Mostly looking for items offers, downgrades/upgrades!

Last Update May 6, 2024.

Trade Link - Steam Profile - InGame ScreenShots

KNIVES

Name Wear Wear value Additional info Screenshots B/O Tradable After
Butterfly Emerald FN 0.029 - ScreenShot $15,250 May 10
Talon Sapphire FN 0.033 - ScreenShot $4,175 Tradable
Bayonet Sapphire FN 0.008 - ScreenShot $3,775 Tradable
Bayonet Sapphire FN 0.019 - ScreenShot $3,700 Tradable
Karambit Fade FN 0.008 96% fade clean corner ScreenShot $3,888 Tradable
Karambit Marble Fade FN 0.028 tricolor clean corner ScreenShot $1,625 Tradable
M9 Crimson Web MW 0.126 clean hole 2 webs PS ScreenShot $1,500 Tradable
Karambit Tiger Tooth FN 0.007 - ScreenShot $1,250 Tradable

GLOVES

Name Wear Wear value Additional info Screenshots B/O Tradable After
Sport Gloves Pandora's Box FT 0.187 - ScreenShot $6,500 Tradable
Sport Gloves Superconductor MW 0.091 - ScreenShot $5,885 Tradable
Moto Gloves Spearmint FT 0.184 - ScreenShot $3,185 Tradable
Sport Gloves Slingshot MW 0.119 - ScreenShot $2,595 Tradable
Specialist Gloves Crimson Kimono FT 0.166 left hand max red ScreenShot $2,370 May 09
Sport Gloves Vice FT 0.168 - ScreenShot $2,340 Tradable
Specialist Gloves Emerald Web FT 0.152 - ScreenShot $1,200 Tradable
Specialist Gloves Emerald Web FT 0.201 - ScreenShot $965 Tradable
Sport Gloves Arid FT 0.194 - ScreenShot $685 Tradable
Sport Gloves Omega FT 0.163 - ScreenShot $695 Tradable
Driver Gloves Crimson Weave FT 0.169 - ScreenShot $505 Tradable
Sport Gloves Omega FT 0.229 - ScreenShot $499 May 11
Sport Gloves Nocts FT 0.165 - ScreenShot $490 May 11
Sport Gloves Nocts FT 0.166 - ScreenShot $490 May 11
Specialist Gloves Fade FT 0.223 clean E ScreenShot $450 May 12

WEAPONS

Name Wear Wear value Additional info Screenshots B/O Tradable After
AK Wild Lotus WW 0.400 - ScreenShot $5,000 Tradable
St AK Fire Serpent FT 0.277 - ScreenShot $1,875 Tradable
Glock Fade FN 0.026 98%+ fade ScreenShot $1,800 Tradable
AK Fire Serpent FT 0.193 - ScreenShot $888 Tradable
AK Vulcan FN 0.037 - ScreenShot $790 Tradable
AK Vulcan FN 0.065 - ScreenShot $740 Tradable

Trade Link - Steam Profile - InGame ScreenShots

x x X - [ScreenShot]() $x Tradable
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2024.05.15 14:00 King_Dinosaur_1955 60 Years Ago Today: "The Brain Center At Whipple's" premiered

60 Years Ago Today:
[Swipe left for more photos]
(See photos #1 and #2)
What was happening with computers and automation around the time this episode originally aired:
In 1960 a science technology TV program aired an episode titled "The Thinking Machine". Here's a 3-minute video excerpt from the hour-long program
The science technology episode of 'Tomorrow', coordinated with M.I.T., aired on CBS in early 1961. The full show can be viewed on YouTube for free running 53-minutes
From Forbes magazine July 18, 2019:
By 1958, the nation had entered the “Automation Depression” in which “we are stumbling blindly into the automation era with no concept or plan to reconcile the need of workers for income and the need of business for cost-cutting and worker-displacing innovations.”
Four years later, President Kennedy was asked in a news conference “Mr. President, our Labor Department estimates that approximately 1.8 million persons holding jobs are replaced every year by machines. How urgent do you view this problem–automation?” Kennedy’s response? That “it is a fact that we have to find, over a ten-year period, 25,000 new jobs every week to take care of those who are displaced by machines, and those who are coming into the labor market … in particular industries we might get special structural unemployment. We have seen that in steel, we have seen it in coal, we may see it in other industries … I regard it as the major domestic challenge, really, of the ‘60s, to maintain full employment at a time when automation, of course, is replacing men.”
Richard Deacon was born May, 14, 1921 in Philadelphia. When he was 11, he was afflicted with polio and later took up dancing to help strengthen his legs. In his teens, the Deacon family moved to Binghamton, New York. Richard Deacon was actually a classmate of Rod Serling. Largely due to his early polio scare, Deacon became an intern during high school at Binghamton General Hospital and later served in the Army Medical Corps during World War II.
Richard Deacon added to the revised opening sequence of "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" 1956 2-minute YouTube clip
[Note: the distribution studio executives wanted to add the prologue and epilogue to the completed film to make it comforting and hopeful for audiences.]
(See photo #3)
Richard Deacon was typecast as a middle management authority who rarely received respect from either end of the employment spectrum. Two words that adequately describes the frequent acting persona: prissy milksop. Deacon's two longest and most notable TV roles – as Lumpy’s dad on “Leave It to Beaver” (1951-1963) and Mel Cooley on “The Dick Van Dyke” show (1961-66) – overlapped by two years.
(See photo #4)
In the 1970s, Richard Deacon was touted as a notable gourmet chef and wrote one of the first recipe books for cooking with a microwave oven.
Richard Deacon died of cardiovascular disease on August 8, 1984, at age 62. His remains were cremated and the ashes scattered at sea.
Richard Deacon on The Addams Family with "Cousin Itt" 15-second YouTube clip
Richard Deacon's full acting career credits -- text only
(See photo #5)
Paul Newlan was born on June 29, 1903 in Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
Compilation of various characters played by Paul Newlan 4.5-minute YouTube video with weak audio
Newlan's longest running supporting role was as 'Captain Grey' on the TV series "M Squad". Full episodes can be found on YouTube.
Side note trivia: In the 1980s, Leslie Nielsen starred in the comedic TV series "Police Squad" which was a dead-on parody of "M Squad"
Side-by-side comparison of M Squad and Police Squad 5.5-minute YouTube video
Newlan died of congestive heart failure on November 23, 1973, in Studio City, California.
Paul Newlan's full acting career credits -- text only
(See photo #6)
Ted de Corsia was born on September 29, 1903 in New York City. A big, brawny villain of many 1940s and 1950s films, Ted de Corsia was an actor in touring companies and on radio before making a memorable film debut as the killer in The Lady from Shanghai (1947). Although he occasionally played such sympathetic roles as a judge or prison warden, de Corsia's imposing size, tough New York street demeanor - he was born and raised in Brooklyn - and gravelly voice assured him steady work playing murderous street thugs, outlaw gang leaders or organized-crime bosses.
Ted de Corsia also appeared in The Twilight Zone episode "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine" with Ida Lupino.
Ted de Corsia died of a cerebral thrombosis following a two-week hospitalization at West Valley Community Hospital on April 11, 1973 in Encino, California.
Ted de Corsia in "Crime Wave" 1954 1.5-minute YouTube clip
Ted de Corsia's full acting career credits -- text only
(See photo #7)
Born named Jack Crowder on November 15, 1936 in Miami, Florida. The name was changed to Thalmus Rasulala in the early 1970s, during the heyday of blaxploitation movies, of which he appeared in a number of films.
Jack Crowder on 'All In The Family' episode "The Blockbuster" 1-minute YouTube clip
[NOTE: After 'All In The Family' Crowder was changed to Rasulala]
Thalmus Rasulala as 'Skeeter Mathews' on Sanford And Son 4.5-minute YouTube video but jump to the two minute timemark for Skeeter's introduction
Brief history on some of the films and TV shows Thalmus Rasulala was in 2-minute YouTube clip
Thalmus Rasulala on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Contagion" First 2.5-minutes of YouTube clip
Rasulala died October 9, 1991 from a heart attack in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the age of 54.
Thalmus Rasulala a.k.a. Jack Crowder full acting career credits -- text only
(See photo #8)
Director Richard Donner career highlights discussed the week Donner died 3-minute YouTube video
Richard Donner full list of career credits -- text only
(See photo #9)
The history and background on Robby The Robot 7-minute YouTube video
The Jordan Peele revisited Twilight Zone series made a handful of references to Whipple throughout the series two seasons. The indication was that Whipple's grew into a behemoth conglomerate.
In 2002, the heavy metal band 'The Melvins' released their fourteenth album "Hostile Ambient Takeover". The title on one track is "The Brain Center At Whipple's"
(See photo #10)
The Melvins -- "The Brain Center At Whipple's" audio only music track 4-minute YouTube video
"The Brain Center At Whipple's" radio drama 42-minute audio episode on YouTube
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2024.05.15 13:59 Jerry_Attric8 Gaming / Game design / Music production PC

  1. Is this a brand new build, or an upgrade to an existing build?
Brand new
  1. Please list any existing parts or monitor(s) you have that you would like to re-use with this build. For upgrades, a PCPartPicker list of your full build is extremely helpful. Be as specific as you can be here, including links or exact model numbers of each component whenever possible.
N/A
  1. What will this PC be used for? Examples include things like gaming, general/multimedia use, photo/video editing, coding, AI/ML, etc. Include specific games and applications you intend to run, and any particular performance goals you have, as each may have different specific hardware needs.
Primarily single/multiplayer gaming (modded Minecraft, Star Citizen, GTA6 eventually). Also will be using this for studying game design so lots of coding and all that entails. Also would like to use it for music production (like Ableton). The prettier the games can look and run smoothly, the better! I would not be running several programs at the same time, I'm not much of a multi-tasker
  1. What country will you be purchasing in? If you are in the US, do you live near a Micro Center? For other countries, please check if your country is supported by PCPartPicker by using the country selector dropdown on the top right - if not, please provide some links to reliable local vendors you are comfortable ordering from.
US, I live near a Micro Center
  1. Do you need one or more monitors included in the budget? Please list how many and any size/resolution/refresh rate preferences if needed.
2 monitors, 24-28" works for me, not super picky as long as they look nice!
  1. What is your preferred and maximum budget range for this build, in local currency? Parts lists may sometimes have additional shipping costs. Please note whether prices in your country include sales tax or not, and adjust your budget accordingly. Typically VAT countries will have it included in the part list prices, whereas regular sales tax countries like the US and Canada will not.
Preferred is $4-5k, max is $6k
  1. Do you need WiFi, or do you have a wired ethernet connection available?
I'll need WiFi
  1. Do you have any specific size or noise requirements for the build?
I'd prefer it not be too loud so it wouldn't interfere with music recording, but I can also work around the noise in other ways
  1. Do you have any aesthetic preferences for color or lighting? Describe what you're looking for, or feel free to provide some links to examples that may help. Some people prefer an inobtrusive stealth build, while others may prefer a case full of rainbow RGB.
I prefer dark greens / browns / black, not a huge fan of RGB for my aesthetic
  1. Any other specific requests or requirements? Examples might include a specific minimum amount of storage, or a particular CPU socket for a future upgrade path, etc.
Not sure if allowed, but any desk recommendations are welcome! Thanks!
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2024.05.15 13:58 MolotovHammr Any advise on this build is kindly appreciated

It is an okay build? I am not sure if I need to buy extra fans to make sure that there is enough airflow. In general I would like to keep the CPU and case the same, GPU I would prefer to keep a Radeon card. The rest is up to change really.
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor €358.90 @ Azerty
CPU Cooler Deepcool AK620 DIGITAL 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler €79.90 @ Paradigit
Motherboard Asus TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard €175.00 @ Amazon Netherlands
Memory G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory €138.85 @ Megekko
Storage Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive €133.85 @ Megekko
Video Card ASRock Phantom Gaming OC Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card €972.95 @ Azerty
Case NZXT H5 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case €88.28 @ Amazon Netherlands
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2024.05.15 13:55 suhiab1 [Store]Store of TI8/TI9/TI10/Nemestice/Aghanim's Diretide 2022 Collector's Cache

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I am selling Ti8 and ti9 and ti10 Immortals and Collector's Cache and not buying them.
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Buyer goes first, no exceptions unless you have a reputable rep
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Buyers go first, add me now if interested for 30 days cooldown, make sure to leave a comment on my profile . 20% reserve fee required at the time of reserving cache sets.
August 2023 Collector's Cache 
Hero August 2023 Collector's Cache Price(USD) Reserved/Sold
Snapfire Snailfire (Very Rare) 35$
Marci Brightfist (Rare) 20$ 2 Sold!
Spectre Crescent Huntress 12$
Kunkka Sea Spirit 12$ 1 Sold!
Abaddon Spectral Shadow 12$
Wraith King Tyrant of the Veil 10$
Primal Beast Primeval Abomination 10$
Storm Spirit Beast of Thunder 10$
Legion Commander Triumph of the Imperatrix 10$
Dawnbreaker Astral Herald 10$
Jakiro Ancestral Heritage 10$
Dazzle Dezun Vipe 8$
Hoodwink Tomo'kan Footsoldier 8$ 1 Sold!
Alchemist Taur Rider 8$ 1 Sold!
Death Prophet Darkwood Eulogy 8$
Diretide 2022 Collector's Cache II 
Hero Diretide 2022 Collector's Cache II Price(USD) Reserved/Sold
Void Spirit Sublime Equilibrium (Very Rare) 30$ 3 Sold!
Anti Mage) Brands of the Reaper (Rare) 25$ 1 Sold!
Treant Grudges of the Gallows Tree (Rare) 20$ 2 Sold!
Legion Commander Bird of Prey 15$ 2 Sold!
Phantom Assassin Darkfeather Factioneer 12$ 2 Sold!
Pudge Cursed Cryptbreaker 10$ 1 Sold!
Doom Dawn of Darkness Foretold 10$
Brewmaster The Wilding Tiger 10$ 3 Sold!
Night Stalker Feasts of Forever 8$ 2 Sold!
Techies War Rig Eradicators 8$ 2 Sold!
Huskar Sacred Chamber Guardian 5$
Vengeful Spirit Acrimonies of Obsession 8$ 1 Sold!
Clinkz Withering Pain 8$
Alchemist Darkbrew's Transgression 8$
Oracle Transcendent Path 10$ 5 Sold!
Silencer Grand Suppressor 6$ 1 Sold!
Diretide 2022 Collector's Cache I 
Hero Diretide 2022 Collector's Cache Price(USD) Reserved/Sold
Primal Beast Dark Behemoth (Very Rare) 55$ 4 Sold!
Invoker Angel of Vex (Rare) 20$ 4 Sold!
MARCI Blue Horizons (Rare) 20$ 5 Sold!
Hoodwink Shadowleaf Insurgent 20$ 10 Sold! - 2 left
Spectre Spoils of the Shadowveil 10$ 4 Sold!
Faceless Void Chines of the Inquisitor 10$ 2 Sold!
Ursa Trophies of the Hallowed Hunt 8$
Riki Scarlet Subversion 12$ 3 Sold!
Terrorblade Forgotten Station 10$ 2 Sold!
Monkey King Champion of the Fire Lotus 10$ 2 Sold!
Snapfire Whippersnapper 12$ 6 Sold!
Chen Hounds of obsession 8$ 3 Sold!
Clockwerk Seadog's Stash 8$ 1 Sold!
Phoenix Crimson Dawn 8$ 1 Sold!
Undying Dirge Amplifier 10$
Witch Doctor Deathstitch Shaman 8$
Dawnbreaker Starlorn Adjudicator 15$ 8 Sold!
Aghanim's 2021 Collector's Cache 
Hero Aghanim's 2021 Collector's Cache Price(USD) Reserved/Sold
Ogre Magi Pyrexae Polymorph Perfected 15$ 4 Sold!
Phantom Lancer Scales of the Shadow Walker 10$ 3 Sold!
Clockwerk Apex Automated 10$ 4 Sold!- 1 left
chen Perils of the Red Banks 5$ 3 Sold!
Broodmother Widow of the Undermount Gloom 10$ 5 Sold!
Mars Forgotten Fate 5$ 3 Sold!
Alchemist Cosmic Concoctioneers 15$ 5 Sold! - 1 left
Abaddon Blightfall 10$ 2 Sold!
 Nemestice 2021 Collector's Cache 
Hero Nemestice 2021 Collector's Cache Price(USD) Reserved/Sold
Doom Litany of the Damned 10$ 2 Sold!
Dark Willow Twilight Hex 5$ 3 Sold!
Enigma Astral Terminus 5$ 4 Sold!
Enchantress Caerulean Star 8$ 2 Sold!
Winter Wyvern Defender of the Brumal Crest 12$ 8 Sold!
Collector Cache Sets 2020 1 + 2 
Hero The International 2020 Price(USD) Reserved/Sold
Faceless Void Claszureme Incursion 65$ 5 Sold! - 1 left
Keeper of the Light The King Of Thieves 10$ 4 Sold!
Rubick Carousal of the Mystic Masquerade 10$ 3 Sold!
Skywrath Mage Secrets of the Celestial 10$ 4 Sold! - 1 left
Phoenix Blaze of Oblivion 8$ 3 Sold!
Collector Cache Sets 2019 
Hero The International 2019 Price (CSGO keys) Reserved/Sold
Pudge Dapper Disguise 15$ 3 Sold
Warlock Tribal Pathways 10$ 1 Sold
Clockwerk Directive of the Sunbound 10$ 2 Sold
Bloodseeker Fury of the Bloodforge 20$ 4 Sold
Broodmother Automaton Antiquity 10$ 4 sold
Wraith King Grim Destiny 12$ 7 Sold- 1 left
Tusk Distinguished Expeditionary 12$ 2 Sold
Venomancer Verdant Predator 15$ 6 Sold - 1left!
Batrider Prized Acquisitions 8$ 3 Sold
Huskar Pursuit of the Ember Demons 15$ 7 Sold- 1 left
chen Priest of the Proudsilver Clan 10$ 7 Sold- 1 left
Collector Cache[1] + [2] Sets 
The International 2018 Price (CSGO keys) Reserved/Sold
Stonemarch Sovereign [Wraith King] 15$ 3 Sold - 1left
Pattern of the Silken Queen [Broodmother] 3$ 1 sold
Shimmer of the Anointed [Nyx] 5$ 3 Sold!
Pillar of the Fractured Citadel [Spirit Breaker] 5$ 3 Sold
Loaded Prospects [Brewmaster] 5$ 6 Sold
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2024.05.15 13:55 NevermoreNeverless_ Beware Boaphile cages.

Hello, reptiles. A few years ago, I bought a full new setup of PVC cages from Jeff Ronne at Boaphile plastics. It was a fairly easy experience and they appeared amazing enclosures, worth the high price.
I own 2 ball pythons, a leopard gecko, and a blue-tongue skink, all kept in Boaphile enclosures — and greatly beloved my myself. These animals are my life. There is a fifth reptile I have neglected to mention in that prior list. My Children’s python.
Recently my father, who was caring for my animals as we prepare to sell our house, came downstairs to see my Children’s enclosure (a 2x2 Boaphile fully set up) wide open and hanging down. We have been searching for days and it looks bleak.
“So? You left her cage open?” You might think. I have a very strong, very strong, habit of checking my locks and taking a picture of my cages to soothe my anxiety when I have to leave them for a bit. That enclosure was locked. In exasperation, I suggested in frustration that the cage opens from the inside.
It does.
Boaphile negligently installed two-way latches in a cage for a snake. They unlock, from the INSIDE of the cage, with a simple tap or any weak force. It is likely that when she was climbing and exploring, she crawled up and knocked the locks from their “locked” position into the “unlocked” position, and fell out. My father checked the rest of the cage locks. They were all faulty. I believe the reason I never had another snake escape is because the other cages do have a different kind of lock on them as well alongside the bad latches.
That’s all I’ve got to say. I do have a video of the faulty latches that I can upload at some point. I have never before lost a reptile, and I am heartbroken.
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2024.05.15 13:54 DimSumGweilo Malooga in Old City

This is from my Google review. I really enjoyed this place and wanted to give them some love on here. (I work in CC so I don’t get down to OC very often, just happened to be here for a work thing)
Wasn’t thrilled about the lunch options where I was working and ventured out and stumbled upon Malooga on chestnut. It’s listed as middle eastern food and there are a few Yemeni references on the menu. I ordered light. The shawarma hummus was great. I didn’t get any meals but looking around at other diners, the portions look generous. the food was really well priced. A pleasant surprise and experience. I will be back!
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2024.05.15 13:53 pelicano234 [NM] Damaged Box UCS TIE Fighter 75095 - 175 spots at $2ea

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Lego Price/Justification: $313 BL
Shipping: $59 (24,20,6 10lbsups ground 53186 to 99026) $3 box
Raffle Total/Spots: $375 > $350 = 175 @ $2
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Description: THIS BOX IS BEAT! One seal has come off, the rest are slipping but still hanging on. it’s creased and dented. It’s cling wrapped now and will be packed with care but she’s a builder.
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2024.05.15 13:51 SMBACCOUNTANT Upgrading QuickBooks Desktop 2020 to QuickBooks 2024: A Comprehensive Guide

Upgrading QuickBooks Desktop 2020 to QuickBooks 2024: A Comprehensive Guide
Upgrade QuickBooks Desktop 2020 to QuickBooks 2024
As technology advances, software developers continuously improve their products to provide users with enhanced features, better performance, and increased security. QuickBooks Desktop, a popular accounting software, is no exception. In this guide, we'll walk you through the process of upgrading from QuickBooks Desktop 2020 to QuickBooks Desktop 2024, covering everything from unique features to troubleshooting common upgrade issues.

QuickBooks Desktop 2020 Ending Support in May 2023

QuickBooks Desktop 2020, like all software versions, has a lifespan. Intuit, the company behind QuickBooks, typically provides support and updates for a few years after the release of a new version. However, as of May 2023, QuickBooks Desktop 2020 will no longer receive updates or support from Intuit. This means that users still on QuickBooks Desktop 2020 will need to upgrade to a newer version to continue receiving support and updates.

Unique Features of QuickBooks Desktop

QuickBooks Desktop is known for its robust features designed to streamline accounting processes for businesses of all sizes.
Some of the unique features of QuickBooks Desktop include:
  • Customizable Chart of Accounts
  • Advanced Reporting Capabilities
  • Inventory Tracking and Management
  • Multi-User Access
  • Integration with Third-Party Apps
  • Payroll Processing
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Customer and Vendor Management

New Changes in QuickBooks Desktop Premier as Year by Year

QuickBooks Desktop Premier, one of the editions of QuickBooks Desktop, undergoes changes and updates each year to improve functionality and user experience.
Some changes introduced in recent years include:
  • Enhanced Reporting Options
  • Integration with Industry-Specific Software
  • Improved User Interface
  • Enhanced Security Features
  • Advanced Inventory Management Tools

Benefits of Upgrading QuickBooks Desktop

There are several benefits to upgrading from QuickBooks Desktop 2020 to QuickBooks Desktop 2024, including:
  • Access to New Features and Enhancements
  • Improved Security and Compliance
  • Compatibility with Latest Operating Systems and Hardware
  • Continued Support and Updates from Intuit
  • Enhanced Performance and Stability

Before You Upgrade from QuickBooks 2020 to 2024

Before initiating the upgrade process, there are a few essential steps to take:
  • Back up your QuickBooks data to ensure no loss of information during the upgrade.
  • Review system requirements to ensure your computer meets the specifications for QuickBooks Desktop 2024.
  • Check compatibility with any third-party applications or integrations you use with QuickBooks.

How to Upgrade QuickBooks 2020 to 2024

Upgrading from QuickBooks Desktop 2020 to QuickBooks Desktop 2024 is a straightforward process:
  • Purchase or subscribe to QuickBooks Desktop 2024.
  • Download the QuickBooks Desktop 2024 installer from the official Intuit website.
  • Follow the on-screen instructions to install the software.
  • Transfer your data from QuickBooks Desktop 2020 to QuickBooks Desktop 2024 during the installation process.

QuickBooks New 2024 Features

QuickBooks Desktop 2024 introduces several new features and enhancements, including:
Security Enhancements: We prioritize the security of your data with state-of-the-art protocols. QuickBooks Desktop 2024 and Enterprise 24.0 now feature 256-bit encryption, providing an extra layer of protection to keep your data secure.
Item List Search Enhancements: Enjoy an improved search experience to locate your items swiftly and efficiently, saving you time and effort.
Seamless Background Updates: Install product updates seamlessly in the background without disrupting anyone's workflow, ensuring that your software stays up-to-date without causing any interruptions.
Customer Prepayments (Enterprise Only): Track customer prepayments, also known as Customer Deposits, directly on sales orders. Once the sales order transitions to an invoice, easily apply the credited prepayment to streamline your invoicing process.
Item Category Enhancements (Enterprise Only): Utilize enhanced category management tools to efficiently organize your items and inventory. With the ability to set pricing rules by categories, managing your inventory becomes even more productive.
Inventory Reports Enhancements (Enterprise Only): Gain valuable insights into your sales and inventory with enhanced reporting features at the category level. Keep track of batch/lots inventory with the new Inventory Stock Status report, allowing for better management of products developed in batches or lots.

Troubleshooting QuickBooks Desktop Upgrade Issues

Despite the straightforward upgrade process, users may encounter issues during the upgrade. Some common troubleshooting steps include:
  • Checking internet connectivity
  • Verifying system requirements
  • Disabling antivirus software temporarily
  • Contacting QuickBooks support for assistance

Conclusion

Upgrading from QuickBooks Desktop 2020 to QuickBooks Desktop 2024 is essential to ensure continued support, access to new features, and enhanced security. By following the steps outlined in this guide, you can smoothly transition to the latest version of QuickBooks Desktop and take advantage of its benefits.

FAQs

1. Is it mandatory to upgrade from QuickBooks Desktop 2020 to QuickBooks Desktop 2024?

While not mandatory, upgrading is highly recommended to ensure continued support and access to new features.

2. Can I upgrade directly from QuickBooks Desktop 2020 to QuickBooks Desktop 2024?

Yes, QuickBooks provides a seamless upgrade process for transferring data from the previous version to the latest version.

3. Will I lose any data during the upgrade process?

It's essential to back up your QuickBooks data before upgrading to prevent any potential data loss.

4. What if I encounter issues during the upgrade process?

If you encounter any issues, refer to the troubleshooting steps outlined in this guide or contact QuickBooks support for assistance.

5. Are there any costs associated with upgrading QuickBooks Desktop?

Yes, there may be costs associated with purchasing a new license or subscription for QuickBooks Desktop 2024., covering everything from unique features to troubleshooting common upgrade issues.
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2024.05.15 13:51 FeeZealousideal4350 Genuine question

I live in western PA and have a dirtbike listed for sale. The description is pretty detailed with price location and problems with the bike. The issue that I’ve consistently had 3+ people a day message me from areas around 4 hours away, Virginia, Maryland, NY… None of them speak English either. Now don’t blame me for being racist, I have no problem with people that don’t speak English, but these people keep asking me simple questions that are clearly outlined in the description. Did I mess up the listing? I have other items listed and haven’t dealt with this at all yet. If anyone’s dealt with this any help would be appreciated thanks
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2024.05.15 13:49 businesses_for_sale How to find a ‘hidden gem’ business to buy

How to find a ‘hidden gem’ business to buy
Finding the perfect investment isn’t easy - but if you know what to look for, there are plenty of hidden gems out there. In this article, we’ll show you how to spot them.
Finding the right business to buy can sometimes be a long process. Searching for an investment in the right location, at the right price, and which fits all the criteria you’re looking for isn’t always easy - especially when you consider there are more than 56,000 listings here on BusinessesForSale.com.
But there are sure to be some ‘hidden gems’ out there. Maybe they’re businesses with huge potential for growth that might not be immediately apparent at first glance. Perhaps they’re selling at a reduced price due to a retiring owner, or other personal reasons.
For this article, we spoke to business brokers working across the international spectrum and asked them – what makes a business a ‘hidden gem’? And how exactly can buyers ask the right questions to go about finding them?
Subscriptions, partnerships and property
Matthew Trinder, a UK broker who is Managing Director of Sovereign Business Transfer, says businesses which operate on a subscription model are often hidden gems. “Any business with steadily recurring income that can generate continuous cashflow will be a good investment,” he says. That could mean B2C subscription services to things like food boxes, as well as IT, financial services, or even dental practices.
Another thing Trinder says buyers should always ask early in the process of investigating a business is why the owner has decided to sell. “It isn’t easy to filter for this, but if you can find a business that is selling for personal reasons, you’re much more likely to get a good deal on it,” he says. “That might mean the owner has split from their business partner, is retiring, or has just decided they want a change of direction – in all three cases they’ll be looking to sell the business quickly.”
Lastly, Trinder says that businesses which are freehold as opposed to leasehold – meaning you own the land the business sits on indefinitely rather than for a set period of time – are heavily favoured by banks. “Banks love property,” says Trinder. “So you’re much more likely to get finance to help you buy a business that is a freehold. In general, they’re less sure of the value for leasehold businesses, so they’ll be looking for security, personal guarantees and higher deposits.” Finding a business which is a freehold but still affordable could be a way in to finding a hidden gem, then.
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Emerging markets, digital businesses and risk
Maurice Muise, an experienced Canadian business broker who is President and CEO of Muise Mergers & Acquisitions Inc, says that buyers should keep an eye out for businesses that operate in growing markets. He gives the example of cafes and restaurants which have a strong gluten free or vegan offering: “They might not shout about it when they’re selling the business, but if they’re catering effectively to a specialised market like this, that can have big potential for growth under a new owner.”
Muise also points towards online businesses as potential treasure troves for ‘hidden gems’. Buying a website might not be the first thing that comes to mind for entrepreneurs looking to invest in a business, since it doesn’t come with any of the staff, premises or day to day management. But website traffic can lay the foundation for a much larger enterprise, and investing in a successful, growing digital business could reap unexpected rewards.
Lastly, Muise says buyers should keep an eye on the level of risk associated with any business they’re investigating. “They should really drill down into any operational or financial risks associated with the business, and that can be used as leverage to reduce the asking price in some situations,” he says. In this way buyers could make a business a ‘hidden gem’ for themselves.
Word-of-mouth marketing
Another green flag buyers should be on the hunt for is strong word-of-mouth marketing. Party Bag World, the subject of a recent BusinessesForSale.com success story, is a great example of this. Husband and wife duo Kerry and Jason Craddock created a business which sold customized party bags – initially just to children’s parties, but branching out to other kinds of events as they gained more and more customers.
Party Bag World had a savvy, self-perpetuating marketing model. The party bags were full of surprising toys and treats which the children were excited to show off to their parents when they came home from a friend’s party, and those parents then became customers themselves. “We spent very little on marketing, and had hardly any presence on social media,” says Kerry. “People found us – one day we got a phone call from McDonald’s after one of the kids must have had a birthday party there. They put in an order for thousands – it was quite surreal!”
While not every business can work with this kind of marketing, there will be some hidden gems out there which can. Buyers should keep an eye out for businesses which offer something unique and surprising which their customers will be excited to recommend. It could help keep marketing costs low, and give you a stable base of repeat customers.
What makes a business a ‘hidden gem’?
In summary, there are a few things buyers should keep an eye out for when looking a business to invest in. Businesses with subscription models can generate continuous cashflow, while freehold businesses are looked on favourably by banks.
Companies which are being sold for personal reasons, or which come with higher levels of risk, might be ones you can get for a lower asking price. Those which operate in emerging markets, as well as digital businesses, can also have huge potential for growth that might not be immediately obvious.
Lastly, business which operate with strong word-of-mouth marketing can help costs down and generate new customers at a consistent rate. While you’re unlikely to find a business that ticks all of the above boxes – it’s worth keeping some of these questions in mind while you search for the perfect investment.

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2024.05.15 13:48 Alternative_Bad9281 Plz recommend me free otome games for pc ✨

Hello everyone. I've seen people post about otome so I'm posting too. I've been playing otome for a long time. Modded version of the priced ones and luckily, some available free ones.
My most favs are:
  1. Mystic messenger
  2. My devil lovers (original one from 2016 with levy and bell available) ( my 1st otome, loved it)
  3. Nocturne of nightmares
  4. Marked by king Bs (every season)
  5. Dangerous fellows
  6. My charming Butlers
  7. Secret kiss with knight
  8. Eternal Afterlife
  9. Truth of blood
  10. All hanabi media games
  11. All Webelinx games
  12. Chapters, episodes, romance club stories etc.
As u can see I mostly played otomes on phone. I didn't know much about free otome on PC. I didn't know free ones existed!!! Then I stumbled upon Cinderella phenomenon!!! I instantly fell in love hardcore. I don't know what to play next. If u have any recommendations plz tell me about it 👀
=PC * What languages are you ok with? English,, Japanese, Chinese, Korean etc
=Only English plz * How much do you want to spend, or do you want to play for free?
= Freeeeeeeeeeeeeee * What games have you already played and what did you like about them?
= I already listed the things I played. I love the LIs, interesting plot, strong MCs etc. * What's more important in the story to you - plot or romance?
= That's a hard one. I'll say romance with plot. But if either of them then plot. * What character or plot tropes do you like? What preferences do you have in terms of genre and love interests?
= I'm okay with anything interesting. I love everything hot and interesting 🫣. I don't have a preference here. * Do you have anything that you really dislike in otome games?
= Shallow emotions. Unjustified emotions implanted on characters just for the romance. Romance without meanings and emotions.
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