I hope the devs read this.
For people who are confused about how the game works. The game is literally what if you are playing tall in CK3. You don't paint the map but you rise the ranks in the feudal system.
I like the concept of this game which focuses more on creating a network of alliances rather than painting the map and seeing that it has the potential to be a CK3 competitor despite being a 4X game. But it has a lot of flaws and bugs that make the game literally unplayable. So here is my feedback.

1. More random events. It gets boring fast when the same events keeps coming out again and again.
2. More player decision events. Right now, the only player decision event is marriage, it doesn't have any drama. Devs should take inspiration from CK3 tours and tournaments and royal court where players can decide its events which could prevent boredom.
3. Fix the marriage bug. It is still there.
4. Make it easier to have a baby. I know the married couple has to be at the same location to conceive a child but the process is too slow and unpredictable that in my 4th gen my dynasty has shrunk significantly. Please make it easier or create a feature like in CK3 where you can set the two to romance each other.
5. AI diplomatic relation are confusing. A family who is on the other edge of the map declared war on me just because our relationship score is bad. So they end up has to march their troops across the map to fight me and I have to march my troops across the map, (and also fighting bandits along the way) to reach their castle. If this is CK3, it's like Srilanka declared war on Ireland!!!! Devs need to redesign the AI to focus more on fellow families under the same county or duchy beat up each other or go against their count or duke to rank up their status.
6. Can't replenish troops. I have to disband and re-recruit units to create a full 12 stacks of units. Make it that you can only replenish troops while garrisoning in your castle.
7. War is still a mess. Why can't you just copy-paste the same feature from EU4?! I got more than 50% war score and yet the AI doesn't send anyone to sue for peace. And then, when I send an emissary to negotiate peace, the social conflict looks like I'm the one losing here. Despite being on the winning side, my social conflicts say that if I win I get only the peace, and if I lose I could have paid reparations, lost 1 population to them, and lost a claim. Shouldn't this be the reverse for me when I have more than a 50% war score?
8. The AI trade proposals doesn't show how many days the trips will be and don't show how many resources are lost per day. As a result, I suddenly lost 4 food per day.
9. Your civil war feature is garbage. Besides its buggy, I don't like the concept either. Devs should have focused on the power struggle to be a Viceroy. Please remove that civil war feature.
10. Instead, introduce events where the liege demands something challenging to the vassals, like resources for projects, official visits, a court member staying there, etc. If you answer the demand you get: your reputation score increases, and your relations with your liege and fellow houses under the liege increases (If you are of higher ranks, your relation with your vassals increases because they see you as a capable and honorable leader). If you refuse or fail, you get the opposite (Your liege and other houses of the same rank as you will try to wage war on you, your vassals want to overthrow you because you are incapable and dishonorable). For Viceroy you answer to the Emperor who can game over you if the relation got so bad. The higher the rank, the more challenging the demands. I believe this could create more dynamic gameplay where you have to manage your houses to fulfill the challenges and more drama!!

I know politics is only sometimes fun but I just wanted to remind everyone that your life and the future lives of others depend heavily on how we vote in the past/present.

Been using a Ring alarm security system for a few years now, and all of a sudden when I go to arm before going to bed I get "Ring doesn't support that" response from Alexa.
Has something changed? Is there a bug? I've had 0 problems over the years, and this seems to have come out of nowhere.

Ok, wow….so the game’s two year anniversary came & went today, and Saber did not acknowledge the anniversary in ANY capacity, not even a tweet.
Now I’ll be honest here: Even though I’ve been championing for this game to make a comeback, I was not expecting them to drop some huge ass update for the anniversary that brought new content and/or skins into the game. I’m not on THAT MUCH copium. At most I would have expected a bug fix patch to drop, since we know from recent SteamDB updates and Tim Willits directly that one was in the works, and even then I was only really HALF-expecting that to drop on the anniversary. So I’m not upset about THAT…..but come on Saber, I know you ceased production on content for the game, and I know your focus is on other projects right now, but you can’t even be bothered to do the BARE MINIMUM & put out a simple tweet? A lot of people gave Saber shit last year for how they acknowledged the one-year anniversary of the game with nothing more than a single tweet, but at least they ACKNOWLEDGED the anniversary, which is more than what they did this year, which is…..literally nothing at all! And that’s quite disappointing for me, because before this I couldn’t imagine they would care less enough about their own game & would shit on it that much to the point they wouldn’t even acknowledge the anniversary, and tbh, this severely diminishes any hope that I had for the possibility of #ReviveEvilDeadTheGame coming to fruition. Because if they even had a desire to PRETEND that they care about the game, they would have acknowledged the anniversary, even if it’s just in a very small way like a tweet or something. Idk man, to me this is not a good look for them & doesn’t spell any kind of positive outlook for the game going forward.

The server runs on a 3.3.5a client limited to Burning Crusade content it has 5x xp + 20% for pvp enabled, hosted in central Europe semi-blizzlike
Transmogs collection system similar to modern wow with no real money pay functions!
donation shop is limited to race changes/cosmetics
Auto ability learning, auto placed in bag free mount at level 30!, Dual Spec, 3x loot drop and much more :)
We are a small community, probably around 10-30 player, we raid Karzahan on saturdays
There is an end game shop in Shattrath out of convenience that gives raid consumables/enchants for free so i would advice not to invest time in enchanting, gemcrafting or alchemy!
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I've had this happen a few times and it's been ongoing since December of 2023.
Issue: International Buyer receives the domestic pricing rather than the international one.
In my case, I am in Canada and offer free shipping to the US, building this into the International pricing. The bug seems to happen when you modify an existing listing in any way (making no changes to the price). It will then change the price to match the domestic one.
Etsy support has been no help and I don't want to have to cancel orders because of a flaw in their system. The only work around I have found is to completely disable domestic/intl pricing, publish, then reactivate and publish which is a pain in the ass and easy to forget.
My most recent order had a customer reach out regarding the description -- to which I noticed an error and went in to correct it while he was ordering. This triggered the bug, and his order came through for $125 CAD rather than $155 CAD. So the options are to be out the $30 or cancel and have an upset customer.
How can we get this escalated and fixed?

Captains, work has begun to repurpose a quarter of both of our hothouses to the production of alcohol. While our food and medical crop output will be lowered, this will help to end the rationing down at the public house. It'll take a day or so to resow the areas, grow the plants, and start processing them, but soon enough our citizens will have access to drinks again after their difficult workdays.
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Stat Chart:

Healthcare: 3/5 (Average) Capacity: 28 Treating: 27 (Sick 10, Injured 12, Gravely Ill 5) Healed per Day: 21 Untreated: 0	Carehouse Capacity: 15/15 Treating: 10 Engineers (Amputees), 5 Workers (Amputees)	Hope: 5/9 (Optimistic)	Discontent: 5/7 (Resentful)
Raw Materials: 145 +82/Day +10% Hope Bonus +40% Extended Shifts	Coal Production: +647/Day +40% Extended Shifts +15% Foreman Bonus on two mines Coal Usage: 435/Day Coal: 2703	Ration Production: 39/day Ration Consumption: 28/day Rations: 674 Estimated Days of Rations: 24	Steam Cores: 1
Natural Temperature: Freezing (-25°C)	Home Temperature: Citizens Living in Warm (+10°C) Housing: 336	Work Temperature: Sufficiently heated workplaces: 10 Insufficiently heated workplaces: 12	Fatigue: 2/7 (Tired)
Population: (368 Citizens) (136 Workers) (32 Guards) (63 Engineers) (32 Medical Personnel) (32 Administrators) (14 Scouts) (59 Children)	Coal Mine Safety: 3/5 (Hazardous) -1 Base Safety -3 Toxic Fumes +1 Air Shafts +1 Ventilation Plant	Scouts: Unit #01 - 4 Unit #02 - 5 Polaris Scouts - 5	Guards: 0/32 Guard Posts - 30 Guard Booth - 2
Workers: 11/136 Coal Miners - 45 Steel Workers - 5 Lumberers - 15 Gardeners - 30 Amputees - 5 Hunters - 15 Prostitutes - 5 Cookhouse Amputees - 5	Engineers: 1/63 Researchers - 5 Amputees - 12 Gardeners - 10 Lumberers - 15 Steel Workers - 10 Foremen - 3 Generator Maintenance - 10	Medical Personnel: 9/32 Medical Cabins - 20 Care house - 2 Arrested - 1	Administrators: 7/32 Public House - 5 Guard Office - 6 Child Shelter - 4 Department of Information - 10

Now Captains, we're presented with a great opportunity to properly develop our telegraph system! The foundation has already been constructed, setting up the necessary equipment in the Department of Information and laying cables in all of the city's roads. Now, we're able to start installing telegraphs in various buildings around Frostantinople. Being able to communicate from anywhere in the city will prove a significant boon, but our construction crew is only so big. As such, you'll have to decide on what group of buildings to equip first. Over time, this will create one interconnected network, but it'll be an ongoing project. For now, some of the best candidates of building types have been suggested, along with the perceived benefits the project will have. All of these choices will improve as the network grows, and more buildings have lines of communication. Read through the choices and their effects, and when you're ready, cast your vote.
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Equip Citizen's Homes More of a luxury than the other choices, but one our people will surely appreciate. Being able to communicate and coordinate with other citizens from the comfort of you own home? What will they think of next? Our citizen's homes will be connected to the Telegraph Network. This luxury will help to reduce discontent.
Equip Guard Buildings We've had several run-ins with revolutionary organizations, and criminals in general. Giving our guards lines of communication will allow them to quickly respond to reported crimes. Our Guard Headquarters and Guard Stations will be connected to the Telegraph Network. This utility will result in better responses to crimes and events regarding civil unrest.
Equip Production Workplaces While we try to promote safety where possible, accidents happen, and when they do they tend to be particularly bad. A telegraph won't make workplaces safer, but it'll allow far quicker responses in the event of an emergency. Our Sawmills, Steelworks, and Coal Mines will be connected to the Telegraph Network. This utility will result in better responses to workplace accidents.
Equip Medical Cabins Our healthcare system is vital to the city's survival. Contacting our medics and making sure they're ready to receive sick or injured citizens slightly faster may not seem like much, but in life or death scenarios, every second counts. Our Medical Cabins will be connected to the Telegraph Network This utility will result in better responses to medical emergencies.
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Abstract:
The Metals Company (NASDAQ:TMC, the “Company”) - sustained heavy mining operations in abyssal depths of 3500 - 5000m using all new technology while asserting environmental friendliness in an “emerging” market lacking a regulatory foundation. Profitability is a distant and very uncertain gleam on the horizon.
Today’s “earnings” saw an overshoot in estimated loss by 60% compared to street estimate. The stock took a dive -10% aftermarket. This is your shot at a management team that already tried and failed miserably.
TMC, the Company and Management:
The Company is specialised in Deep-sea mining (DSM) and exploration, was established in 2021 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Members of TMC's management team, including CEO Gerard Barron, were previously associated with Nautilus Minerals, another company specialised in DSM. Nautilus Minerals' attempt to extract minerals from the seafloor within Papua New Guinea's territorial waters ultimately resulted in an environmental disaster and bankruptcy in OCT 2019.
The project was marred by instances of social, environmental, and financial mismanagement. A reported theft of $10 million was coupled with the lack of disclosure of investigation findings to shareholders.
What followed was a new DSM company called DeepGreen Metals, which in turn went public in 2021 through a SPAC merger with Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp and took today’s name The Metals Company (TMC).
The Claims:
TMC possesses exploration contracts awarded by the The International Seabed Authority (ISA) through three subsidiaries: NORI, sponsored by the Republic of Nauru; TOML, sponsored by the Kingdom of Tonga; and DeepGreen Engineering Pte. Ltd., which has entered into an agreement with Marawa Research and Exploration Limited, a company owned and sponsored by the Republic of Kiribati.
All claims are situated within the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the Pacific Ocean, which is regulated by the ISA.
NORI encompasses a seabed area of 74,830 km2 and is projected to harbour approximately 866 million wet tonnes of polymetallic nodules. TOML, spanning 74,713 km2 of seabed, hosts an inferred resource totaling 756 million wet tonnes of polymetallic nodules. As for the Marawa arrangement, its resource assessment remains pending.
Their compositions are found to consist of approximately 30% Manganese, 1.3% Nickel, 1.1% Copper, and 0.2% Cobalt. Based on current assessments, the net present combined value of mineable metals is estimated to range from $6.8 to $8.6 billion. The combined claims of NORI and TOML would constitute the second-largest nickel mine globally in terms of resource size.
Deep-sea mining (DSM) for Polymetallic Nodules:
A remotely controlled undersea robot is sent down from a support vessel to dredge and suck polymetallic nodules off the seafloor. In late 2022, TMC successfully demonstrated its mining capabilities by collecting approximately 4500 t of material and extracting 3000 t of nodules with a sustained production rate of 86.4 tonnes per hour during a system test. The company aims for 200 tonnes per hour with additional collector heads and a bigger capacity riser pipe.
Profitability estimates for DSM vary widely.
The Financial Situation:
TMC has a market capitalization of ~$460 million. It incurred a loss of $25.2 million last quarter, with a trailing twelve-month loss amounting to $73 million. Total cash at hand stands at $4 million. The company has the option to access $25 million in additional proceeds from an unsecured credit facility maturing AUG 2025, which remains undrawn, and another $20 million maturing SEPT 2025, of which $2.9 million were drawn in MAR this year.
Pro forma liquidity is ~$49 million. Dept sits at ~$16 million.
The ship should stay buoyant for another 12 months from now, without resorting to measures like dilution.
The International Seabed Authority (ISA):
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) serves as the principal regulatory body overseeing the exploration and exploitation of minerals located on the international seafloor. Established under Article 156 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the ISA is responsible for developing regulations governing these activities.
As of now, the ISA has yet to finalise a rulebook for the industry.
In 2021, TMC, sponsored by Nauru, utilised a regulatory loophole to initiate a process that imposed a two-year deadline on the ISA to establish regulations for DSM within its jurisdiction. With the ISA failing to meet this deadline in 2023, countries are now permitted to apply for mining licences in the absence of official guidelines.
TMC plans to apply for exploitation rights after the ISA session JUL – AUG this year.
The application review process is expected to drag on for 12 months. Production is anticipated to commence in Q1 2026 (revised from Q4 2025).
It is noteworthy that the USA is not a member of the ISA.
Relationship highlight - TMC and Nauru:
Nauru, formerly a prosperous island nation buoyed by abundant phosphate deposits, has faced financial challenges since the depletion of these resources in the 1990s. In recent years, the country has been associated with activities such as money laundering for the Russian mafia and detaining refugees seeking asylum in Australia in conditions widely criticised as inhumane. Additionally, Nauru has been noted for its propensity to alter political allegiances in pursuit of financial benefits, recently ditching Taiwan for China.
“The partnership with TMC is hoped to become the largest contributor to Nauru’s GDP, once fully operational, and vital for the country's economic survival.” This is according to Peter Jacob, a former chief of staff for Nauru’s Office of the President who now works as the NORI Country Manager at TMC.
Nauru Ocean Resources has pledged to pay corporate income tax in Nauru, where the current rate stands at 25 percent. Additionally, Nauru will receive a predetermined payment (tbd) for each ton of nodules extracted through mining activities.
Recent Development:
TMC has invested an approximate total of $100 million towards conducting environmental impact assessments as part of the regulatory process for securing mining rights from the ISA. The company submitted the biggest comprehensive dataset on the environmental impacts of DSM as of yet to the ISA, with an even bigger one announced for the ISA’s session JUL this year.
A life cycle assessment done in 2023 by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence suggests TMC’s NORI-D nodule project could outperform land-based routes in all measured environmental categories, including mining, transport, processing and refining.
Several countries, including China, Russia, Norway, Mexico, and the UK, advocate for the advancement of the DSM industry. China, in particular, already asserts claims to deep-sea mineral resources and has already undertaken mineral exploration activities in the international waters of the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean.
On JAN 9 of this year, the Norwegian parliament made a decision to open extensive areas in Arctic waters for DSM activities. In response, the European Parliament passed Resolution B9-0095/2024 in late January, expressing significant environmental concerns regarding Norway's action. The resolution reiterated Parliament's support for a moratorium on DSM and urged the European Commission and Member States to adopt a precautionary approach and advocate for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining, including at the ISA. A total of 24 countries worldwide, including seven European Union (EU) member states (Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden), have voiced their support for a moratorium or suspension of deep-sea mining activities. France has outright banned the practice.
In FEB 2024, the ISA released a streamlined draft of regulations with key areas yet to be “consolidated”.
In MAR, legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives calling for the U.S. to “support international governance of seafloor resource exploration and responsible polymetallic nodule collection by allied partners”, and to “provide financial, diplomatic, or other forms of support for seafloor nodule collection, processing and refining.”
Steve Jurvetson has joined TMCs board in APR.
Risks:
The Secretary-General of the ISA faces reelection in JUL. Michael Lodge, who served two terms, now faces accusations of "interfering with the decision-making process" and "sharing information with mining companies." He's not been nominated by the UK for his third term as before, but by the island nation of Kiribati. I fear Lodge's absence could spell short-term trouble for the sector, given the presence of some fiercely prohibitive candidates.
The recent earnings loss overshot was partly attributed to heightened transportation costs of nodules to a partner facility in Japan for processing. This highlights that the business model faces inherent risks, including the lack of provenness, the novelty of the technology, and the certainty for unforeseen challenges during sustained operations.
A surge in climate change and biodiversity cases indicates, DSM litigation is foreseeable as aggrieved countries, communities, and other stakeholders impacted by DSM can take the ISA, mining companies, and other parties they deem liable to international, regional, and national courts.
Profitability might face additional constraints due to anticipated seabed restoration obligations that are expected to accompany exploitation rights.
Considering the current financial situation and the expected timeframes, there is a risk of dilution due to liquidity challenges by Q3/Q4 2025.
All of these factors are compounded by a highly speculative and politically charged regulatory limbo, where states are beginning to enact regulations on a national level.
Finally, crowned by TMC's management team's prior involvement with Nautilus Minerals and the outcome of Nautilus' deep-sea mining project.
Speculation:
Treating TMC as a mining company at 20% - 50% of its underlying asset’s NPV, the price tag should be $9 - $11. Though TMC is everything but a “traditional” mining company.
Worst Case - a ban on DSM: Considering the lengthy processes of exploration, assessments, applications, and environmental studies, along with the current financial situation, the company may remain operational in its current structure for another 2-3 challenging years, but your investment will plummet to the depths of Hades.
Timelines shift to the future: This could be due to a prohibitive candidate becoming the next secretary-general at the ISA, or environmentally fueled initiatives to delay DSM. The more time passes, the more TMC will feel the urge to squeeze its shareholders.
TMC applies, the ISA misses the deadline again: We’ve come full circle, though with a higher potential. TMC could go to court, start operations as planned or something in between. I expect upside potential from this.
TMC applies, the ISA approves with restoration obligations: Based on the severity of potential outcomes, I anticipate the valuation range to be between $3.4 to $6 until the business model's feasibility emerges.
Bull Case - TMC applies, the ISA approves with minimal to no restoration obligations: Full potential upside is realised, until the business model's feasibility emerges.
Catalyst:
-ISA Vote JUL 2024 -TMC Application for exploitation following ISA session Q3/Q4 2024

In a victory for the cryptocurrency industry, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that overturned controversial SEC guidance that prevented banks from offering cryptocurrency custody services. This bipartisan measure removes an obstacle for regulated institutions to act as custodians of digital assets, which could increase consumer protection and cryptocurrency adoption. While President Biden signaled a veto, the House vote highlights a growing movement to integrate cryptocurrencies into the traditional financial system. The cryptocurrency market is booming, especially for AI tokens like FET and RNDR. These tokens achieved significant gains in the first quarter of 2024, with FET increasing by 378.3%. Analysts are optimistic about the sector, considering it the next big thing due to developments such as Nvidia's profits and huge investments in AI. The AI market capitalization has already increased by 8% and is projected to reach trillions by 2030.

Hey guys im a returning player since the legion mate/early G era. Ive done a lot of research and wow, a lot has changed. I know about all the new formats but im still quite confused about some things. In the new DZ there are energy counters? so you need the counters to play with the new energy system? (which means buying the DZ start decks/Trial decks because only those has the dz energy counters)
also i would like to ask for a suggestion
should i start with a D deck or a DZ deck? are D decks really still relevant? or if i want to get a D start/trial deck are they still okay to start with? thanks so much

Loosely inspired by this prompt a few days ago

Chunky

Cyrus strained to remember Botaski body language. Hairtendrils poofed straight out matched... human eyes bugging out? Disbelief? "Gerrota, fess up - something about the Fleet Nine Task Order Roster is bothering you?"
"Yes, Ser-geant Cy-rus. Much I do and do not understand."
"It's okay to drop the rank with other noncoms, Ger - your navy's Corbindermander is about where I am on the food chain. But other than soul-crushing boredom, what's wrong with our Roster? I have to memorize the stupid thing - you exchange staff only need familiarization."
"Cy-rus, why is the number of vessel types the same as the number of ships?"
"Hmm. Well, technically they ARE all different. Look at column TG instead - the type-groups may make more sense."
"There are still forty-two groups, out of 311 ships. Why?"
"Your home fleet has what, four ship classes?"
"Yes, Cy-rus. Would not standardization benefit your war efforts?"
"They ARE standardized, just not at the ship level."
"Tell me more. Three-hundred-eleven unique ships... hurts my brains."
"Okay, let me tell you a story. You know this fleet links by chitter-fling methods?"
"Stutter-blink drives?"
"No, that's different. Still takes intermittent FTL field activation though, just moving through third underspace, not fourth overspace. Anyway - what's your acclimatization intro package say our next link is?"
"Gotorry-Beta - 148.45 light years in your units?"
"Ages ago we patrolled through here using chitter-fling, and this one link had us in and out of FTL maybe five thousand times in ninety minutes."
"Your quartermaster issued me a mouth guard for this reason?"
"Right. It's like riding a jackhammer as a pogo stick."

"Sorry. Cultural reference: it bangs us around. Did then and still does. But then, as separate ships, transit varied from 4500 chitters to 5200 or so, and inevitably we scattered over a tenth of the target star system. So back sixty years ago that 'normal' transit trashed three destroyers and nineteen of the Gotorry navigation buoys. Chitter-fling is WAY faster than... do your fleets use Torpal Compression Drive?"
"Yes."
"Well, fleets need maintenance all the time. No biggie, normal attrition, who cares - right?"
"Not right, Cy-rus. Our fleets never experience such casual damage."
"Hmm - right - just a tenth the speed..."
"Hu-mans take crazy risks. This I knew when I signed up for exchange duty."
"Risk, shmisk. Stuff breaks. But that fleet carried an entire Quartet of Imperial Auditors; senior ones. Their ship arrived not on top of a nav beacon, but just downstream of the destruction of one. Imagine a shrapnel shower while you're still transit-groggy..."
"I will agree that is a horror. Please let me forget the image before sleep cycle!"
"Whatever. Anyway, the Auditors got shook up, and they in turn shook down our Admiralty Engineering Division with a 'Fix Or Else' order. They did, and now you see the approach of the rest of the fleet on the screen?"
"Why are they crowding us, Cy-rus? How can your navigators fly in formation so tight?!"
"Heh. Not formation, buddy - contact. Big human fleets now do chitter-fling together. Look, you were wondering earlier why our frigate looks so - *blocky* did you say?"
"Or *chunky*, Cy-rus."
"No lie, our vessel morphology is nothing like your Navy's. You folks what, *grow* those streamlined shapes?"
"Yes. A Bo-taski ship-plant is not a *factory* plant, but an *organic* plant. Your language is odd."
"I hear you. But how often do you guys *need* aerodynamic smoothness - what, maybe every year or three you dip in-atmosphere? Anyway - the Auditors also dinged the fleet for excessive customization, so the solution wound up standardizing - I think 95% of our construction?"
"That failed obviously. What Kind Of Standard Is 311 Ship Classes?! "
"Wise guy. The chunky look explains that. Our standardization is at the functional module level. The machines and weapons and structure of this frigate could make four mostly-functional sloops. You could glom two of us together and get a nasty destroyer. Likewise if we salvaged a wrecked human cruiser, most of its bits would make spares, replacements, or enhancements for anything between a patrol ketch and an Uber Battlewagon. Maybe not a Lyft Battlewagon - those lean toward carrier duties so you'd fix one with pieces from slingshot brigs, transport barks, maybe escort cutters. The Lyfts can shatter into an overpowered keel and hundreds of fighter craft."
"Shatter... from battle damage?"
"Noooo - intentionally shatter: split or scatter. You noticed the blobs abeam our aft turret? Those are parasite missile cutters - they deploy the same way. We're classed F2/Gamma/Toroid-Blue/N40/Dry. An F2/Gamma/Toroid-Blue/N36/Wet like the Henderson there has more fuel stowage and one less missile cutter. Maybe they're a Toroid-Teal - I don't remember.
"See, the engineering division that was told to fix the problem was - still is - in Billund, Denmark. I know that doesn't mean anything to you - old city on our homeworld. The facility there, the Logistics & Engineering General Office, has been doing work on interconnectability for centuries. Supposedly since before humans went to space.
"Put your... ear frills I guess? up against the wall. Hear some clicks and thumps? We're now snapped onto the starboard stern of the flagship, Juggernaut Prime, and other vessels are still attaching. Once done, we will be one big vessel that will chitter-fling *without scattering*.
"You'll still need the mouthguard though. Let me 'splain 'jackhammer'. "

1. Every single ipad pro 10.5 has a massive white spot. No acknowledgement by Apple or reimbursement of the product. Someone should've filed a huge lawsuit. They offer 14 day free returns. Guess what? The spot develops after 14 days.
2. Apple charges $1,000 dollars for a new ipad pro and still gives inferior cpu and ram specifications unless you spend literally $3,000. The base model specifications are good enough but if I am spending that much I should get the best of the best. Years back it was much cheaper and they gave the same specs to all configurations. They are beyond greedy.
3. The Apple Stores never honor what the official Apple Support chat agrees to do for you, even with screenshots and proof.
4. Their products are very overpriced. I could buy a cheap $250 "new" base model ipad. But guess what? It is 7-8+ year old tech.
5. They don't trickle down many specifications into their cheaper products. Examples include; Promotion and laminated displays/Quad Speakers. Pro ipads have had most of these for a decade!
6. Their software often slows down devices. (ios 11 and 14 were two of the worst versions).
7. They throttle devices to "preserve them and their batteries", yet other brands are able to do it without throttling. For example a samsung s23 with a bad battery will just not last long on a charge but won't throttle.
8. They have raised prices significantly on all battery replacements.
9. They won't replace a device battery that does not work great because their dumb software tells them it is over 80% capacity. Who's to say their software is accurate? I should be able to pay to replace my battery whenever I want.
10. They feel the need to update the software every year and break it with tons of bugs yet the operating system always looks the same.
11. They have not thoroughly overhauled the ios design for 11 years! "If it ain't broke don't fix it" doesn't hold true forever!
12. They have gauged the tech community into feeling obliged to upgrade in that their tech is outdated.
13. M1 ipad pros perform worse than their predecessors! They overheat and lag. I returned mine awhile back.
14. The ipads have had the same battery life for almost 15 years, with no improvements whatsoever, although they get thinner and thinner every couple of years and less durable.
15. The exact iphone 6s plus I owned (new) would have its speakers crackle and then everything would crash, right out of the box. (Not a widespread issue.) It also had large black spots as well as a white line on the top corners of the screen. That issue I had seen many complaints about online.
16. Apple has zero cooling systems other than the horrible hot chassis on their mobile devices, iphones or ipads.
17. For iphones prior to the 15 series, 500 charges before needing to replace the battery is not a lot by any means. Other manufacturers last more than double and as stated above also don't throttle after those cycles.
18. They utilize software updates which worsen your battery life by around 5-10% every major os update, even if you choose to not use any of the new features.
19. They allow ads in apps to forcibly open your appstore without your permission. (This is an android problem as well I read.)

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

The older generations are the most republican (https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/age-generational-cohorts-and-party-identification/) and they are getting replaced by younger more democratic generations due to aging obviously. The gop is already struggling in 2024 so i think they are pretty fucked in 2032 if the party even exists then, depending on the 2028 results. i dont think the 2 party system is dissapearing anytime soon unless a once in a lifetime extremely charismatic figure on the level of hitler can convince people to vote for other parties. the new “right wing party” will be where the democrats are now and the new “left wing” party will be the most anti-capitalist party that america has ever had elected. i think as capitalism starts to get extremely absurd, like clean air becoming a product which i legitimately think it will be, and buisnesses fighting to keep a 5 day work week even though so many people want a 4 day work week and there is data to back it up, anti-capitalist views are going to get a lot more common. and generations born after the fall of the soviet union arent as opposed to leftism. the new party will use a goat as their animal.

I can't complete one drop. I'm beyond aggravated and frustrated. I have verified game files. Today I un-installed and reinstalled the game. I set the fps cap with medium graphics using a 4070. I have ran pc monitoring software on the side to see if my temps are hot, or if I'm pushing my system too hard; temps are normal, and utilization doesn't go above 60%. I'm tired of this. I drop and have a wonderful time with random people killing bots/bugs. Strategems are still a blast. But I have yet to Evac today, or yesterday. I just want to finish a game without it crashing; quite a few if I may be so bold. I don't want to take a break because I have so much fun, and I shouldn't have to break because of this reason I feel. I love the dev involvement with the community, and actually taking into consideration thought out ideas.
BUT SWEET LIBERTY CAN I PLEASE FINISH JUST ONE DAMN MISSION WITHOUT IT CRASHING?!
I hope no one else has this problem as frequently as I have because I want the game to be enjoyable to others. If anyone else does have this problem, I feel you.

I just got my 2024 7i with win 11 Home. I see that it has TPM chip and its detected, yet device encryption is not available. Upon further digging I found out that it requires "S0 Low Power Idle" and system firmware does not support this standby state.
So my question is, Is this a bug in firmware or Lenovo intentionally does not support it? Do other Legion 7i from 2022 or 2023 has same issue? Is this there a hope it;ll ever get fixed?
Its a 2024 model, how come a feature like this is not available on 2024 model.

So I’m finally in a place where in February, I hit some sort of bottom and finally got help, properly, with meds. But I don’t feel like I have a support system. I’m diagnosed with anxiety and depression, I’ve never identified with it, but here we are. I’ve also been told years ago that I should look into adhd (for women) and I think that fits my bill too. I asked to be put on bupropion hcl, so that’s good because it’s an off label of adhd meds.
I’m just so confused. How can I manage my symptoms better? I feel like I’m so wrapped up in the self development phase of my life, but I have this undercurrent of shame and being tired of always failing. And the way things are in my mind, how I understand things, I can’t seem to actually produce in my life and make the conceptual become physical in my life. And I love metaphysics and it makes sense to me, but wow I just keep messing up over and over again. I’m tired. I’m lost. My faith is shaken, my spirituality is shaken, my life course has changed, I can’t seem to make any progress, I’m a SAHM and my dreams of being a CEO of a hospital doesn’t make sense anymore. I feel like my brain isn’t working properly, like I used to be a fast and oiled machine, and now everything just gets stalled. I couldn’t keep up in grad school. I feel dumb for any job I can find, I’m either too qualified and they won’t hire me, but my ego and also insecurities (yes to both) seem to not let me want to apply? Heck I even got my scrum master certification and I feel so confused with what to do. Like I don’t even know how to apply it, how will I get a job? How will I lead?
My house is a mess. I can barely take care of myself. I self sabotage. I schedule all the things, create all the systems, and they all break and it makes me tired after that. Or I just forget about my systems, or my alarms go off and I don’t want to obey my alarms because I wanna chose what I do with my life. And I don’t think I have trauma, I feel like I should be grateful to my parents, but my anxiety has been goin crazy because I didn’t call my mom for Mother’s Day. And I feel bad. But I also can’t do it, I don’t want to be bullied anymore.
I’m just so lost. I don’t know what to do. I’m doing counseling but doesn’t seem to help? Like I don’t even know what to say in sessions because when sessions happen I’m happy. Maybe because im trying to impress? i have np clue.
i am lost. confused. frustrated. i feel small. jealous of those who have their life together, mixed with feeling happy for people at the same time.

Hello all,
I am having the following issue with Android Auto and Infotainment in general on my RAV4, wanted to find out if there is anyone else who has the same issues - what did you do to fix it and did Toyota help ?

1. Android Auto fails to connect wirelessly
2. The remote climate control feature has never functioned - always says contacting
3. The scheduled climate control feature is non-operational - never worked
4. I have experienced difficulty stopping the charging function via the mobile app - issue occured 3 times so far

• App version - (2.5.2) • Phone used - Google Pixel 7 Pro • Operating System - Android • Operating System Version - 14 (latest) • Car software / firmware - Recently updated at the dealership last week i.e April 2024
I sent a note to Toyota - did not hear back as of today, dealer was pretty much useless / no help been a year without resolution
After paying around 45k USD feel like I got 80% of a car - everything works fine but this bugs me

January 29, 2384 - the day of the last total eclipse is when the raid began. “The day of the sun's false shadow” as people call it now. We, humans, were an unsuspecting victims in a universe habited by multiple vastly stronger existences. When it happened the world had been thrown into utter chaos and shock. The sun had been completely covered by the moon and this event was supposed to last only a short while however after two hours sunlight had still not shown its face upon the earth's surface. This was the beginning of humanity's greatest tribulation. After days of the sun's light not being shown the planet's temperature began to drop and to compensate for this people began to create massive fires but this did not stop the problem. Photosynthesis in plants began to stop, making it harder for humans to breathe. This made humans build labs and create artificial oxygen, which took care of that problem but humans still began to die from hypothermia, frozen oceans, and forced stoppage of blood flow. After two weeks, the sun finally revealed itself and all hope had been restored in humanity collectively only for half the population to be massacred in an instant. “The watchers” had been slowly waiting with armies to colonize our planet and technology beyond our wild comprehension. Technology we can only dream of had been shown and used right before our very eyes and for the first time in all of human history, we had been united as one in our mutual fear and horror. 2 months later, 90% of humanity has been wiped out and the few who remained were used as slaves to cultivate energy. With the use of a Dyson shell, nearly 80% of the sun's energy and heat had been directed into maintaining their energy. Amongst all this time, humanity had collectively agreed to fight back. This began the creation of the liberation group, “the Plague”. These groups of people were the last hope of humanity and carried an extremely large ambition and dream on their shoulders. While “the watchers” were extremely advanced this doesn't change the fact that they were fallible and this group of people were their scourge. They didn't have the military might nor the advanced brain to even keep up against “the watchers” but through slavery and forced labor, the human body began to develop into something stronger. They began to surpass their limits and break the barriers that the human mind had once placed on themselves. Through the selective farming of “the watchers” a new plant had developed that was essentially a stimulant to the human body and a limit breaker for their physical capabilities. At first, they began by using strong levels of acid to corrode the buildings and structures and then stopping their heartbeat to give the impression of suicide so they could not be caught, however, they did not die due to a new system developed from the human's newfound evolution. Due to the strict regimen that we had to follow, we knew all of the places where they would and wouldn't be, all the blind spots of the planet, all the places where they were in close proximity to a chasm, and all the places where we were at a disadvantage. We used the blindspots as bases and hideouts where we could plan our vengeance. After a year of just observing their behavior, habits, bodily functions, and even their schedules we developed a hypothesis that 24 seconds after 7:39 PM we have approximately 19 minutes and 53 seconds in Greenland where we are not being watched nor located. We used this small window of time to gather the fundamental items we needed to fight back and build the foundation for our organization. We gathered food, plants, water, armor, and weapons. We realized that they were immune to cutting/slicing damage and could only be hurt through blunt attacks. With this knowledge, we developed a specific fighting style and used that small time frame to train others in it. We adapted to the harsh conditions and created clothes using spare pieces from “the watchers” specially made for insulating heat, weighing less, and being less penetrable by outside attacks. After a year every person on the planet was a master at this martial arts and had fully developed a counter to all technology that “the watchers” had. However, we could not initiate immediate war on them so we needed a plan. We came up with the idea to have one of our strongest members report to the watchers about our activity and give away one of our bases. This created the false notion that not only did they have someone working as a double agent on their side but also they knew where we would be so they could catch us off guard. We were all there like they expected and they attacked like planned. We had all moved our weapons, armor, and vital items into a different base but kept some things where they attacked to make them think we had not gotten far but this was a dud. Eventually, we had all “died” and had our bodies left at that place as a sign of victory on their side. However, because of this, their ego had grown and they began to underestimate us. The surveillance had gotten weaker as they assumed their “double agent” would tell them everything as a trade for luxury living. We knew that physical power would not be enough so our smartest man collaborated to develop a virus specifically made for their genetic makeup which took about 5 years to extract small strands of DNA without them realizing. Once the virus had been created the incidence began and eliminated more than 60 percent of “the watchers” because of how they were too distracted trying to develop a cure and the vast amount of them dying, we had gained more time to develop our forces and we began to ingest various harmful substances but in small doses in order to gain resistance to any harmful poisons and acids. After new children start to be born this began the origin of a new human species. One massively stronger, smarter, more durable, and with all the immunities and benefits without the downsides. With the birth of this new generation, all of the human race had experienced a collective euphoria. We had begun to secretly train these kids for years and strengthen them in a way the human race had never been before. Due to the circumstances of their birth, they had also developed a strong ability for adaptation and healing factor which ultimately led to humans finally being able to physically compete with “the watchers”. However, we were still lacking in numbers despite the virus taking a vast majority of “the watchers” away. Some of us grew confident and because we were now physically capable some believed we could win the war while others believed we couldn’t yet. This created division within our ranks but did not necessarily break our ranks but that was all depending on your interpretation. We gathered our smartest men and women to make a plan to initiate war, and for 14 days they were stuck in ruminative thought. 2 years passed and we had finally built up the numbers, technology, and physical capabilities to contend with the watchers. Now on the day of the war, all of our strongest soldiers imitated the attack. But this time they were an unsuspecting victim on a planet habited by a stronger species. During the war we had counters for nearly everything the watchers could dish out but one thing we were not aware of was the fact that the watchers could transform into a smaller but faster, stronger, and more durable form. This form took the shape of humankind. So closely related that it struck fear into the hearts of many. Not only was this extremely off-putting but the revelation that came along with it had altered the perception of humanity as we know it. The war had been put to a halt, and all forced fighting in the war had directed their attention to one watcher and one watcher alone. All forces had been completely immobilized and fighting back was no longer capable. With this, the words that had been spoken out of the watcher were a revelation that humanity had not even considered possible. “We are not your enemies. We are you but from the future. In our original timeline, we have been attacked by a species even higher than us. We had been pushed to the brink of extinction and our last hope was only to go back in time in hopes that if we returned to our past selves we could help evolve even more to contend with the world-ending threats from the future. This siege we had laid on this planet and the forced evolution, progression, and tragedy among humankind also brought extreme progression in human capabilities. All of you are vastly superior to your previous forms because of our arrival. While we acknowledge our methods were not the ideal we had no other option. This was the fastest and most effective method to progress the human species although we could not allow the human race to have this win. It would boost the ego of your race and our all of you in a state of comfort and stagnation. With this being said we resign from our participation in this war and would greatly appreciate it if you allowed us to help humanity rebuild and donate technology.” Speechless as to what humanity has just heard we just stood there in utter shock and disbelief. Not a single soul knew what to say and all of humanity had stood in confusion. One man spoke “how do we know this is true” the watcher proceeded to show pictures and videos of them being massacred while some stood in human form and others did not. They showed is this along with the words, “we initiated this war as a way to put the human race through natural selection and eliminate all the weak human being who would not be able to contribute to our growth and success in any upcoming battle. So with that being said what is your decision?” Our leader, and the smartest woman among us had stated, “We humbly decline this offer as we would prefer to evolve by our capabilities and we have already surpassed you so what can you possibly teach us.” After this being stated the war had been started again and the watchers had been for the first time since the “great cleansing” began utterly defeated and annihilated. With the war being won, humanity being victorious, and newfound abilities being discovered humanity had been thrown into an era of peace and prosperity. All tragedies had been blamed on the watchers and for the first time humanity had an ever lasting peace and a perfect utopia where everyone agreed and benefited from each other. With this, we have been vastly improving and slowly but steadily rebuilding our planet and all of humankind. Our members started family’s and genuinely enjoyed the life they were living once again. Everyone acting coyly and with one another was a beautiful side to behold. Everything was perfect until the same monsters who killed the watchers, showed up to eliminate us due to fear of what we could evolve into this time we had no way to fight back and our ranks were already diminished or severely weakened. How would humanity be able to survive this time???Most people had been massacre and captures to be experimented on. Very few of us had actually managed to get away from them and we had only been able to do this through shadow banishment. It was a skill that we had acquired through the technology of the watchers. Living in the void was not the ideal lifestyle as it was ruthless, dirty, and unsafe but the chances of surviving here were massively higher than surviving on earth. Only a hundred of us remained and the human species were basically extinct. With this small group left we had resorted to instead of trying to repopulate and exact revenge immediately we would take the short route. In the void monsters had no sort of civilization and the only rule amongst these creatures were the strongest prevail. There was no sort of rule, order, or even a sense of respect between these monsters. The weak were prey for the strongest, and the strong were killed by the stronger. We took this as an opportunity to not only increase our strength by training and battling but also amassing an empire. The remind of humanity collectively agree that we would bring order and peace to the void. The best way to go through this was by entering the tournament. The monsters held tournaments to watch the strongest fight and kill each other for pure fun. We joined this colosseum and while at first we easily overwhelmed our opponents we had slowly been facing harder and harder opponents as we rose through the ranks. By the time even a single one of us was defeated we had made a name and gained the attention of multiple monsters within the void. We were not necessarily respected or followed but we were feared and simultaneously an opponent that monsters wished to fight. After this we had developed our own fighting ring in which monster could fight and battle against us and only us. We implied a set of rules in this ring. Rule 1; no killing Rule 2; reservations must be made to fight Rule 3; both parties must consent Rule 4; do not make the fight personal Rule 5; it must be between a human and monster. These rules created a sense of security amongst the monsters and while driven by their desire of battle they also abided by the rules. Eventually after fighting throughout the tournament and gaining more traction with the monsters in it. Eventually even the most high ranked demons had begun to make reservations in for our fights. Our strongest soldiers had been the ones to fight them as nobody else can really compete. The first fight had been with a demon who had the ability of immunity. This ability did not only revolve around internal status effects but also could be applied to his physical body. The fight had been the biggest one the ring had ever experienced and it did not disappoint. Eventually we had won and this through the whole entire void and everyone in it into an uproar. Monsters who never even bothered to fight had shown up to battle. The strongest monster in the void and the only monster with a sense of order, self, and purpose had shown up to fight all humans by himself. He agreed that if we win he would pledge allegiance to us all and work under our rule however if we lose we will be killed. This monster bore an extreme resemblance humans. The structure of his body and the contents of it were all human like however he claimed not to be. This monsters name was angel and he possessed the ability to manipulate and control all matter with the sole exception of any other organic material that resided outside of his own body. Our commander and strongest member amongst us was the person to fight him. His name was Alexander and despite the fact that we didn't have any singular special powers like him however our physical bodies were honed greater than any other species in existence. They were evenly matched in speed and strength and even in our capabilities to rapidly heal from damage. They had been evenly matched in all physical ability and the fight had ultimately come to hand to hand combat and who could last longer. Angel was unmatched in combat and had barely even been hit due to how experienced in martial arts he had been; however throughout the fight Alexander had been naturally adapting to his fighting style and developing counters to everything. Our natural ability to adapt to all attacks and effects placed upon us had given a clear win condition; however time was needed to actually see and fully understand how to possibly adapt to everything. The longer the fight took the higher the chance of Angel losing. Alexander had slowly but steadily been adapting and developing new combat styles to counter everything angle could do and even had grown to use his own severed limbs as projectiles and use his blood as a coat over all other objects to cancel his ability to use his field. Angel's main ability had been to control the air around him to increase speed, power, and even get a sense of what his opponent would be doing before it happened. After finally adapting to this his body had begun to heat itself in an attempt to turn it into vapor and due to blood being organic matter of another life form he would no longer have control of the air and the surrounding area. After this the fight had come down to solely base physical capabilities and for 10 minutes they had been mindlessly brawling and instantaneously healing through the damage taken. After a long period of time their healing began to slow down due to bodily fatigue. Biting, punching, scratching, kicking, anything you can think of, they did it. That fight was a bloodbath unlike anything else and in the end they both passed out on the floor with nothing left besides their bodies soaked and bathed in each other's blood. After they had both been knocked unconscious their bodies had been left there in anticipation for them to awaken. The ring filled beyond capacity as people argued and fought about who would awaken first. In anticipation for this once in a lifetime event the whole void had stopped with all its attention. Angel was the first to awaken and he had been exhausted and utterly stunned as to how he actually had gotten knocked out. He had the opportunity to kill his opponent as he had technically won the battle but out of respect for his opponents strength and capabilities he possessed. After the fight had finished Angel had left and was never to be seen again. After 2 weeks Alexander had awoken in a small shack being guarded by one other human and confused after everything had been explained to him he had went around looking for angel but he was not to be found. After awakening Alexander had been massively stronger than before. Due to the physical state his body was put in and all the damage that he had taken from Angel his body had adapted and become more dense in order to take all the attacks while sustaining the least amount of damage possible. After his awakening this began our political revolution. We had now implemented the ring with rules and gotten multiple monsters to follow by these rules and with them being accurate to filling orders more now we had decided to initiate a leadedictator in a sense. The top 5 strongest creatures in the void had been the leaders and this had consisted of Alexander at 1, 2 other demons at 2 and 3, and humans to fill the final spots. We began to implement laws and rules in order to stop the mass murder and destruction happening and within a small time frame we had created structures similar to the ones of the earth. Houses and gyms in order to train in hopes of becoming stronger and even professional combat sports. After 2 months time had passed we had developed a military with our best members in it and humbly had began to repopulate. All this had been done in hopes of regaining the earth and defeated our oppressors. Fast forward 1 months the and the siege of the home planet had begun. They had not been suspecting us however took the preparations in case we had come. Based and soldiers set up in every corner of the world to fight back when the time came we did come back. With this an all out war for the fate of humanity had began and the extinction of either race lay in the balance between life and death.
After the war had began all forces had been deployed to different areas of the planet. Groups that had worked together best being deployed to one part while our strongest being deployed to another. At first we had been nearly even in everything besides technology. They had everything that we lacked and this gave them the combative edge. However despite lacking in technology we made up for it in numbers. Most fights had consisted of large groups of monsters fighting against one or two of our enemy and this has convoluted till their forces had been somewhat deployed. The one on one fights had been more dragged out and heavily impacted the war. Our strongest soldiers fighting against their strongest soldiers in a one on one fight. Everyone has put their all into this battle and left nothing to spare. Our second and third strongest soldiers had the most impact in this war not because of who they fought but because of what they could do. They didn’t actually have abilities specific to them but instead they were born with a type of energy within their bodies in which they called “synergy”. This synergy could be used to amp all their physical abilities but also be used to crate and use techniques or even use techniques that are specific to the traits of the individuals soul. The strength and physical stats of the individual depended on how much synergy they had at their disposal and while some of them were able to gather strength from other life forms it was not a very common occurrence. Alexander fought someone with the ability to control and manipulate momentum. They used synergy and funneled it through all objects of their choice to increase or decrease of momentum of that. This didn’t do much on a wide scale and was a very basic ability but in a solo battle this made it extremely hard to land attacks and even when they were landed they did little to no damage. The most important one to kill had the ability to manipulate all probability. Meaning the likelihood of us even winning this war was less then .0001 percent with them being alive. Whether it was because of a collection of small losses or one major loss did not make a difference. All odds were stacked against us as long as this person remained on the battlefield. In simple terms the whole war relied on the defeat of that person. Our second in command and smartest soldier, “Cassandra” decided to take this upon herself. She was the only one among us who possessed an innate ability and was viewed as the most special soldier but this came at a cost. She gained a talent no other human possessed but in return she no longer had the natural ability to adapt to all circumstances. Her ability was to take the form and attributes of any and all creature she knew to exist. Mythical or not she could take the shape and ability of these creatures and use it as long as she desired. However she could only use one at a time and had to wait 30 seconds in between shifting. Our third in command, “Vladimir” had took the roll of fighting their head technologist. While his opponent had not specialized in battle he still was one of the most dangerous and this was because of his ability to create machines as small as molecular level that shared his thoughts and emotions. These machines were used to repair his body in case on injury, transport information, invade any opponents body and restrict movement, anything that he deemed possible could be done with the use of those machines. But he chose to mainly use them as sort of technological tools to help him further advance his society. The rest of our battles were not nearly as important and were mostly group battles. Afro the beginning portion of Alexander’s fight he had been losing severely and could barely land any attacks at all. After a few minutes of getting beat down and not being able to fight back the adaptation process began. The first adaptation was only a temporary solution to the problem but his body had been explosively shooting out sharpened pieces of his bones and even using tiny droplets of blood as weapons. However this was only a temporary solution because eventually those bones and blood just started being slowed also. The final adaptation and most effective one happened when his body created a function in which he can store kinetic energy and then release it at any given time. This allowed him to rapidly boost his speed whenever his momentum had been slowed and basically cancel out his opponent power. However this still did not stop how his opponent made himself significantly faster. After this the fight had been more tipped into Alexander’s favor but still not enough to actually win. Throughout the progression of the fight Alexander had been gathering more and make friction between the clothes he had and his feet running against the floor. After gathering as much friction and kinetic energy as possible he let it all explode and release all over his body. This altered the form of his body. His body and skin began to form cracks and let off steam. He began to turn dark red and his eyes became shot with blood. His body was slowly crumbling and deteriorating. He had 5 minutes left to defeat his opponent and if he did not then his body would crumble and he would die. Due to his rapid healing factor he had a chance of living if he was able to end the fight within 5 minutes and give himself some time to rest but this all depended on how much he could get done. The battle had been tilted all the way in Alexander’s favor and had no longer been a battle. It had turned into if his opponent could outlast him in those 5 minutes. Brutally beating his opponent and taking full advantage of the situation Alexander did not relent on his rampage. Stopping his momentum no longer mattered and it seemed like the more he tried the faster Alexander got. Steam had been blowing off him. In the end he had managed to kill his opponent within those 5 minutes and had been at deaths door. Cassandra had began her battle and had been absolutely obliterating her opponent. The ability to shape shift from dragons, unicorns, hydras, centaurs, and any mythical creature you can think of. At first she had taken the abilities of a dragon but throughout the fight she had been developing into stronger and more complex creatures. After a while her opponent had been decreasing the probability of her even landing attacks. This made it extremely hard for her to fight and maintain the advantage. She took the appearance and abilities of the mythical deity sun wukong. Due to sun wukong being a monkey that ascended into a higher power he is one of the only gods that she can transform into. After this she gained the ability to not only make clones out of every hair on her body but also multiply the power of each clone. While she does not possess every power sun wukong has she possesses some of them and the most prominent ones. This fight had been a one sided beatdown and only lasted longer than 2 minutes because the probability of each clone attacking each other had been raised to its maximum percentage. Despite this every 1000 punches that had been thrown at least 1 hit her opponent and this was more than he could handle from millions of clones. Vladimir had no special capabilities; he only possessed an extremely honed body and battle experience. At first they had been near equal but the battle began to take a turn when the tiny bugs began to infest his body and eat him from the inside. Due to his advanced healing factor he had been able to stop any significant damage and fight with mild discomfort but this did not change that if he continued in for a longer period of time then he would inevitably be defeated by these bugs and killed. This made the battle a race against time. Expending everything his body had to offer and leaving not a single drop of energy left. Pushing his body to the absolute peak and physical limit. Even going beyond the known capabilities of his body he began to evolve into a higher form. He did not develop any new type of power or gain a newfound power but he did increase and rapidly evolve his physical capabilities. He began to punch with such speed and strength that he created shockwaves from breaking the sound barrier. With this his punches became far more explosive and with every punch thrown he was exploding giant parts of his opponents body and everything within the perimeter. With no regard to his surroundings the battle had destroyed everything in sight and left them fighting in a bare wasteland. Basically erasing everything within line of his punches he began to annihilate his opponent with speed and strength unmatched. Due to all the tiny machines within his body he regrow limbs and was able to counter attack with near no fatigue or even lag in his action. While pushing his body to its absolute limit his body had given up on him. Rapidly healing from constant damage, pushing muscles to their utmost limit, moving, attacking at his highest speed, and even understanding/ perception of all attacks massively faster then he could ever before. Due to all this his body began to give out and in the midst of battle he fell and was unable to recover. No longer able to fight back and maintain the performance he had, he was defeated. Being eaten from the inside, limbs being torn from his body, and being damaged so much that not even his regeneration could keep up. His head had been ripped off his body and with this humanity had suffered its first major loss. After this all other forces began to gain support from all his other bugs and humanities forces had been rapidly depleting. With loss in sight humanity had lost hope and accepted defeat. Right when humanity had accepted defeat and all hope had been lost the king had shown himself once again. Like an Angel coming to bless all of humanity he had run through and obliterated all enemies of humanity. Destroying everything in sight and bringing all enemies to his feet he had saved humanity and restored hope and just like that he had disappeared into the void once again. There was no explanation as to how or why but in that moment all of humanity knew who we would be forever grateful and indebted to. Not many opponents had been left standing but the few who were, were extremely weakened and overwhelmed by numbers. After this decisive battle humanity had been in a state of joy and excitement out of their new victory. Once all the excitement and happiness from winning had worn off all the sorrow and remorse from the losses had come rushing in. All the lost family members, dead soldiers, limbs lost, and mental trauma had taken a toll on humanity. After we had gotten our planet back we did not spend our time rebuilding and trying to repopulate. We spent months mourning the loss of our loved ones and all our soldiers. We laid in depression and sorrow for our mutual loss and mental trauma. This brought humanity closer as a whole and we bonded over our suffering. Humanity had been one but at what cost. After years of processing humanity had finally been able to rebuild all of our structures, population, and even expand to different planets. After all these trials and tribulations we had finally evolved completely and after ages of loss we had finally entered a golden age of humanity. After all this we had begun to explore the deep parts of our planet and while exploring we discovered something far beyond our comprehension. Humanity had only been a small part of a vastly bigger world and a whole new world had now been exposed to us. We had breached through the ice caps of the north pole and had been greeted with hostility from a race on our planet we did not even know existed. After entering this “new world” humanity had found out the truth of our existence and creation. After finding out the truth of our creation and the prophecy of our faith we had all collectively regretted winning that war. Beyond our world laid horrors and truths we were not yet prepared for. After all this we had once again been thrown into a dark age with no will to fight. In the end this was the beginning of the end for humanity…