Drinking five liters of Fizzy Faz is a bad idea. Think of your kidneys and liver!
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Hello, this is something you might have missed in Help Wanted 2.
Previously Post Interesting things:

1. Our main character, HW Jeremy, Cassie's dad, is already wearing the Security Mask before we even start the game. This means Glitchtrap has access to his mind and body. As for what that entails...
2. Help Wanted 2's AMask-on version of the FNAF6 Pizzaria might be based on Micheal's canonical look for it near the end of Pizzaria Simulator.
3. After completing each minigame, a party hat, plate, and cup will appear on the table next to you. Whose party are we attending as a guest?
4. The protagonist of Help Wanted 2 is HW Jeremy, discovered through the color blue items which are prominent in the game and used for his name and shirt in Ruin. Jeremy was a former employee of Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rental and may have been present during the events of Sister Location.
5. In the First Aid minigame of Help Wanted 2, the "GET WELL SOON!" drawings depict Baby's life as seen through Vanny's eyes, hinting towards the game's secret ending. These drawings also reveal that Baby's data card from Sister Location was inside Helpy in Pizzeria Simulator and survived the fire. As a result, her programming was eventually absorbed into the Pizzaplex's Network, leading to her appearance in Help Wanted 2.
6. Glitchtrap may have collected the souls and memories of the original dead kids into the Pizzaplex's Network and in this game, Jeremy is going is his memories.
7. Help Wanted 2's Fizz Faz minigame's location is the same but different location in Security Breach. They both have identical objects placed in the exact place as each other, giving evidence to the fact that Jeremy is physically moving to certain locations in the Pizzaplex when clicking on the minigames.

Now back to our unregularly scheduled series!
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Once in the restaurant again, Helpy as always when you completed a minigame, informed you that a new task was available to you. Checking the Staff Only folder revealed that it was the next night of Fizzy Faz, which you clicked on to open its pop-up window.
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You know I've been meaning to get into the Helpi of this game. That's right not even a second paragraph into the next part and we're already deep diving into another subject!
So lets start with the interesting thing about Helpi in Help Wanted 2, is he actually Glitchtrap? Yes, no, and maybe. Let's think it through.
Unlike his Ruin variant, Help Wanted 2's Helpi only appears in one place, the projector screen in the hub world. Also unlike Ruin's this Helpi has a completely different design.
Although those two points about this Helpi don't give us much to work on to figure out why he the way he is in this game at first glance. It actually gives us a ton of information!
For one, his design and singular placement in the game tell us that this Helpi is not a part of the V.A.N.N.I. network like Ruin Helpi was. How can I know this? Simple. The V.A.N.N.I. network does not cover the FNAF 6 pizzeria.
You see something that I didn't cover in my Ruin deep dive is its Brazil ending. In that ending, Cassie puts on the Security Mask and integrates into the network one last time as she hides from the Mimic behind a Fredbear's cutout. But how could this be when Helpi explicitly tells us that the V.A.N.N.I. network ends at the door to the underground?
Something that I learned when I started my quest to prove stuff, especially when it comes to the endings of these games, is that each of the alternate endings we're given, no matter if they're the canon ending or not, provides us with valuable information about the ongoings of the game. Including stuff that's happening in the background sort of speak.
Take my "One ending leads to Ruin" post for example. Some of Security Breach's endings give us a pretty clear picture of what Vanny was doing when Gregory and Freddy went underground for the Burn It All Down ending.
The Alley ending for instance has Vanny tracking down Gregory into its namesake. But how Vanny knows that Gregory has left the building so quickly and managed to follow him right after he leaves is only hinted at in the To the Rooftop ending. During that ending we're are shown that Vanny is on the rooftop before Gregory gets there, much to his shock.
You see when deciding to escape the Pizzaplex rather than confront Vanny, Gregory falls right into one of her traps. Vanny knows that Gregory is going to try and escape the building once it hits 6:00 a.m. because she made almost every exit to the Pizzaplex unavailable and inaccessible to him until that time.
The front entrance, of course, opens at 6:00 a.m., and The loading dock requires at least a level seven clearance, which would take literally hours for Gregory to get. This leaves only one possible exit for him to leave through and the one place she can ambush him and catch him by surprise, the Pizzaplex's rooftop.
So when 6:00 a.m. hits and she still doesn't have him, Vanny waits on the roof as it provides her with a vantage point to catch him or spot which way he leaves the Pizzaplex. Unfortunately for her, but not too unfortunate considering all the possible endings, Gregory had decided to confront not her, but the true source of evil and attempt to Burn it All Down.
Though funnily enough, The Getaway ending, in which Greg and Fred steal a van, was the best possible escape plan, because the van provides Gregory the advantage of speed to outrun Vanny when she spots him from the rooftop.
All of this is information that could only be gained by looking at what the other endings tell us about what could possibly happen if different choices are made.
So what does the Brazil ending of Ruin inform us?
It can tell us that the Vanny Mask can connect to the Pizzaplex's network outside of the V.A.N.N.I network. If you are confused by my wording, let me explain as I haven't talked about it in a while. But the Pizzaplex has a main network and subnetworks. The main network is basically the foundation for every other network in the Pizzaplex, like the security system, the wet floor bots, and Glamrock Bonnie network, the various attractions' network, and the V.A.N.N.I network.
So the V.A.N.N.I network is not actually required for the Security Mask to be used, just the main network of the Pizzaplex, and as the hidden cameras of Ruin show us, at least one subnetwork connects all the down to where the Mimic was sealed. Way past where Jeremy is in the FNAF6 pizzeria.
But you don't really need the Brazil ending to find this out as the sequence leading up to it helps tease that out. No, what the Brazil ending tells us, or rather shows us and relates to Help Wanted 2, is that Helpi can appear outside of the V.A.N.N.I network.
How can I know this is Helpi? If you're referring to this Helpi, our little helper from the Security Mask, then no, I'm not talking about that Helpi. Whom I'm referring too is a variant I've come to call Helpmi. In Ruin, this corrupted version of Helpi is defined by his slight change in appearance and personality.
But more than that as I talked about in my "Helpi is a victim Prove it!" post. The source of our corrupted Helper in Ruin and is using him as a puppet is other than Glitchtrap. Our malhare has quite the fondness of using other known characters in the franchise as a trojan horse with which to interact and manipulate things. A quirk developed from his Mimic and Aftons origins, no doubt.
So when I say that Helpi can appear outside of the V.A.N.N.I network. What I'm actually saying is that Glitchtrap's Helpmi decoy can appear outside of that network. And that decoy can appear as any variant of Helpi, including Glamrock Helpy who makes an appearance in the Brazil ending instead of V.A.N.N.I. Helpi.
As to why it's Glamrock Helpy and not V.A.N.N.I Helpi who appears in that final image of that ending, I'm not totally sure. It could be that Cassie would be more familiar with that variant of Helpy as that one is the current standard design in the Pizzaplex, it may be because V.A.N.N.I Helpi is actually an entity compared to the other Helpys, or could be because Glamrock Helpy was the first version of him to be controlled by Glitchtrap.
Each possibility is likely, but no way to know the truth of it. At least for now.
But what's important here is that Glitchtrap is capable of showing those who wear the Security Mask a Helpi decoy that can direct them to do what he wants while he hides in the shadows. And that decoy can shift its appearance to fit any occasion.
Say a certain pizzeria that's deep under the Pizzaplex.
Is this Helpi actually Glitchtrap? Yes. Unlike Ruin's Helpi, this one is entirely Glitchtrap in disguise with no alter ego.
Wow, I just clocked in on that! Glitchtrap actually shows another trait of his Mimic predecessor by having a habit of putting on disguises! That is interesting...
Helpi, Nightmarrione plushie, and even Burntrap to an extent. I've been wondering why in this game, Glitchtrap seemed so intent on being hidden from our view. Especially since this is the type of situation that we should expect to see him since our mind is in the network.
We never see him up close, have a direct view of his full body, or face him directly. It can't be because he's stuck somewhere and has to communicate through a proxy as he personally hands us the memory dolls and even personally plays with us directly with his hand puppet in the Bonk-a-Bon minigame.
Maybe Glitchtrap being so hidden from us in these games after Help Wanted is not because he was cut from the games, but because he's deliberately hiding from the protagonists of these games' point of view and uses disguise to interact with them. Hmm...
Okay, we're getting off-topic now. But we will talk about this at a later date.
As for this Helpi retro appearance, I believe it has to do with being inside the pizzeria. This restaurant although is the location where FNAF 6 took place, may also be the place where a carnival happened to be. And if that giant Freddy we find near this restaurant is any indication, a Freddy 's-themed carnival that coincides with a certain annual festival that we've been hinted about in these new-era games.
Anyway, that about wraps it up about Helpi in this game. But I want to get further along in the deep dive to see if there's any else I can glean from this decoy.
Let's get back to the Help Wanted 2!
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"Fizzy Faz fun! Meet production quotas and protect the bottom line." this was what the pop window for Fizzy Faz Night 2 read before pressed the TUTORIAL button and was transported by darkness into the void again.
"Make the correct order and send it up to the delivery unit. " "Give S.T.A.F.F. Bots a break occasionally or you may regret it." "Use the
Emergency Shut Down if things get out of hand."
Were what the ominous instructions floating in the void greeted you with. It looks like things aren't going to be so easy this night if that third one was any indication. With a press of the start button and a blink of darkness later, you find yourself back in the Mixing Room once again.
"You are back." was FIZZ Bot welcoming on your return.
"S.T.A.F.F may become hostile." Another warning about the dangers of the S.T.A.F.F bots. Looks like you are really going to need to start paying attention to them and how much of each ingredient you have.
"Give forced break." Nothing about your surroundings changed from what you've seen. Even that half-empty Sodaroni can that was between the tall monitor and the button control panel in front of you last time, was still there. So you decided to take these next few moments to prepare yourself for what's to come.
"If S.T.A.F.F strike, use SHUTDOWN button. Force reboot." Was the end of Fizz Bot's short and clip instructions for the night before the tall monitor let up, implying the shift had started and the work had begun.
(Oooh, that's what that button does, reboot the S.T.A.F.F bots. I thought it was just a lockdown button. I should've probably paid more attention to Fizz Bot's explanation on my first watch-through of this game.)
It was all going well enough for you, you followed the list of ingredients, placed the container in the delivery unit, and kept an eye on the S.T.A.F.F bots as quickly and as best as you could. Rinse and repeat.
To your misfortune though.
A loud metallic screeching noise echoed throughout the Mixing Room, throwing you off your rhythm and causing you to stare out your window and into the warehouse itself. You didn't see anything, so you checked the cameras for the source of the noise.
Your best wasn't good enough.
A whirring sound pulled your gaze off the monitor and back to our front window as something that wasn't there before had pulled up to the window and was now standing there.
It was a S.T.A.F.F bot but not one that you've seen before. It was covered in dirt like someone had pulled it out of some old dusty dirt pile left in some forgotten part of the warehouse. But more than that, someone had decided to give it strange markings made by a black marker.
Its eyes were blacked out and tear marks were given to its face along with a drawn gaping mouth designed in a way to give the impression of teeth and three stripes were made around its forearms. But the strangest thing about this bot besides the fact that it was made to look like Nightmarionne, was that there was writing on its chest and what it read.
"In your Dreams."
What? But before you could think another thought, the bot slammed its hands against the glass window before rolling itself towards your right. Right to the open exit door.
In a moment of panic and quick thinking, you slammed the emergency SHUT DOWN button in front of you before you lost sight of it in the front window. Immediately, sparks shot up from various areas in the room as a metal wall came down from above and blocked the front window and a metal door came down in the doorway. Shielding you inside the room that was currently letting off an alarm sound and blinking a red light.
With the metal shield blocking the front window and your right short monitor displaying a black screen preventing you from seeing the cameras, you were totally isolated from the ongoing outside of the room you were in.
Luckily, your other monitor was on and still gave you the current order, so using this time wisely, you finished up the next few orders before the shutdown was over.
Which was soon enough as the metal shields went back up, the red lights turned off, and the alarm became silent. The Nightmarionne bot that was once in your front view has disappeared, but you had no time to be more thorough in your search for it as you still had orders to complete and S.T.A.F.F. bots to manage.
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I find it really odd and curious that the Nightmarione bots in this minigame don't have their glowing white eyes like in Security Breach. Is this implying that the minigame's version of these bots is just a recreation rather than being the real ones?
I just went and checked out the normal ending for this game because I remembered that the Nightmarione bots appear there too and the same goes for them. No white eyes...
At first, I was going to brush this whole thing off as just an ordinary appearance of that special S.T.A.F.F. bot. But the missing eyes thing is starting to make me believe that something else is going on here with those bots in particular.
But what?
I know that the S.T.A.F.F. bots, or at least some of them, have the souls of Fazbear employees or other victims trapped within them due to Security Breach voice lines for them. Is this telling us that the souls within them are no longer there? Or is it telling us that the souls aren't in the network that we are in?
What I mean by that last line, is that both in this minigame and the ending, we are integrated into the network through the Security Mask. But unlike Ruin, we are integrated into a different network, not the V.A.N.N.I. network.
Still, there's got to be a reason why Steel Wool decided not to give them their signature white eyes in Help Wanted 2. I can't think of anything so I'll just stick a mental pin on this for later.
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Before long, the ending shift alarm rang throughout the warehouse letting you know that your shift has ended and your work was completed. "Return and work. Save time tomorrow." Was the last thing you heard before you were transported back to "GAME WON!" void to claim your reward from the claw machine.
Which turned out to be something surprising compared to the other prizes you've gotten from the machine. It was a red gumball machine with arms and googly eyes, aptly named Gumball Swivelhands.
Pressing the "RETURN TO HUB" button had you transported back to the restaurant. Once there, it was the same as usual. Helpy notifying you, that there was another task available and huh?
You spotted something in the left side corner of the restaurant that wasn't there before. What was weird was that it was something that you've become recently familiar with. Like, a couple of seconds ago.
Standing before you, right next to a bill-to-change machine, with an open smile, extended eyelashes, and a propeller hat was Gumball Swivelhands. How did it get here? Did someone place it here? Could you get a gumball?
No matter the question asked, the answer remained unknown to you. But this goofy gumball machine made you wonder if other prizes you receive will show up here too.
There was only one way to find out.
Back at the computer station, you clicked on the Staff Only folder to presumingly start Fizzy Faz Night 3 but you were shocked to find that the next unlocked file was another corrupted file. In fact, you had another file that was corrupted in addition to that.
This meant there were no more tasks that you could complete in the Staff Only folder until you figured out how to fix these corrupted files.
You stood there, staring at the screen wondering how were you supposed to fix them, until you sighed and closed the Staff Only folder window. There was absolutely nothing you could do, so the only logical choice you had was to pick a different folder to complete for now. Who knows, maybe one prize you will receive from one of these other folders holds the key to the corrupted files.
But which folder should you do next?
(By using a random letter generator and picking the starting letter of a YouTuber's name, we decide what to do next! So the honor of picking the next folder goes to... Huh, I guess there's not a YouTuber that played Help Wanted 2 with L as the first letter in their name.
Alright then, next letter! It's A! Which means Astralspiff!)
You decided to do Ticket Both next as you were curious as to what exactly that entailed. Clicking on the folder caused its popup window to be displayed and revealed what the folder contains. And surprisingly, there were only three things in it. Needless to say, that was much less than what the other folder had.
There were two locked folders and a file that was named Carousel with an icon of its namesake. Looks like this is going to be a little bit more interesting than the other ones too, going by just its name alone.
(Oh joy! It's the Moon minigame!)
Another click brought up the Carousel pop window which stated, "Enjoy a ride on the classical Fazbear antique carousel. May require technical support." Alright, it was time for you to see what this was all about and see what this folder had in store for you. And so with one more click, your vision was covered in black.
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Not gonna lie, I was pumped to finish Night 3 of Fizzy Faz in this part. This is the second time where I'm ready to do a two-in-one special within one part! But I guess the Ticket Both minigames are going to have the honor of fulfilling that.
And oh joy, am I excited to get into this carousel minigame as my mind has given me an interesting thought which we'll explore more™ in the next part!

Context: I (26F) have two small kids (5m) (3m), one of whom has a medical condition that requires him to go to appointments 3x a week, and multiple other visits a month. Im strapped for cash obviously cause I have a lowpaying walmart job and live in a town of 15k so walmart is the only place open overnight so that I can be off during the days to take my kid (3m) to all of his appointments.
So my dad married when I was 5, and she was the furthest thing from motherly, we didnt have a good relationship, they divorced after 17 years. When that happened, my dad still considers my stepbrothers his children, he’s never even called them stepchildren he firmly believes they’re his own because they were 2&4 when they came into our lives and they don’t know any other father figure. After divorce, my stepmom told my stepbrother who told me that she said “she’s not my daughter, she never was” And that killed any love that I still had for that woman, even though we didn’t have a good relationship she did help raise me, so I respected her for that. That statement ended all that though. I haven’t spoken to her since she kicked my dad out years ago, they’ve been divorced now 3 1/2 years. She is a narcissist, and she completely kept us away from mine and my dad‘s family, so I barely know them. We were only ever around her family, who all dropped us like nothing when she decided to leave my dad. So after the divorce, it was just me and my dad and his mother who she alienated us from first 17 years. I haven’t had contact with any of her family. SO REASON FOR THIS POST - When my son (5m) was born. This was before the divorce, my step grandmother and her mom, my step great grandmother, decided to gift me a blanket that my step great grandmother crocheted so long ago that the blanket is probably older than me. my great grandma stopped crocheting many years before she passed in 2018 so again this blanket is OLD AF and very beautiful. When my step grandmother gave me that blanket, the look on my stepmom‘s face was complete shock, like as if if someone should inherit any of my great grandmothers, awesome old blankets, it should be her, and not me. crocheting is some thing that my stepmom did very regularly, she’s also very very good at it, around the same time of receiving that blanket she crocheted what is kind of like a blanket, but kind of like a thing for a baby to just lay on like to do tummy time? It’s very big and intricately done and very beautiful colors, I know she took a lot of time to do that. Both of these blankets, were never used their essentially keepsakes so I put them in a keepsake storage bin, and I have not touched them since. Anytime I go to photos of my boys, or go to look in that bin and I see those blankets. I am so so sad, I’ve considered selling them for years, but I keep telling myself that thats wrong :( only because I know how much time and effort was put into them, I know I could sell them online for probably a good amount of money that I so desperately need, but I can’t bring myself to do that, I keep considering asking my stepmom or stepmother to buy them back from me instead of me selling them online to a stranger. And explain to them that I need the money and those are things that are important to their family, I feel like I have no connection to anymore, and they could probably get better use out of them than me. Also i have a half brother so same dad and his mom was my step mom. So naturally, I assume if they got those blankets back, they would probably pass them on to my half brother or step brother.
Main question is WIBTA if i asked them for $ for the blankets since i need the extra cash and dont feel any connection to the blankets or them?

I made a few mushroom hats and posted them on my Shopify I made them with baby sized head holes as well :)

Why on earth did Anna put on KK’s hat? I kinda get that they were going for the idea that she was able to have everything she wanted in the end, with the baby and the Oscar, but why put on the hat?
What was the point of having Dex cheat and have her find out? Were they just trying to make us think the cameras were part of the stalking from the witches? I just don’t see why they exposed him as a cheater if he wasn’t truly in on anything. Unless it’s just so she doesn’t truly miss having a relationship with him? Maybe they want her to be a powerful single mom now?
I think I’ve seen this asked on here before, but why did her legs turn that weird colomaterial? And then there’s the green shoes as well, are those a big thing other than just something the witches wear?

RH Wishlist
Steampunk Set - Steampunk Undercity Sword Belt
Shoes - Flowers From the Garden - Head Over Heels - Marilyn Monroe - Petite Mermaid Fairy - Sky Mission Boots - Strappy Wonder-Fairy - Winged Unicorn Fairy
Skirts - Large Train Bow Skirt - Fanned Out Bow Skirt - Gothic Lolita Skirt - Ruffle Velvet Bow Mini-Skirt - Velvet Bow Royal Mini-Skirt
Bodices - Worm Bodice
Valentines Items - Original Giant Teddy Bear - Original Teddyzilla - Teddyzilla - Celestial Cathedral Veil - Powder Heart Backpack - Original 2019 Elegant Parasol
Saint Patricks Items - Friendship Necklace Right - Classic Golden Chain
Easter Items - Fuzzy Bunny Ears - Spring Circlet - Butterfly Pavilion Fascinator - Fluffy Bunny Tail with Bow - Easter Basket - Baby Chick Backpack - Dear Daisy Sun Hat - Blossoming Dewdrop Gown - Silverbell Fairy Skirt - Fragrant Floral Bell Earrings - Dancing Daisy Flower Parasol - Delicate Flowering Lace Bunny Mask - Overgrowth Vines Ear Cuff
Halloween Items - Windy Witch Hat - Crescent Moon Cloak - Too Cool for Skull Shoulder Bag - Otherworldly Potion - Magical Broomstick - Nightmare Cavern Lantern - Kitty Candy bag 2022 - Fuzzy Monster Candy Bag Backpack 2023
Christmas Items - My Present Box - Pompom Beanie - Santa’s Beard - Candy Cane Swords - Beasty Snow Antlers - Fuzzy Bracelet - Soft Plush Antlers - Christmas Celebration Headband - Fuzzy Earmuffs - Elf Ears - Fur Collar - Stocking Bows - Shy Scarf - Festive Hair Bow - Icey Snowflake Earrings - Winter Fashion Shawl/Scarf - Wish Upon a Star Earrings - Snowman’s Top Hat
New Years Items - 2019 Party Hat - 2020 Party Hat - Rosie’s Rose - Bahia’s Pacifier - Anzu’s Mindwings - Antilique’s Horns - LeahAshe’s Bear Ears - Bunny Slippers - 2022 Celebration Headband - Cristal’s Tiara
Summer Items - Oversized Summer Shirt - Swimmer Flippers
Accessories - Bad Kitty Headphones - Callmehbob Diamond Ring - Heart of the Ocean Necklace - Mood Changing Necklace - Totally Not a Nerd Glasses - Antique Messenger Satchel
Halos (Highly Wanted) - Dark Fairy Halo - Eveningfall 2023 - Divine Adoration - Everfriend Halo 2024 - Entwined Vines - Flowering Halo 2024 - Halloween Halo 2021 - Mermaid Halo 2020 - Mermaid Halo 2022 - Solarix Halo Tidalglow 2023 - Starlight Halo - Flowering 2023 - Valentines Halo 2020 - Witching Hour Halo - Autumn 2022
Halos (Semi-Wanted) - Frosty Fortitude - Glitterfrost Halo 2023 - Halloween Halo 2020 - Lucky Halo 2021 - Spring Halo 2021 - Winter Halo 2021
Halos (Collector, Low Want) - Autumn Halo 2019 - Corrupt Halo - Easter Halo 2019 - Glimmering Alien Halo - Glimmering Light Halo - Halloween Halo 2018 - Halloween Halo 2019 - Lucky Halo 2019 - Lucky Halo 2020 - Mermaid Halo 2019 - Mermaid Halo 2021 - Spring Halo 2020 - Spring Halo 2022 - Valentines Halo 2019 - Valentines Halo 2021 - Winter Crystal Halo 2018 - Winter Halo 2019 - Winter Halo 2020 - Winter Halo 2022

So I tried a T20 Onmi. Yeah, it's going back after 48 hours because it needed too much baby sitting, didn't like my home's wall situation, lost its map in 24 hours, and makes a horrible skipping noise (if the solution is to cut 4 slits into its rubber flap, that tells me all I need to know about that device... need to void the warranty to make it work? Yeah, no, it's going back).
I've pretty much narrowed my list down to the following vacuums, but I'd be open to consider others:
Eufy X10
Roborock Q Revo
Dreame L20
Roborock Q Revo MaxV
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Here's my concern: My place has a main hallway that is at a 45-degree angle (this absolutely pissed off the Ecovacs T20). I also have about a 50/50 split with carpets. If I want to keep my price around $700-1000, which one of these vacuums would be the best purchase?
Necessity:

1. I want it to be self filling/draining/cleaning.
2. I want rotating mops, not static/vibrating
3. I want it to integrate with Google Assistant (I know Roborock does this a lot better than Eufy)

Things I liked but arent dealbreakers:

1. The extending mop arm is a cool idea, however if the vacuum can just turn that works too.
2. I'd prefer the mop to lift at least 7mm, or have the ability to know to vacuum first, then mop later.

Considerations:

1. Cost of ownership (replacement parts, solution, etc)
2. Customer Service/Warranty (I know Eufy should be the best of those 3).

Thanks in advance!

summer is just the worst. in winter i can cover up in a coat, mittens, a winter hat and a face covering. my skin gets lighter with the lack of sunlight, i have less nightmares as it's less warm. nobody really goes out either because it's so cold.
but in summer, EVERYONE is out. if i try to cover up, i will overheat. so the whole world now sees me as my skin tans and darkens in real time. it doesn't matter how many bleaches i use throughout winter, doesn't matter how many nights i cry hopelessly, doesn't matter how much weight i lose, everyone sees a black person. and they don't care. they always have to remind me. they don't see anything that goes on behind closed doors, they just see me, make an assumption and treat me accordingly. doesn't matter how high pitched i make my voice and how many times i say "sorry" in my baby voice. i literally try so hard for no reward. i should have just mot tried then, why do i give myself hope if i still suffer?
europe is really a place. but the thing about it is that i should be "grateful" for being treated like shit because the alternative is being deported to a conflict-ridden country. so just because the bare minimum is safety, i should endure being called a monkey and "ghetto" and told "people like me are appauling".
the world derives a pleasure from bringing me down and making me feel worthless. white folks get tanning salons and sprays but i can't even get a fucking bleach that works even after 7 fucking months. why am i supposed to endure this all the time? they don't want to allow me to feel some comfort in my fucking body for one day because that means their butt-monkey will be able to have some worth and be "one or them". any other BtWs feel this way?

I just turned 30 and 29 was definitely the worst year of my life hands down, but I still feel great shame that I haven't fully recovered yet. Here are just the highlights:

• I got laid off from my job last summer. I did hate the job because I didn't feel welcomed and hated my co-workers who were basically nazis (Note: won't go too much into it, but yes one of denied the holocaust) and they wanted me to fly to a country that just had a coup and I refused. I have had a terrible experience with my job involving mechanical engineering so I was at my last straw with my career.
• found out my dad is not my biological father through a DNA test. I was IVF. I contacted the sperm donor's family and it turns out he died from lung cancer 2 years ago.
• finally got another job and I had a great time. I thought I was doing fine until the last of hour of 2 weeks in which they fired me for not performing well enough. They even gave me a letter with all of my worst qualities.
• ON THAT SAME DAY. I found my mother has cancer.
• 3 WEEKS LATER, I go visit her for Christmas and I found her dead the next morning.

Luckily nothing bad has happened these past few months, but it helps that I'm not doing much. I've finally been able to make a couple of friends here. I've also worked on my hobby of crochet. But finding a job has not been good. I get an anxiety attack every time I think about it or do anything about it. I feel tremedeous shame that it's almost May and I still haven't gotten a job yet. It'll soon be a full year of being unemployed. I've thought about either writing patterns or substituting classes or starting a youtube channel since it's always been my dream to make some videos. But everything I do I feel like I'm doing something wrong.
If I'm enjoying my free time, I'm wasting it by not looking for a job. If I look for a job, I get extremely anxious about the unknown and whether or not I'll just get abused again or being regretted. My own family shames me for having too much idle time, but I still feel like I'm still glueing the pieces back together. I do worry I'm being too much of a baby about this. Yes, I've been going to therapy, but I wish there was more to help figure out what I should be doing or how to really process what I'm doing.

Is the Dutch-Treat Marriage a Success?
From the April 2, 1934, Nashville Banner By Dorothy Dix
In the good old days when a man endowed his bride with all his worldly goods at the alar and expected as a matter of course to support her, marriage was a much simpler proposition for women than it is now. Then the husband brought home the bacon and the wife fried it, and that was that.
Grandpa no more expected grandma to be a money-earner than she expected him to be a nursemaid. Each performed his or her respective part in the domestic partnership and it made for the peace and prosperity of the firm. But modern economic conditions have changed that fair division of labor and given the heavy end of the bargain to the woman, who, in many cases, is forced to do double duty, to not only bake the bread but make the dough.
Primarily this state of affairs is no fault of the individual man. Probably every man would like to be a beneficent Providence to his wife and sit her down on a silk cushion and feed her on strawberries, sugar, and cream, like the lady in the fairy story. Probably it hurts every man’s pride not to be able to take his bride to his home and keep her safe and comfortable in it.
But it is the condition, not a romantic theory that the average young couple faces today, and the fact remains that thousands upon thousands cannot get married unless the woman continues on with her job. On what the man earns they could not live, or could exist only in the direst poverty, but with the wife’s pay envelop added to the husband’s they have comfortable support.
On the face of it, it seems an ideal solution of a difficult problem. It enables two young people to marry while the glamour is still on their love and before their wedding cake has got stale from being too long on the shelf. It puts marriage on a fifty-fifty basis, with the husband and wife both contributing to the upkeep of the home, both having their individual financial independence, and perhaps being more congenial and companionable with each other because they both speak the same language, instead of one talking of contracts and big deals and the fluctuation of the stock market while the other babbles of baby formulas and the price of butchers’ meat.
It seemed the modern romance, and one grew almost maudlin in contemplating the bliss that must ensue from these Dutch-treat weddings. But, alas, it appears that they are not only subject to all the trails and tribulations incident to the old-fashioned, man-supported marriages, but have an additional lot of troubles of their own.
The new arrangement seems to have given satisfaction to neither party, and loud and furious and frequent squawks of protest come both from husbands and wives. The men’s objection to the self-supporting wife is that she can’t be bossed and that she is uppity and independent and does not regard a husband as he-who-must-be-obeyed.
Also she lacks the sweet humility and forgiving spirit that made the wife who was financially dependent upon her husband turn a blind eye on his faults and overlook his side-steppings.
Of course, say these husbands, it is very comfortable and convenient to have a wife who pays her half of the bills, but it is a pain in the neck to have one who asserts her right to do as she pleases because she is self-supporting and who can put on her hat and walk out on a man if he doesn’t give satisfaction. So what?
On their part the women complain that a wife can’t help her husband without ruining him and that when George finds out that Mary can support the family he simply sits down and lets her do it. They further contend that the Lord intended a wife to be a goad in her husband’s side to spur him on to achievement, and that when he lacks this he never gets anywhere.
“When we were married to poor men,” say these disgruntled wives, “we thought it would be simply grand and thrilling to work at our old occupations for a year or two, and help our husbands get a start and commence paying on a little home. Then we were going to stop and get busy in our little white kitchens and have babies and live the normal life of women. And we never doubted that seeing us so bravely shouldering a double job, working all day in an office and then rushing home and getting dinner, would make our husbands roll up their sleeves and put in the hardest licks of which we were capable.
“But it hasn’t turned out that way. After five or ten years, most of us are still standing behind counters and punching typewriters, and, if we talked of resigning, our husbands would have fits. They have slacked down in their work and a lot of them have turned quitters because they know that we will pay the rent and buy the food if they don’t. And whatever money they make they spend on themselves, cause what’s the use of buying a hat for a wife who can buy one for herself?
“Maybe it is all logical enough, but two things are certain: One is that the self-supporting wife not only has to support herself but generally has to support her husband also. And the other is that the more a woman hangs like a millstone around her husband’s neck, the more he loves her.”
(Tennessee State Library and Archives

Welcome to the ultimate breakdown of the IPL 2024 season! Strap in as we dive deep into the heart of cricketing action, providing you with a comprehensive breakdown like never before. From nail-biting matches to thrilling upsets, we've got you covered with detailed standings after every game, expert analysis of each matchup, and playoff odds to keep you on the edge of your seat. Whether you're a die-hard fan or a casual observer, join us on this exhilarating journey through the highs and lows of every team during the IPL 2024 season.
Pre-Season playoff odds
All playoff odds are from cric_analytics2 on threads.
Here are the pre-season team ratings based on betting odds
MI 0.56
CSK 0.54
RR 0.51
RCB 0.50
GT 0.50
LSG 0.49
SRH 0.48
DC 0.47
KKR 0.46
PK 0.45
Based on those team ratings, here are the pre-season playoff odds with top 2 odds in parentheses.
MI 63% (39%)
CSK 54% (31%)
RR 45% (23%)
RCB 43% (21%)
GT 42% (20%)
LSG 36% (17%)
SRH 33% (15%)
DC 31% (13%)
KKR 28% (11%)
PK 25% (10%)
Game 1-RCB vs CSK at Chepauk
Probability based on betting odds: 58% CSK 42% RCB
1st innings: RCB won the toss and chose to bat first due to the deteriorating pitch. RCB started 37/0 after 4 overs due to Faf being 31 off 20 with 7(!) 4s. Kohli, meanwhile, is just a bystander. CSK bring on the Fizz, and he strikes, getting Faf to miscue it to deep point. Patidar comes in at 3 and edges it straight to Dhoni, 2 for Fizz in the over. Maxwell comes in and edges it to Dhoni for a golden duck. RCB has fallen from 41/0 in 4.2 overs to 42/3 in 6 overs. Cam Green and Kohli consolidate the innings with a slow 35 run partnership before the Fizz comes back and gets another double strike, getting Kohli and Green to break the back of RCB leaving 79/5 after 12 overs. DK and Rawat play carefully for a couple of overs and RCB is 90/5 after 14 overs. Rawat and DK then turn it up, making it rain boundaries getting RCB to a competent 173/6. Rawat had 48 off 28 and DK had 38 off 26.
2nd innings: CSK start the chase off well. Rachin Ravindra and Gaikwad play a lot of great shots together before the skipper nicks it to first slip at 38/1 after 4 overs. Rahane comes in at 3. Rachin Ravindra, in his IPL debut gets out for a stellar 37 off 15 with 103 needed from 78 for CSK. 76% CSK. Rahane also gets out off the bowling of Cam Green for 27 and with Daryl Mitchell and Dube at the crease, CSK need 72 off 54. Green gets another wicket, the wicket of Daryl Mitchell and all of a sudden, CSK need 60 from 42 balls. Siraj and Maxwell bowl back-to-back decent overs and bring it to CSK needing 46 off 30 balls to win with Jadeja and Dube at the crease. CSK still have a 67% chance of winning. Dube is struggling at 7 off 13. Dube and Jadeja accelerate with plenty of boundaries off Joseph and Siraj and they see CSK home, a win by 6 wickets with 8 balls remaining.
Man of the Match: Mustafizur Rahman 4/29 4 overs wickets of Kohli, Faf, Patidar, and Cam Green.
Random Thought: Rachin Ravindra is criminally underpaid. 1.8 crores. Why didn't other teams big for him?
Fun Factoid: Last time RCB won at Chepauk against CSK, George Bush was the US president.
Game 2-DC vs PBKS at Mullanpur
Probability based on betting odds: 52% DC 48% PBKS
Playing XIs
DC: Warner, Marsh, Hope, Pant, Bhui, Stubbs, Axar, Sumit Kumar, Kuldeep, Khaleel, Ishant Sharma
PBKS: Dhawan, Bairstow, Curran, Livingstone, Jitesh, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
1st innings: PBKS won the toss and chose to field. Marsh and Warner get off to a great start, 21/0 in 2 overs. Marsh was looking very dangerous before he drove it straight up to cover-point off Arshdeep’s bowling. In comes Shai Hope, who perhaps shouldn’t have been selected over Jake Fraser-McGurk. Harshal Patel gets the wicket of David Warner, caught behind. DC are 74/2 after 8 overs. In comes Pant, who’s finally back after injury. Hope chips it to extra cover off the bowling of Rabada. DC are 103/3 after 12 overs. Ricky Bhui enters. On Pant’s first game back, he lops it to point off Harshal, out for 18 off 13. DC are 111/4 after 13 overs. Stubbs comes in. The very next over, off the bowling of Brar, Bhui gloves it to the keeper. Stubbs looks to hit it inside-out over extra cover off Chahar and gets caught. DC are in big trouble now at 128/6 after 16 overs. Axar Patel gets run out, trying to keep strike. DC are in shambles now at 137/7 after 17.1 overs. This forces DC to use their impact sub, bringing in Abhishek Porel for Bhui. DC doesn’t do much for the next 2 overs, leaving them at 149/8 after 19 overs. Harshal Patel is bowling the last over. Porel goes 4 6 4 4 6 1. 25 runs off the last over. Porel finished 32*(10) Porel single handedly took DC to a competent total of 174. According to ESPNcricinfo, that one over increases DC’s odds of winning by 18%.
2nd innings: Dhawan and Bairstow get off to a good start, 34/0 after 3 overs hitting a combined 6 4s. Ishant Sharma gets the wicket of Dhawan, and in comes Prabhsimran. Ishant Sharma tipped the ball in follow-through to run out Bairstow in the same over. The Kings are 42/2 after 4, as Sam Curran comes in. Ishant Sharma gets injured, he twisted his right ankle. Prabhsimran and Curran stabilize the innings, before Prabhsimran holes out at long-on. PBKS are 87/3 after 10 overs. Jitesh Sharma comes in at 5. Jitesh Sharma gets stumped. PBKS are 103/4 after 12 with 72 needed from 48 as Livingstone joins Curran, who’s on 28 off 23. They’re the last formidable batting pair with only Shashank, Harshal, and Brar being not terrible batsmen. DC spinners continued to slow down PBKS with Kuldeep nearly getting another wicket, but Stubbs dropped Curran on 33. PBKS are 112/4 after 14 overs with 63 needed from 36. Mitch Marsh comes back in and gets mashed by Livingstone and Curran, for 18 in the over to bring the equation down to 45 off 30. Curran gets to his 50 off 39 balls. PBKS need 39 off 24, Livingstone and Curran end up hitting several boundaries off Marsh and Khaleel to bring the equation down to an easy 10 off 12. Nothing comes easy for PBKS though, as Khaleel, bowling the penultimate over, gets the wickets of Curran and Shashank Singh back to back and PBKS end up needing 6 off the last over. Sumit Kumar bowled the last over and gave up a 6 to Livingstone on the 2nd ball to win the game for PBKS.
Man of the Match: Kuldeep Yadav 2/20 4 overs Wickets of Jitesh and Prabhsimran Singh.
Fun Factoid: PBKS have won 7 of their last 8 opening matches. They missed the playoffs every single time.
Game 3-KKR vs SRH at Eden Gardens
Probability Based on betting odds: 52% KKR 48% SRH
Playing XIs
SRH: Mayank Agarwal, Tripathi, Markram, Klassen, Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan
KKR: Venkatesh Iyer, Salt, S. Iyer, Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun CV
1st innings: SRH won the toss and chose to field first, Bhuvi bowled a great first over, but Jansen released all the pressure, being cracked by Salt for a hat-trick of sixes, but SRH get the wicket of Narine, run out. KKR are 23/1 after 2 overs. Venky Iyer comes in(a reminder that KKR’s idiotic management retained him over Gill). Natarajan comes on for the 4th over and gets a double Iyer strike, getting both Iyers to play an idiotic shot. KKR are in some trouble at 32/3 after 4 overs. KKR end the powerplay at 43/3 after 6 overs. Markande strikes in his first over getting Rana to mis-hit a reverse sweep to backward point. KKR are 51/4 in 7.3 overs with Salt(30 off 23) being joined by Ramandeep with KKR in massive trouble. Ramandeep plays an incredible counter-attacking knock and combined with Salt gets KKR to 105/4 after 12 overs. Cummins brings himself on and gets the wicket of Ramandeep for a well-played 35 off 17 with 1 4 and 5 6s. In comes KKR’s superstar, Rinku Singh and he starts with a first ball 4 off Cummins. Markande gets the wicket of Salt for a great 54 off 40 with 3 4s and 3 6s. In comes KKR’s other finisher, although he’s been meh lately, Dre Russ. KKR are 119/6 after 14 overs. Cummins bowls out for 4-0-32-1. KKR are 123/6 after 15 overs. Cricinfo projects KKR for 175. Dre Russ and Rinku Singh hammer poor Nattu and Bhuvi, ruining their stats after they bowled so well in the powerplay, hammering a scarcely believable 77 off just 4 overs. Needless to say, this SRH bowling attack isn’t exactly at the level of the 2016-2020 Risers. KKR are 200/6 after 19 overs. Natarajan bowls a solid last over, allowing just 8 runs and picking up the wicket of Rinku, so KKR gets to 208/7. Dre Russ ends with 64 off 25 with 3 4s and an insane 7 6s. deep square leg.
2nd innings: SRH open with Mayank and Abishek, the impact player. Mayank and Abhishek, get off to a good start, specifically Mayank. SRH are 58/0 after 5 overs. Harshit Rana got Mayank to mis-time a pull to deep square leg. Former KKR batter, Rahul Tripathi enters the game. SRH are 65/1 after the powerplay. Abishek top edges a pull to fine leg off Russell, gone for a solid 32 off 19. In comes Aidan Markram, SRH are 77/2 after 8 overs. Tripathi is dropped by Varun CV(maybe strategically?) off Narine’s bowling. He was 5 off 8 at the time. Rahul Tripathi is dropped AGAIN on 13 off 11, this time by Suyash. SRH are 99/2 after 10 with 110 more needed from 60. On the very next ball, Tripathi misses a flick off Narine’s off-break, but KKR chose not to review, even though he was out(this is surely strategic, right? KKR don’t want Tripathi to get out, so they can avoid Klassen coming in?). Markram gets out off the bowling of Varun CV and all of a sudden, SRH are 108/3 after 12 with 101 needed in 8 overs. Klassen finally does enter though. Narine gets the wicket of Tripathi, finally. KKR likely decided that since Klassen already came in, there was no point of intentionally keeping Tripathi at the crease. In comes Abdul Samad, SRH are in massive trouble at 111/4 after 13 with 98 needed from 42. Another economical over from Suyash brings the asking rate to 94 from 36, which is practically impossible. KKR’s odds of winning according to Cricinfo is 98.55%. Starc comes in and allows just 5, bringing it to 76 needed off 24. That’s game over for SRH. KKR is at 99.2%. Samad hits some shots off Russell before he hits it straight to deep midwicket, another wicket for Russell. 64 needed from 19. SRH should try their best to keep their NRR from getting damaged too much. Shahbaz hits a first ball 4. 60 needed from 18. Varun CV comes in for his last over. Klassen is on 22 off 17 with 2 6s both off Varun CV. Full and outside off, rammed down the ground by Klassen for 6. 54 needed from 17. 52 needed from 16. Full and wide off again, Klassen reaches for it and heaves across the line for 6 over long-on. 46 needed from 15. Surely SRH can’t pull this off. Surely not… 45 needed from 14. Shazbaz is on strike. Full and wide of off again, Shahbaz muscles it deep into the crowd. 6 more for the risers. 39 needed from 13. Shahbaz looks to slash but misses, but a very successful over nonetheless. 39 needed from 12. Starc comes in to bowl his last. Full and on leg, Klassen slogs, doesn’t connect whatsoever, but it still goes for 6. 33 needed from 11. SRH has a chance all right. Full and around off, but Klassen has a go across the line and is beaten. 33 needed off 10. Starc bowls a wide yorker that’s a little too wide. 32 needed from 10. Shorter side of a length and just outside off, and it’s Klassened for 6 over deep midwicket. 26 needed from 9. Full and a bit outside off, Klassen drills it with a horizontal bat over deep extra cover. 50 comes up for Klassen off just 25 balls. 20 needed from 8. Yorker on off, squeezed to long-on. 19 needed from 7. Full toss to Shahbaz, swiped over deep backward square leg. SRH are favorites now. 13 needed off 6 with Klassen on strike. Harshit Rana will bowl the last over. Short of a length around off, blasted over fine leg for 6 more. Klassen, you f***ing beauty. He’s nearly taken SRH home miraculously. 7 needed from 5. 85% SRH. Full ball, on sixth stump, Klassen swings and gets a bottom edge, the ball trickles toward point, just a single. 6 needed from 4. Shahbaz finds long-on! Huge play. 6 needed from 3 with Jansen on strike. Jansen swishes it to mid-wicket for a single, to bring Klassen on strike. 5 needed from 2. In the slot and just outside off, Klassen gets a top edge to short third and Suyash makes a great catch. No!!!! Why? 5 needed from 1 with Cummins on strike. Cummins swings and misses on a slower ball. KKR win by 4 runs. What a final over from Harshit Rana.
Fun Factoid: SRH's odds of winning went from <1% to 85% to 0% in the last 19 balls of the game.
Man of the Match: Andre Russell
Game 4-LSG vs RR at Sawai Mansingh
Probability based on betting odds: 56% RR 44% LSG
Playing XIs
RR: Jaiswal, Butler, Samson, Parag, Hetmyer, Jurel, Ashwin, Boult, Avesh, Sandeep, Chahal
LSG: QDK, KL, Paddikal, Badoni, Hooda, Pooran, Stoinis, Krunal, Bishnoi, Moshin, Naveen-ul-Haq
1st Innings: RR win the toss and chose to bat first, which makes sense given the way Sawai Mansingh usually is. Jaiswal and Butler open the innings. Naveen Ul-Haq dismisses Jos Butler in the 2nd over, caught behind. RR are 13/1 after 2 overs. The skipper, Samson comes in. Jaiswal hits several boundaries. RR are 32/1 after 4 overs. Samson and Jaiswal hit 17 off the first 5 balls of the 5th over, but then Jaiswal pulls it up to mid-on. RR are 49/2 after 5 overs, and Parag enters. LSG spinners slow down the pace as Samson and Parag try to stabilize. RR are 63/2 after 8. Yash Thakur comes in to the attack, and RR hit him for 21 in an over. After another quiet over for RR, RR hit 15 off Bishnoi. RR are 104/2 after 11. Samson brings up a 33 ball 50, what a knock. RR are 119/2 after 13. In the 15 over, Naveen-ul-Haq gets Parag to top-edge a pull to deep-backward square. Parag goes for 43 off 29. RR are 143/3 after 15 as Hetmyer enters. Hetmyer is caught behind off Bishnoi and Jurel enters. RR are 158/4 after 17. 2 decent, but not incredible overs put RR at 179/4 with an over to play. RR finish on 193/4 with Samson playing a brilliant 82 off 52 with 3 4s and 6 6s. Game 1 Samson is a real thing!.
2nd Innings: QDK and KL open the innings. Boult strikes in the first getting QDK, caught on the boundary at fine leg. DDP comes in. DDP has his stumps flattened by Boult. Another powerplay victim for Boult. LSG are 11/2 after 3 overs as Badoni coems in. Nandre Burger gets Badoni to find mid-off and LSG are in tatters at 11/3 after 3.1 overs. Hooda comes in and plays some counterattacking shots. LSG end the powerplay 47/3 with KL on 15 off 15 and Hooda on 18 off 8. Hooda gets out to the bowling of Chahal, heaved to mid-wicket. Pooran comes in. LSG are 61/4 after 8 overs. LSG are 76/4 after 10. 118 needed from 60 for LSG. In the 11 over, bowled by Burger, KL turns it on going 6 4 4 for 17 in the over. After 9 of an Ashwin over, Pooran hammers Boult for 20 in the over with 2 6s and a 4. Suddenly LSG are 122/4 after 13, and only 72 are needed from 42. KL brings up a 35 ball 50. 2 quiet overs from Ashwin and Avesh mean that LSG needs 60 off the last 5 overs. LSG get 11 over a Chahal over. LSG need 49 from 4 overs. Sandeep Sharma returns for his 3rd over, and dismissed KL immediately for a solid 58 off 44. Stoinis comes in. Pooran brings up 50 off 30. 7 off the over. 42 needed from 3 overs. Stoinis slogs off Ashwin and finds Jurel at deep mid-wicket. Krunal enters, but can't do anything. Just 4 off the over. 38 needed from 2 overs, LSG losing the plot here. Sandeep bowls a superb last over, allowing just 7 off 5, with a settled Pooran facing 4 of those balls. 31 are needed from 7, which is game over. What an anticlimactic end to the run chase. But what good bowling from RR. Just 51 came off the last 7 overs.
Result: RR 193 for 4 (Samson 82\, Parag 43) beat* LSG 173 for 6 (Pooran 64\, Rahul 58, Boult 2-35) by 20 runs.*
Random Thought: RR swiping Boult from MI, Chahal from RCB and Sandeep was unsold so swiped him. Their old teams would give an arm to get them back.
Man of the Match: Sanju Samson 82*(52) 3x4 6x6
Game 5-GT vs MI at Ahmedabad
Probability based on betting odds: 57% MI 43% GT
Playing XIs
MI: Ishan Kishan, Rohit, Dhir, Tilak, Hardik, Tim David, Shams Mulani, Coetzee, Chawla, Bumrah, Wood
GT: Saha, Gill, Sudarshan, Shankar, Miller, Tewatia, Omarzai, Rashid, Umesh, Sai Kishore, Spencer Johnson
1st innings: MI win the toss and choose to bowl. Hardik and Wood open the bowling and Saha and Gill get off to a good start. GT are 27/0 after 3 overs. Bumrah comes in and gets the wicket of Saha for 19. Sudarshan comes in. GT are 31/1 after 4 overs. GT end the powerplay 47/1. Chawla gets the wicket of Gill for 31. GT are 66/2 after 8. Omarzai comes in. GT are 82/2 at the halfway mark. GT hammer Piyush for 17 in the over. GT are 99/2 after 11 overs with Sudarshan on 26 off 20 and Omarzai on 16 off 9. Coetzee gets Omarzai to hole out to deep midwicket. Killer Miller comes in. Bumrah bowls a quiet over, just 2 runs. GT are 106/3 after 13 overs. GT are 124/3 after 15 overs with Sudarshan on a slow 44 off 36 and David Miller on 4 off 6. Bumrah comes in to bowl the 17th. Miller hits it to Hardik at mid-off. Shankar comes in. Sudarshan flicks to deep backward square leg for another wicket. Tewatia comes in. 2 off the over. What a bowler Bumrah is! The best in the business. 3-0-8-3. Ridiculous figures. GT are 135/5 after 17. Tewatia hits 19 off Wood's over. Bumrah allows just 7 in the penultimate over, finishing with brilliant figures of 3-14 in 4 overs. Tewatia's stay at crease ends, courtesy a brilliant catch at deep square leg diving forward from Naman Dhir off Coetzee's bowling. Just 7 off the last over, GT finish at 168/6.
2nd innings: Rohit and Kishan open the innings for MI. Omarzai has the new ball. Kishan nicks it to Saha, gone for a 4 ball duck. Dhir enters. MI are 2/1 after an over. Rohit Sharma hits 2 boundaries off Umesh Yadav. In the 3rd over, after Omarzai allowed 19, he strikes getting Dhir out LBW. MI are 30/2 after 3 overs. "Baby AB" Dewald Brevis comes in. MI end 52/2 in the powerplay with Rohit 24 off 16 and Brevis 6 off 6. Sai Kishore bowls a brilliant 1st over, allowing just 3 runs. MI are 71/2 after 9 with Rohit 31 off 21 and Brevis a concerning 18 off 19 with 8 off 17 on non-boundaries, which is terrible. GT bring in Spencer Johnson and Brevis and the Hitman get 17 off him. MI are 88/2 after 10 and need just 81 off 60 to win their opening game for the first time since 2012. MI 85%. MI continue to cruise. 107/2 after 12 with 62 needed from 48. MI 94%. Sai Kishore gets Rohit Sharma out LBW for 43. Tilak Varma comes in. Sai Kishore ends 1-24 in his 4 overs. MI need 57 from 42 balls. MI need 48 from 36 with Brevis on 46 off 34 and Tilak on 10 off 7. MI need 43 from 30 after a good over from Rashid. Mohit Sharma bowls a great over, just 4 runs and strikes getting Brevis out caught and bowled. An ugly and unconvincing 46 from Brevis. MI need 39 from 24. MI 78%. Just 3 off Rashid's last over. Tilak Varma denies Tim David singles, so he can avoid Rashid, but I doubt that's a logical move. MI need 36 from 18. How did MI let it get to this? MI 68%. Mohit Sharma comes in for the 17th. David hits a 4 and a couple of 2s before Tim David gets a top edge of a slow bouncer. 11 off the over and the massive wicket of David. MI are 142/5 MI need 27 from 12 with 5 wickets left. MI 50%. Hardik, the skipper comes in. Spencer Johnson comes on for the penultimate over. Tilak Varma starts with a 6, hammering it over long-on. 21 needed from 11. Tilak flicks it right to deep backward square. Huge wicket! 21 needed from 10. Coetzee gets a single. Hardik punches it to mid-off for a single. 19 needed from 8. Coetzee swings and misses. 19 needed from 7. Top edge and caught and bowled. What an over from Spencer Johnson. 19 needed from 6. GT 68%. Umesh Yadav to bowl. Short ball, outside off, Hardik slaps it over extra cover for 6. 13 needed from 5. Hardik slaps it perfectly in the gap between deep point and cover. 9 needed from 4. Hardik top edges it to Long-on. 9 needed from 3. Piyush hits it straight to deep midwicket. 9 needed from 2 with Bumrah on strike. Just a single! GT Win! What a bowling performance, and what a choke from MI! The curse of first game MI lives on.
Man of the Match: Jasprit Bumrah 3/14 Wickets of Miller, Sudarshan, and Saha.
Random Thought: Great scriptwriting from Jay Shah and Bumrah is just too good.
Result: GT 168/6 Sudarshan 45(39) Gill 31(22) defeated MI 162/9 Brevis 46(39) Rohit 43(29) by 6 runs.
Standings after game 5

Team	W	L	GB	NRR
RR	1	0	-	+1.000
CSK	1	0	-	+0.779
PBKS	1	0	-	+0.455
GT	1	0	-	+0.300
KKR	1	0	-	+0.200
SRH	0	1	1	-0.200
MI	0	1	1	-0.300
DC	0	1	1	-0.455
RCB	0	1	1	-0.779
LSG	0	1	1	-1.000

Game 6-RCB vs PBKS at Chinnaswamy
Probability based on betting odds: 58% RCB 42% PBKS(seems too high for RCB tbh)
Playing XIs
RCB: Faf, Kohli, Patidar, Maxwell, Green, DK, Rawat, Joseph, Dagar, Siraj, Yash Dayal
PBKS: Dhawan, Bairstow, Prabhsimran, Curran, Jitesh, Livingstone, Shashank, Brar, Harshal Patel, Rabada, Chahar
1st Innings: RCB win the toss and chose to bowl. Siraj starts with a 7 run over, and Dayal allows just 2 runs in his first over. PBKS are 7/0 after 2. Bairstow hits a pair of boundaries off Siraj before skying one to Kohli. Prabhsimran comes in. PBKS are 21/1 after 3. Dhawan and Prabhsimran hit some shots. PBKS end the powerplay 40/1. Dhawan and Prabhsimran got PBKS to 61/1 after 8 overs. Maxwell comes on, Prabhsimran hits a 6 and then gets a top edge and the keeper makes no mistake to dismiss him for 25 off 17. Livingstone comes in. PBKS are 72/2 after 9 overs. PBKS are 78/2 at the halfway point. In the 12th over, Joseph gets the wicket of Livingstone for 17, who gets a thick edge to the keeper. Sam Curran comes in. PBKS are 98/3 after 12 overs. Maxwell gets the wicket of Dhawan for 45. Jitesh Sharma comes in. PBKS are 111/4 after 14 overs. PBKS are 139/4 after 17 overs. Yash Dayal bowls the 18th over and he allows 13 runs and gets the wicket of Sam Curran for 23 off 17. PBKS are 152/5 after 18. Shashank Singh comes in. Siraj comes in for the 19th over. Jitesh Sharma gets out as well for 27. PBKS get to 156/6 after 19. Joseph comes in for the last and allows 20. PBKS get to 176/6 at the end.
2nd Innings: Sam Curran bowls the first over. On the 2nd ball, Kohli gets an outside edge to Bairstow and slip, but it’s DROPPED and it goes for 4. Kohli gets 4 4s in the first over, RCB are 16/0 after 1. In the 3rd over, Faf skies it to mid-on off Rabada. Cam Green comes in. RCB are 28/1 after 3 overs. RCB are 41/1 after 4 overs. Kohli is 33 off 15 with 8 4s in the first overs. Rabada gets the wicket of Cam Green as well. Maxwell comes in. RCB are 47/2 after 5 overs. RCB end 50/2 at the powerplay. RCB are 61/2 at 8 overs, just 14 have come off the last 3 overs. RCB need 116 from 12 overs. Chahar comes in and releases the pressure, allowing 16 in the over. RCB are 85/2 at the halfway mark needing 92 off 60. Brar comes in for another over and strikes getting Patidar for a run a ball 18 and just 3 runs off the over. 89 needed from 9 overs as Maxwell comes in. Rabada and Brar are a combined 22-3 in 5 overs, the other bowlers are 66-0 in 6 overs. After Harshal leaks 15 in an over, Brar comes in for another over and Maxwell gets out as well. Rawat enters. RCB need 71 from 42. Rabada and Brar bowl 2 quiet overs and RCB need 59 off 30 now. Harshal Patel comes in for the 16th, after being hit for a couple of 4s, Harshal gets the wicket of Kohli, who slashes on a short and wide ball. RCB need 47 off 24 with DK and Rawat at the crease. PK 64%. Sam Curran comes in for the 17th and gets Rawat out LBW for 11 off 14. 47 needed from 22. Lomror, the impact player comes to the crease and hits a first ball 4. After a single, DK hits a 4 and then a 2. 36 needed from 18 with Arshdeep to bowl. RCB get 13 off the over, due to a 6 and 4 from Lomror. 23 needed from 12. Purple Patel comes in for the penultimate over. After a good first 2 balls from Patel, DK hits a 4 and then after a dot, gets another 6 and a single. RCB need 10 off the last with Arshdeep bowling. DK scoops it for 6, what a shot. DK has brought RCB back to easy territory. 4 needed from 5. Wide. 3 needed from 5. DK drills it down the ground for 4. RCB Win at home. DK ends with 28 off 10.
Man of the Match: Virat Kohli 77(49) 11 4s 2 6s. Kohli played very well, but Brar with his 2-13 in 4 overs with the wickets of Patidar and Maxwell was also massive.
Random Thought: It's crazy how PBKS have one player whose role is to just destroy RCB every time. Brar just turns up as Prime Brar vs RCB and vs other teams as a cat.
Standings after game 6

Team	W	L	GB	NRR
RR	1	0	-	+1.000
CSK	1	0	-	+0.779
GT	1	0	-	+0.300
KKR	1	0	-	+0.200
PBKS	1	1	0.5	+0.025
RCB	1	1	0.5	-0.180
SRH	0	1	1	-0.200
MI	0	1	1	-0.300
DC	0	1	1	-0.455
LSG	0	1	1	-1.000

Playoff Odds after game 6
top 2 odds in parentheses. Odds from cric_analytics2 on threads.
CSK 64% (39%)
RR 54% (30%)
MI 54% (29%)
GT 52% (27%)
RCB 41% (19%)
KKR 34% (15%)
LSG 28% (12%)
SRH 26% (10%)
PK 24% (9%)
DC 23% (9%)
Game 7-CSK vs GT at Chepauk
Probability based on betting odds: 56% CSK 44% GT
Playing XIs
CSK: Gaikwad, Rachin Ravindra, Rahane, Dube, Mitchell, Rizvi, Jadeja, Dhoni, Chahar, Fizz, Deshpande
GT: Saha, Gill, Shankar, Miller, Omarzai, Tewatia, Rashid, Umesh, Spencer Johnson, Sai Kishore
1st innings: GT wins the toss and choose to bowl. Omarzai bowls a good first over, just 2 runs. Rachin Ravindra and Gaikwad then hammer the next 4, bringing CSK to 58/0 after 5 overs. Rashid Khan comes in for the last over of the powerplay and after a 4, Ravindra is stumped for a brilliant 46 off just 20. Jinky Rahane comes in. CSK end the powerplay 69/1. CSK are 92/1 after 9 overs. CSK are 104/1 at the halfway point. Rahane gets stumped off Sai Kishore. Dube comes in and hits back to back sixes to get started. In the 13th over, Johnson gets Gaikwad caught behind for 46 off 36. Daryl Mitchell enters. CSK are 128/3 after 13 overs. CSK are 155/3 after 15 overs with Dube 36 off 46 with a 4 and 4 sixes. CSK are 172/3 after 17 overs with Dube 42 off 18 and Mitchell 20 off 16. Dube brings up 50 off 22. CSK are 183/3 after 18. Rashid Khan gets Dube for a great 51. Rizvi comes in and hits 2 sixes off Rashid. CSK are 198/4 after 19. CSK finish on 206/6.
2nd Innings: GT get off to a solid start at 17/0 after 2 overs. Deepak Chahar gets Gill out LBW for 8. GT are 28/1 after 3. Sudarshan walks out. After a quiet over from Deshpande, Saha helps it to deep square leg off Chahar, Shankar comes in. GT are 35/2 after 5. GT are 52/2 after 7 with Sudarshan on 11 and Shankar on 10. Dhoni strikes, diving to his right to dismiss Shankar. Killer Miller enters. GT are 57/3 after 8. GT are 80/3 at the half with 127 more needed in 10 overs. GT get 13 off the Fizz with a 4 from Miller and Sudarshan. GT are 93/3 after 11 overs. 114 needed from 54. It may seem daunting, but GT has a set Sudarshan and Killer Miller and CSK's weak bowling to go after. There's a chance as long as Miller's at the crease. Deshpande comes in for the 12th over. Deshpande bowls a leg stump yorker, and Miller tries to dropkick a flick through midwicket. but Rahane comes in from Cow corner, and runs and dives forward to take a stunning low catch! Game set and Match! Miller gone for 21. GT are 97/4 after 12, hoping to decrease the NRR damage. Omarzai comes in. In the 15, Sudarshan goes for a meh 37 off 31. GT are 114/5 after 15 as Tewatia enters. GT end on 143/8.
Man of the Match: Shivam Dube: 51(23) 2x4 5x6
Random Thought: Gujarat look like an average team in all departments this season with no Hardik. I still don't understand why they made the trade. They've always been a top heavy team relying on Gill, Shami, Rashid, and Miller to carry them.
Random Thought 2: Rahane 50 lakhs is worth for is fielding alone.
Fun Factoid: Debutant Sameer Rizvi has a first class batting average of 10.66 after 10 innings.
Standings after game 7

Team	W	L	GB	NRR
CSK	2	0	-	+1.979
RR	1	0	0.5	+1.000
KKR	1	0	0.5	+0.200
PBKS	1	1	1	+0.025
RCB	1	1	1	-0.180
GT	1	1	1	-1.425
SRH	0	1	1.5	-0.200
MI	0	1	1.5	-0.300
DC	0	1	1.5	-0.455
LSG	0	1	1.5	-1.000

Playoff Odds after game 7
CSK 74% (50%)
RR 54% (30%)
MI 54% (29%)
RCB 41% (19%)
GT 40% (18%)
KKR 35% (15%)
LSG 28% (12%)
SRH 25% (10%)
PK 25% (9%)
DC 23% (9%)
Game 8-SRH vs MI at Rajiv Gandhi
Probability based on betting odds: 55% MI 45% SRH
Playing XIs
SRH: Head, Agarwal, Abhishek, Markram, Klassen, Samad, Shahbaz, Cummins, Bhuvi, Markande, Unadkat
MI: Kishan, Rohit Sharma, Dhir, Varma, Hardik, David, Mulani, Coetzee, Bumrah, Maphaka(?)
1st innings: Mayank and Head open the batting. Maphaka starts with a 7 run over. SRH get 11 off Hardik's over. SRH are 18/0 after 2 overs. Maphaka continues and is hammered by Head for 22 in the over. SRH are 40/0 after 3. A quiet over from Bumrah brings SRH to 45/0 after 4. Hardik strikes, getting Agarwal for 11 off 13, meanwhile Head at the other end is 32 off 12. Abhishek comes in and after a first ball single, Head hits 3 straight 4s, he's on 44 off just 16! SRH are 58/1 after 5 overs. Coetzee is smacked for 23 runs. Head gets to a 18 ball 50. SRH reach 81/1 in the powerplay! Head is on 59 off just 20, what a ridiculous innings. Chawla comes in for the 7th and Abhishek hits 3 6s off him. SRH are at a scarcely believable 102/1 after 7 overs. Coetzee continues and strikes, getting Head for 62 off 24, but what an innings. Markram comes in and gets off the mark with a 4. SRH are 117/2 after 8. In the 10th over, Abhishek(who is already on 34 off 13), goes 4, 6, 6, 4 to bring up 50 off 16 and gets to 54 off 17. SRH are at a mind-boggling 148/2 at the half. Chawla gets the breakthrough, getting Sharma for a brilliant 63 off 23 with 3 4s and 7 6s. Klassen comes in now. SRH are 161/1 after 11. SRH are 191/3 after 14 with Markram on 28 off 17 and Klassen on 18 off 9. 200 comes up for SRH in 14.4 overs, the 2nd fastest ever in the IPL behind RCB vs KXIP in 2016. SRH are 202/3 with 5 to play. SRH are 243/3 after 18 overs with Klassen on 51 off 24(bringing up the slowest 50 of the 3 for SRH.) and Markram on a relatively slow(lol) 40 off 26. SRH are 256/6 after 19. Bumrah ends with 0-36 in 4 overs. Everyone else is 220/3 in 15 overs(14.66 an over). The Record for highest IPL total is 263/5 by RCB in Gayle 175* match. SRH have broken the record! They get to a ridiculous 272/3.
2nd innings: Hitman and Kishan open. Both come out bashing. MI are 50/0 after 3. It's surprising to see MI actually going for the chase. Shahbaz is hit for a 6 by Ishan Kishan, but gets revenge on the next ball. Kishan goes for 34 off 14. Naman Dhir comes in. MI are 59/1 after 4. Rohit Sharma also goes 6 and out, off Cummins, gone for 26 off 12. Tilak enters. MI end the powerplay 76/2. MI are 102/2 after 8 overs with Dhir on 16 off 8 and Tilak on 19 off 15. MI are 141/2 after 10 needing 137 from 10. The CRR has passed the RRR. The highest total after 10 overs in IPL history was 131 before today. That record has been broken TWICE today. MI were 150/2 after 10.3 overs, when Dhir slammed it to cover off Unadkat. Hardik comes in. MI are 165/3 after 12 overs. They need 113 from 8 overs. Bhuvi bowls a gem of an over, just 5 off it. MI need 108 from 7 overs. MI need 96 from 6 overs with Tilak on 64 off 33 and Hardik on 19 off 13. Cummins strikes, getting the set Tilak out, so now MI are in huge trouble as Tim David walks out. Just 3 off the over too, now MI need 93 off 30, which is nearly impossible. Just 18 off the last 3 overs for SRH. Game set and Match. MI need 88 off 24. MI need 68 from 18. Hardik Pandya goes for an ugly 24 off 20. MI are 224/5 after 18 and need 54 from 12. MI end on 246/5. IPL's biggest run fest, absolute insanity. This could be an ODI game a decade ago, 277 against 246.
Result: SRH 277/3 (Klaasen 80\, Abhishek 63, Head 62) beat* MI 246/5 (Tilak 64, David 42\, Cummins 2-35) by 31 runs*
Man of the Match: Abhishek Sharma 63(23) 3x4 7x6
Random Thought: A special shout out to Cummins and Bumrah, in a game where the average run rate was 13 across the 40 overs and no other bowlers went under 11.5, they conceded 8.75 and 9 an over respectively.
Fun Factoid: 523 combined runs is the highest in any T20.
Playoff Odds after game 8
CSK 75% (51%)
RR 55% (30%)
MI 42% (19%)
RCB 41% (19%)
GT 41% (18%)
SRH 35% (15%)
KKR 35% (15%)
LSG 29% (12%)
PK 25% (10%)
DC 23% (9%)
MI are in dead last at 0-2 with a -0.925 NRR, but they're 3rd in playoff odds.
Standings after game 8

Team	W	L	GB	NRR
CSK	2	0	-	+1.979
RR	1	0	0.5	+1.000
KKR	1	0	0.5	+0.200
SRH	1	1	1	+0.675
PBKS	1	1	1	+0.025
RCB	1	1	1	-0.180
GT	1	1	1	-1.425
DC	0	1	1.5	-0.455
LSG	0	1	1.5	-1.000
MI	0	2	2	-0.925

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