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A subreddit for really phucked up speeling mistks and grammar that wierd is?
2024.05.15 09:41 Technical_Pension523 got bored and prebooked the next 6 months of myuniverse, thoughts?
JUNE: teases towards JD Breakup, Gunther-Gable feud begins, Punk-McIntyre HIAC build, AJ Styles rejoins The OC, Tiffany Stratton targets Bayley, US Title #1 contender tournament, Adam Pearce negotiates with The OC about a trade to improve them, Braun Strowman return teasers appear, Dragunov gains momentum, Dominik and JD get Tag Title shot.
JULY: MITB build, NXT Callup teases, Ricochet wants Damian for the WHC, Logan Paul goes on hiatus till August, Joe Gacy joins The Final Testament, Mustafa Ali returns, King Gunther ends Gable's reign, Roman Reigns returns, Chelsea Green becomes a contender, main roster stars visit NXT, Rhea Ripley returns during JD breakup segment.
AUGUST: SUMMERSLAM BUILD: Randy attacks Cody, IC Champion is interrupted by a surprise..., Giovanni Vinci returns to NXT, Finn Balor challenges Damian Priest to a WHC match at CATC, Buddy Murphy returns, Edge returns, Sheamus announces WM41 will be his last match, a former US Champion returns, Bloodline story continues to heat up.
SEPTEMBER: CATC build, Sasha Banks returns on SD, Finn Balor gets traded to SD and joins the OC, turning face, IC Title changes hands from Gunther to..., Kevin Owens gets traded to RAW, reforming his tag team with Sami Zayn, Ludvig Kaiser attacks now North American Champion Giovanni Vinci during NXT Tapings, Final Testament target Cody, New US Champion defends against Dunne, Bate and their new member in a span of two weeks, The Rock returns for Survivor Series.
OCTOBER: WARGAMES BUILD: New Bloodline vs Old Bloodline + a 4th member, Sami and Kevin win tag gold, CM Punk wants gold, Dolph Ziggler returns, Ali challenges for the US Championship, Drew vs Ziggler WHC feud, Shelton Benjamin returns and joins The Pride, Braun Strowman turns heel and hunts for a teammate, Dominik Mysterio joins LDF, Carlito challenges Rey Mysterio to a Extreme Rules match, Cody faces Ali
NOVEMBER: RUMBLE BUILD BEGINS: JD McDonagh returns to NXT, Giovanni Vinci drops the NA title and returns to RAW to feud with Kaiser, Axiom and Nathan Frazer join RAW part-time, teases for a mysterious character begin appearing.., Seth Rollins returns as the 4th member for the New Bloodline at Wargames, Omos goes to NXT to feud with NA Champ Oba Femi, The Rock leaves, but says he'll be back in April.
DECEMBER: RUMBLE BUILD CONTINUES: Sheamus wins the IC Title, announces final match will be against Ilja Dragunov, Lashley gets WHC match, Women's WHC feud begins, Tiffany Stratton debuts a reality show, Zelina Vega gets a shot, Michin returns to NXT, Shotzi returns to NXT, Nakamura tries to join Final Testament, US Champion leaves New Catch Republic, The OC build towards a match at WM41 against The New Bloodline, The Usos challenge G.O.D, Roman teases a rumble entry, Jade Cargill teases heel turn, Carmelo Hayes announces he'll enter #1 at the Royal Rumble.
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JULY: MITB build, NXT Callup teases, Ricochet wants Damian for the WHC, Logan Paul goes on hiatus till August, Joe Gacy joins The Final Testament, Mustafa Ali returns, King Gunther ends Gable's reign, Roman Reigns returns, Chelsea Green becomes a contender, main roster stars visit NXT, Rhea Ripley returns during JD breakup segment.
AUGUST: SUMMERSLAM BUILD: Randy attacks Cody, IC Champion is interrupted by a surprise..., Giovanni Vinci returns to NXT, Finn Balor challenges Damian Priest to a WHC match at CATC, Buddy Murphy returns, Edge returns, Sheamus announces WM41 will be his last match, a former US Champion returns, Bloodline story continues to heat up.
SEPTEMBER: CATC build, Sasha Banks returns on SD, Finn Balor gets traded to SD and joins the OC, turning face, IC Title changes hands from Gunther to..., Kevin Owens gets traded to RAW, reforming his tag team with Sami Zayn, Ludvig Kaiser attacks now North American Champion Giovanni Vinci during NXT Tapings, Final Testament target Cody, New US Champion defends against Dunne, Bate and their new member in a span of two weeks, The Rock returns for Survivor Series.
OCTOBER: WARGAMES BUILD: New Bloodline vs Old Bloodline + a 4th member, Sami and Kevin win tag gold, CM Punk wants gold, Dolph Ziggler returns, Ali challenges for the US Championship, Drew vs Ziggler WHC feud, Shelton Benjamin returns and joins The Pride, Braun Strowman turns heel and hunts for a teammate, Dominik Mysterio joins LDF, Carlito challenges Rey Mysterio to a Extreme Rules match, Cody faces Ali
NOVEMBER: RUMBLE BUILD BEGINS: JD McDonagh returns to NXT, Giovanni Vinci drops the NA title and returns to RAW to feud with Kaiser, Axiom and Nathan Frazer join RAW part-time, teases for a mysterious character begin appearing.., Seth Rollins returns as the 4th member for the New Bloodline at Wargames, Omos goes to NXT to feud with NA Champ Oba Femi, The Rock leaves, but says he'll be back in April.
DECEMBER: RUMBLE BUILD CONTINUES: Sheamus wins the IC Title, announces final match will be against Ilja Dragunov, Lashley gets WHC match, Women's WHC feud begins, Tiffany Stratton debuts a reality show, Zelina Vega gets a shot, Michin returns to NXT, Shotzi returns to NXT, Nakamura tries to join Final Testament, US Champion leaves New Catch Republic, The OC build towards a match at WM41 against The New Bloodline, The Usos challenge G.O.D, Roman teases a rumble entry, Jade Cargill teases heel turn, Carmelo Hayes announces he'll enter #1 at the Royal Rumble.
2024.05.15 09:41 Distractible_Id I learned basic phrases several languages bc my MIL is mean to me
I’ve learned how to say “no thank you” in at least nine languages, and longer phrases in more (like “thank you, please let’s speak English now. I don’t really know the language but my mother in law is mean.”)
I’ve been with my partner for almost four years. He argues that she doesn’t like me because she only hears about me when things are on the rocks for us, which is fair, but none of those times have been that awful. Less than a year in, we broke up for about four weeks and he moved back in. No abuse or anything like that, we were just figuring ourselves and each other out.
I’d never met her before this past Thanksgiving. We’d been together for three years at that point and he told them we planned to get married. We were there for one day, just for Thanksgiving dinner, and she spent so much of her energy trying to keep me at arms length from everyone.
She knows I have food allergies and there was only food I couldn’t eat. She complained that I was being picky. We’d been up for a long time and I laid down in the guest room (with my bf’s permission and leading) only for her to complain that I was being a drama queen and withholding myself from the rest of the family. I was on it for the three little ones there, all under eight years old, for five hours before that happened or I was offered food. (And the food I was offered would have made me very sick.) When I didn’t eat much, I was accused of being picky and rude, and when I did get sick, she made a big deal of asking other people there to drive me and my bf back to where we were staying. She wouldn’t pay any of the traditional family board games until I left. It was humiliating and she did nothing to hide her disdain for me. She even excluded me from the gift giving part of the evening.
I’d been dating her son for three years, and she never asked me anything about me or what I did or what my interests are. She implied that I was using him for money (there is none) and that I’ve never accomplished anything (I have.)
Everything blew up this week when she asked my bf to forget moving into a new place with me (we’ve already been living together for two years) and to move in with his pregnant sister, forty miles away from where we are now to “take care of her” because “he’s the uncle” and she’s”worried.” (She has a guest room in her house and lives four minutes away from the sister. There are other options.)
It just crushed me. I truly want to go no contact, but I know my bf won’t/can’t with his family. I know he deeply dislikes his mom, but I don’t know if he’ll ever stand up to her on my account.
I hate arguments or confrontations, and have truly done my best to be a good guest, but it’s at a point that I can’t ignore it.
I already speak two languages other than my native language, and I’ve been learning sister languages, along with some foreign dialects that I can legitimately practice. (I have a few Russian friends, for example.)
I’m starting to feel too old for this kind of shit. I feel like using different languages would allow me to say what I need to say without there being a Jerry Springer type blow out, and without having to put my bf in an uncomfortable situation with his family (siblings included.)
I could say a lot of stuff in English, but it would be burning an entire bridge. I’m at the point where I feel like it’s this, or no contact with them, or my bf and I have to break up. We’re a really good match, we love each other, we’re working towards the same goals together. He incredibly aware that his familial situation is toxic, even more so since my nut job family has accepted him with open arms.
There’s times I feel like I should just shut up and take it, and times I feel like I should burn it to the ground (metaphorically) and times I feel like I should respect that he still wants a relationship with his family no matter how much they frustrate and hurt him.
AITAH for opting for the half measure?
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I’ve been with my partner for almost four years. He argues that she doesn’t like me because she only hears about me when things are on the rocks for us, which is fair, but none of those times have been that awful. Less than a year in, we broke up for about four weeks and he moved back in. No abuse or anything like that, we were just figuring ourselves and each other out.
I’d never met her before this past Thanksgiving. We’d been together for three years at that point and he told them we planned to get married. We were there for one day, just for Thanksgiving dinner, and she spent so much of her energy trying to keep me at arms length from everyone.
She knows I have food allergies and there was only food I couldn’t eat. She complained that I was being picky. We’d been up for a long time and I laid down in the guest room (with my bf’s permission and leading) only for her to complain that I was being a drama queen and withholding myself from the rest of the family. I was on it for the three little ones there, all under eight years old, for five hours before that happened or I was offered food. (And the food I was offered would have made me very sick.) When I didn’t eat much, I was accused of being picky and rude, and when I did get sick, she made a big deal of asking other people there to drive me and my bf back to where we were staying. She wouldn’t pay any of the traditional family board games until I left. It was humiliating and she did nothing to hide her disdain for me. She even excluded me from the gift giving part of the evening.
I’d been dating her son for three years, and she never asked me anything about me or what I did or what my interests are. She implied that I was using him for money (there is none) and that I’ve never accomplished anything (I have.)
Everything blew up this week when she asked my bf to forget moving into a new place with me (we’ve already been living together for two years) and to move in with his pregnant sister, forty miles away from where we are now to “take care of her” because “he’s the uncle” and she’s”worried.” (She has a guest room in her house and lives four minutes away from the sister. There are other options.)
It just crushed me. I truly want to go no contact, but I know my bf won’t/can’t with his family. I know he deeply dislikes his mom, but I don’t know if he’ll ever stand up to her on my account.
I hate arguments or confrontations, and have truly done my best to be a good guest, but it’s at a point that I can’t ignore it.
I already speak two languages other than my native language, and I’ve been learning sister languages, along with some foreign dialects that I can legitimately practice. (I have a few Russian friends, for example.)
I’m starting to feel too old for this kind of shit. I feel like using different languages would allow me to say what I need to say without there being a Jerry Springer type blow out, and without having to put my bf in an uncomfortable situation with his family (siblings included.)
I could say a lot of stuff in English, but it would be burning an entire bridge. I’m at the point where I feel like it’s this, or no contact with them, or my bf and I have to break up. We’re a really good match, we love each other, we’re working towards the same goals together. He incredibly aware that his familial situation is toxic, even more so since my nut job family has accepted him with open arms.
There’s times I feel like I should just shut up and take it, and times I feel like I should burn it to the ground (metaphorically) and times I feel like I should respect that he still wants a relationship with his family no matter how much they frustrate and hurt him.
AITAH for opting for the half measure?
2024.05.15 09:40 Practical_Echo_1001 A character kit I imagined that could help
Nihility
Skill: apply “decayed” to all enemy
Ult: delay the action of one (or all) enemy by …% of this unit’s max HP up to …% delay(Hp scaling to give a build goal and make unused stat useful)
Talent: every time an ally deal damage to an enemy with “decayed” this character will launch a follow up attack that deal toughness damage equal to 50%(or 60%/70%) of the attacker original toughness damage. (So instead of ruan mei increasing break efficiency by 50% it’s a follow up that deal 50% or more toughness of the ally’s attack)
Trace: 1- enemy affected by “decayed” will receive increased damage by any type of damage(so it’s universal for break,Dot, or Crit dps and “decayed” would be considered a vulnerability)
2- ally who deal damage to enemy with “decayed” have their speed increased by …% up to …stack(can allow FF to have an extra turn before the end of her Combustion state or gain a turn before enemy recover from weakness break)
3-ally defeating an enemy with “decayed” gain an extra turn, this can be done 1 time every 2 turn ( compensate if you don’t have FF e2)
Bonus: Effect Hit Rate, effect res, hp%
This kit would make a nihility character that can be used in multiple team while being the best in break team and freeing Ruan mei to be used in other team since ruan mei’s damage bonus is useless for break dmg, if we want to make it more powerful just add res or def shred.
It’s basically a Welt upgrade since most new character are upgrade of old character like Sparkle is Hanya upgrade and Robin is a Asta upgrade. I couldn’t decide if the ult should be blast(3 target) or Aoe but they both work anyway, also the ult cost is hard to decide so I didn’t add it but it should be lower than welt since there’s no energy related trace.
As for multiplier of each attack and follow up , I didn’t add them since they don’t really matter but it should at least be Hp scaling so if you have crazy relic luck you can still build this unit with Crit. And finally since this character is all about breaking and delay the element would either be imaginary or quantum, imaginary would make the more sense but since he doesn’t scale with break it does matter much.
If you want to ask why not make this unit Break effect scaling is because that’s to powerful, it would make this unit be able to be a break Dps/sub Dps with HMC while already doing crazy delay, of course you can stiff build break but you’ll be forced to used a Err or Hp% rope. (the “decayed” debuff name is just what I could come up with don’t make fun of me T-T) Let me know what you think, for me all of this would be the perfect kit for break team without being an Harmony character.
Ps: i want this to be Sunday’s or Constance’s kit
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Skill: apply “decayed” to all enemy
Ult: delay the action of one (or all) enemy by …% of this unit’s max HP up to …% delay(Hp scaling to give a build goal and make unused stat useful)
Talent: every time an ally deal damage to an enemy with “decayed” this character will launch a follow up attack that deal toughness damage equal to 50%(or 60%/70%) of the attacker original toughness damage. (So instead of ruan mei increasing break efficiency by 50% it’s a follow up that deal 50% or more toughness of the ally’s attack)
Trace: 1- enemy affected by “decayed” will receive increased damage by any type of damage(so it’s universal for break,Dot, or Crit dps and “decayed” would be considered a vulnerability)
2- ally who deal damage to enemy with “decayed” have their speed increased by …% up to …stack(can allow FF to have an extra turn before the end of her Combustion state or gain a turn before enemy recover from weakness break)
3-ally defeating an enemy with “decayed” gain an extra turn, this can be done 1 time every 2 turn ( compensate if you don’t have FF e2)
Bonus: Effect Hit Rate, effect res, hp%
This kit would make a nihility character that can be used in multiple team while being the best in break team and freeing Ruan mei to be used in other team since ruan mei’s damage bonus is useless for break dmg, if we want to make it more powerful just add res or def shred.
It’s basically a Welt upgrade since most new character are upgrade of old character like Sparkle is Hanya upgrade and Robin is a Asta upgrade. I couldn’t decide if the ult should be blast(3 target) or Aoe but they both work anyway, also the ult cost is hard to decide so I didn’t add it but it should be lower than welt since there’s no energy related trace.
As for multiplier of each attack and follow up , I didn’t add them since they don’t really matter but it should at least be Hp scaling so if you have crazy relic luck you can still build this unit with Crit. And finally since this character is all about breaking and delay the element would either be imaginary or quantum, imaginary would make the more sense but since he doesn’t scale with break it does matter much.
If you want to ask why not make this unit Break effect scaling is because that’s to powerful, it would make this unit be able to be a break Dps/sub Dps with HMC while already doing crazy delay, of course you can stiff build break but you’ll be forced to used a Err or Hp% rope. (the “decayed” debuff name is just what I could come up with don’t make fun of me T-T) Let me know what you think, for me all of this would be the perfect kit for break team without being an Harmony character.
Ps: i want this to be Sunday’s or Constance’s kit
2024.05.15 09:39 Sansar_99 Landing Robot
I have joined a Robot Contest in Japan. This contest has a different mission every year. It is my and two other members' first time joining this contest and my first time building a robot. The contest is on the 6th of October. Sorry, I used Google to translate to English.
If you know Japanese, please check the official website and rulebook.
Landing. If Robot1 sends Robot2 flying and lands in Area C, you will score points. The landing spot with the highest score is 5 meters away from Area A.
Recovery and Return. Collect the ball and deliver it to Robot1, then take the box and return to Area B. Robot 2 can return by itself, or it can collaborate and cooperate with Robot 1.
The contest time is 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
(Fig.1) The field looks like this
Robots must be decorated with some kind of character ( ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ).
Safety
The budget is around $2500
It doesn't matter whether the control method is manual or automatic. In the case of manual operation, remote control is limited to radio, ultrasound, and light.
Size Robots must meet the following size restrictions.
Robot1: 1200mm x 1200mm x 1000mm height throughout the competition. This is the maximum size when all movable parts of the robot are expanded.
Robot2: There is no size limit. At the start, all robots must be completely within the starting zone, which is 1500mm x 1500mm. Robot 2 may be placed on top of Robot 1, but the height from the field surface must not exceed 1500mm.
The weight of all robots shall be within 30 kg. (Battery and air tank are included in the weight)
Robot 2 shall satisfy one of the following conditions.
Has the function of collecting and holding the ball or box.
Has the ability to directly deliver the ball to Area A by throwing or kicking it.
Has the ability to deliver boxes to Area A directly.
Power Supply Limitations
Voltage: Both drive and control system circuits must be 24V or less. Internal circuit voltages should not exceed 24V, except for transient voltages.
Current: Each circuit must have a current interrupting device (fuse, breaker, etc.) of 30A or less. For multiple drive system circuits, the total current interrupting capacity must not exceed 30A per robot. Control system circuit current is not included in this total. Ensure the current interrupting devices match the ratings of the entire circuit, considering wiring and breaker specifications.
Dangerous energy sources such as power sources other than electricity, such as high-pressure gas or explosives, must not be used.
Compressed air tank must be removable, with an air meter below 0.75 MPa at room temperature. Plastic bottles and homemade tanks are prohibited.
It is PROHIBITED to use suction or suction cups on the floor. Propeller flight, helium levitation, and hovercraft are PROHIBITED.
Scoring
Please share any ideas for the robots, we really need help. If you have any questions please ask I will try to answer them.
Thank you!
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If you know Japanese, please check the official website and rulebook.
Intro
The missions of this year's contest are "Landing" and "Recovery and Return."Landing. If Robot1 sends Robot2 flying and lands in Area C, you will score points. The landing spot with the highest score is 5 meters away from Area A.
Recovery and Return. Collect the ball and deliver it to Robot1, then take the box and return to Area B. Robot 2 can return by itself, or it can collaborate and cooperate with Robot 1.
The contest time is 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
(Fig.1) The field looks like this
Robot
Have to make at least 2 robots.Robots must be decorated with some kind of character ( ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ).
Safety
The budget is around $2500
It doesn't matter whether the control method is manual or automatic. In the case of manual operation, remote control is limited to radio, ultrasound, and light.
Size Robots must meet the following size restrictions.
Robot1: 1200mm x 1200mm x 1000mm height throughout the competition. This is the maximum size when all movable parts of the robot are expanded.
Robot2: There is no size limit. At the start, all robots must be completely within the starting zone, which is 1500mm x 1500mm. Robot 2 may be placed on top of Robot 1, but the height from the field surface must not exceed 1500mm.
The weight of all robots shall be within 30 kg. (Battery and air tank are included in the weight)
Robot 2 shall satisfy one of the following conditions.
Has the function of collecting and holding the ball or box.
Has the ability to directly deliver the ball to Area A by throwing or kicking it.
Has the ability to deliver boxes to Area A directly.
Power Supply Limitations
Voltage: Both drive and control system circuits must be 24V or less. Internal circuit voltages should not exceed 24V, except for transient voltages.
Current: Each circuit must have a current interrupting device (fuse, breaker, etc.) of 30A or less. For multiple drive system circuits, the total current interrupting capacity must not exceed 30A per robot. Control system circuit current is not included in this total. Ensure the current interrupting devices match the ratings of the entire circuit, considering wiring and breaker specifications.
Dangerous energy sources such as power sources other than electricity, such as high-pressure gas or explosives, must not be used.
Compressed air tank must be removable, with an air meter below 0.75 MPa at room temperature. Plastic bottles and homemade tanks are prohibited.
It is PROHIBITED to use suction or suction cups on the floor. Propeller flight, helium levitation, and hovercraft are PROHIBITED.
Contest environment
(Fig.2) Contest Field with measurements (Sorry its in Japanese)Scoring
- 7 balls approximately 200mm in diameter
- each ball is 10 points
- 3 boxes 200mm on all sides.
- each box is 60 points
- Landing spots: There are landing spots ① to ③ in a concentric circle, and ② and ③ are raised steps.
- ③ = 100 points
- ② = 40 points
- ① = 10 points
- During the contest
- Each team has to change each other ball and box placement anywhere within the object zone [orange box in (Fig.1)]
- However, all objects must be in contact with the field surface.
Please share any ideas for the robots, we really need help. If you have any questions please ask I will try to answer them.
Thank you!
2024.05.15 09:34 a_dolf_in Olivia Redwyne, Clovis Redwyne
Player Character
Basic Information
Reddit Account: u/a_dolf_inDiscord Tag: ArcElliott
Name and House: Olivia Redwyne
Age: 26
Cultural Group: Andal
Appearance: Olivia has a very confident aura around her at all times, the result of just being in charge and often being the only competent person for miles around for more than a decade. In typical Redwyne fashion, she has red hair and her eye colour sits somewhere between green and blue (depending on the light). Her hair is long, reaches down to her lower back, and is usually braided in some way to keep it tame. Other than that, she is of average height and has a very hourglass-figure.
Trait: Mariner
Skill(s): Admiral (e), Cunning, Tactician, Malicious
Talent(s): Sommelier, Drawing, Gymnastics
Negative Trait(s): -
Starting Title(s): Grand Admiral of the Arbor
Starting Location: opening feast
Alternate Characters: -
Biography
Olivia was born in the year before the conquest to Osric and Joanna Redwyne, as their second child. In the very next year, Osric would be fatally injured by dragonfire at the Field of Fire, and pass before he could even be brought to a maester. Therefore, the young Redwyne never really knew her father, but both her and her older brother would soon be adopted by their uncles Simon and Lucas, the latter of which their mother Joanna would then marry and have another child with.It is usually said that every Redwyne is born with a natural inclination towards the sea. For Olivia that turned out to be much stronger than for most others, and was only further reinforced each time one of her uncles took her along on a journey across the Arbor Strait or on some journeys south. What started as jokingly giving her command during a trip once, quickly turned into a lot of surprise for the crew when the then 6-year-old began barking orders as if she had spent four decades at sea. With each journey she was progressively given more and more responsibilities until she eventually commanded her own ship. In that regard she was outpacing her brother Clovis massively.
She was 14 when her brother Clovis, then Lord of the Arbor, ran off to Essos. Within the week she was on board of her ship sailing east in order to find him and bring him home. Unfortunately for her that happened to be precisely when the fighting was going on in the Stepstones, and upon request by Queen Rhaenys she was forced to partake in the fighting first, giving her brother more than enough time to get lost somewhere in the eastern continent.
So, for about four years she sailed from town to town giving chase until she finally caught his trail and chased him down in Qarth, drunk out of his mind, in the courtyard of some local magister. She quickly put him on a ship and sailed back to the Arbor with him.
The following years proved rather uneventful. There was the occasional Ironborn party which came too close to the island for comfort and needed to be met with force. An occasional escort for some trade convoy. Most of the time, however, she spent tending to her family’s lands whenever Clovis again decided to sail to Essos on “business”. Whenever he overstayed, it was her duty to go and fetch him again.
Timeline
Family Tree
· Osric Redwyne, deceased, father· Joanna Redwyne, 52, mother
o Clovis Redwyne, 31, brother - AC
o Olivia Redwyne, 26 - PC
o Lydia Redwyne, 21, cousin/half-sister
· Simon Redwyne, 55, uncle
· Lucas Redwyne, 52, uncle/step-father???
Supporting Characters
Samuel Bellamy – Master-at-ArmsHenry Avery – Ship Captain
Auxilary Character
Basic Information
Name and House: Clovis RedwyneAge: 31
Cultural Group: Andal
Appearance: For lack of a better word, Clovis Redwyne looks very polite. He’s got the typical red Redwyne hair and blue eyes, along with soft curves to his face. He’s got a short beard which is just the result of him too often being too lazy to just shave properly. Along with that his cheeks also have a bit of a red tint to them as he is often at least a little inebriated. He is a bit taller than average and surprisingly fit considering his lifestyle, but that stems mostly from him just walking so damn much.
Trait: Numerate
Skill(s): Scrutinous, Broker, Apothecary
Talent(s): Sommelier, Merchant, dodging responsibilities
Negative Trait(s): -
Starting Title(s): Lord of the Arbor
Starting Location: opening feast
Alternate Characters: -
Biography
Clovis was born a few years before the conquest. He was the firstborn and heir of Osric Redwyne so, naturally, the man built up a very close bond with his son. Unfortunately, it did not take long for him to die. And while the young lordling still had a loving mother and two pretty cool uncles, he was still undeniably left with some deep-rooted emotional issues. Putting him in a castle with the largest wine reserves on the continent was never going to end well.He was a bright kid, skilled with numbers writing, but while his younger sister was out sailing with her uncles, he was in the cellars getting absolutely steaming, shitfaced, three sheets to the wind, plastered, buckled, bollocksed, flutered, scuttered, rotten, tit-faced drunk. Many attempts were made to keep him sane and safe, but somehow, he always managed to get his hands on some wine to self-destruct with. Sometime during all this, someone in the family got the bright idea to arrange a marriage for him, hoping that a wife would somehow make him get his life back on track.
It backfired, and a week before the arranged wedding was to take place, Clovis and some of his friends got on board of a ship and fled Westeros. However, the journey did very soon become a big mess, as none of those present were skilled sailors and managed to get stranded somewhere near Volantis. Surprisingly, it was this event which put his life on A track, not the right track, but A track. He was still a Redwyne, and Wine was still in his blood, both figuratively and literally, so in Essos he found a use for his talents, by becoming a renowned wine merchant. He would travel from Free City to Free City, from vineyard to vineyard, tasting and trying and buying and selling some of the best and most interesting wines there were.
His renown even got him as far as the gates to the jade sea, where he was hired by a magister of Qarth to obtain wine for a feast the man planned to host. It is there that his younger sister eventually found him and brought him back to Westeros to actually be the Lord of the Arbor in more than just name.
With all being said, he was actually rather decent at the job too. Well, liked by his people, competent enough, and crucially, a very skilled wine merchant. A combination of these managed to bring a time of prosperity to the island province.
In the years which followed, he would still frequently travel to Essos but also to major wine-producing areas of Westeros to do the same thing he had done before: taste and try, buy and sell the best and most interesting wines out there.
2024.05.15 09:28 throwaway88170706 Any nurses on here?
Hey all
I'm hoping there may be a nurse on here who could help answer a couple of questions. Basically I've spent the better part of the past two months at Auckland city hospital while looking after a sick family member. I've found myself enjoying the time spent there and helping where I was able/allowed and am considering looking into nursing as a career going forward.
My issue is I fluffed about in school and didn't take chemistry or biology. I was more focused on the English side of things back then. I'm also about to turn 36 and feel like I'm too old to even consider trying to become a nurse. Am I right in thinking this way or is there a chance I'm not too old? Any input would be appreciated!
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I'm hoping there may be a nurse on here who could help answer a couple of questions. Basically I've spent the better part of the past two months at Auckland city hospital while looking after a sick family member. I've found myself enjoying the time spent there and helping where I was able/allowed and am considering looking into nursing as a career going forward.
My issue is I fluffed about in school and didn't take chemistry or biology. I was more focused on the English side of things back then. I'm also about to turn 36 and feel like I'm too old to even consider trying to become a nurse. Am I right in thinking this way or is there a chance I'm not too old? Any input would be appreciated!
2024.05.15 09:22 Maximum-Maximum-1230 Catholic Problems
Sup,
So I was with a girl from 2019-2023 (until January 2024)
Long story short, we both cheated on each other. I split with her in January / February.
I met a new girl who is amazing, she really helped me heal and in turn I think I'm helping her heal too. (She is going through something way worse than me)
By far the girl I like most so far / I'd be keen to marry her if I was sorted in career / life etc.
So:
I have a history of being with lots of girls and multiple women in a rotation, and it's my first rodeo in awhile being fully and honestly committed. (Yes I know, what a dickhead)
Me and the new girl are both catholic, and we both have decided to try to keep each pure and bring each other closer to God. (Which I think is beautiful)
She's a really sweet girl and to clarify, we have had sex. (We try not to but stuff up)
Here's the issue:
A, I have girls who I used to see sending me nudes, showing up to my street and more or less throwing themselves at me. (I've said no already to all / blocked)
B, I am getting a little sexually frustrated because I'm also not keen to tell her about all these orbiters trying to bang down my door to get the old pipe.
C, My number 1 priority is to act in this girl's best interests so my solution is to shut my mouth and try to love her and never let her know even if I am turning down others girls / sex.
What I'd like to know is:
A, Should I tell her and let her know I'm keen to bang her more and it would sorta also help me not crave sex because we're doing it
B, Do I learn to just not crave it by avoiding it / falling in love with her character
For clarity she'd be down to do it more but it's a sin, and we both believe in God. (Catholic)
And the reason I don't want to is because I want to honour God but have a past as a large man-whore and there's fucking plenty of hoes about waiting for me to trip.
I've been staying in my house every weekend and avoiding parties because I don't want to run into girls I used to sleep with etc.
I know it sounds ridiculous but if anyone has some advice on this or how I can like transition into a better / more loyal person successfully - I'm all ears.
For clarity I haven't and won't cheat on her. I have with other girls, but not her. She's dope and the last thing I'd do is hurt her.
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So I was with a girl from 2019-2023 (until January 2024)
Long story short, we both cheated on each other. I split with her in January / February.
I met a new girl who is amazing, she really helped me heal and in turn I think I'm helping her heal too. (She is going through something way worse than me)
By far the girl I like most so far / I'd be keen to marry her if I was sorted in career / life etc.
So:
I have a history of being with lots of girls and multiple women in a rotation, and it's my first rodeo in awhile being fully and honestly committed. (Yes I know, what a dickhead)
Me and the new girl are both catholic, and we both have decided to try to keep each pure and bring each other closer to God. (Which I think is beautiful)
She's a really sweet girl and to clarify, we have had sex. (We try not to but stuff up)
Here's the issue:
A, I have girls who I used to see sending me nudes, showing up to my street and more or less throwing themselves at me. (I've said no already to all / blocked)
B, I am getting a little sexually frustrated because I'm also not keen to tell her about all these orbiters trying to bang down my door to get the old pipe.
C, My number 1 priority is to act in this girl's best interests so my solution is to shut my mouth and try to love her and never let her know even if I am turning down others girls / sex.
What I'd like to know is:
A, Should I tell her and let her know I'm keen to bang her more and it would sorta also help me not crave sex because we're doing it
B, Do I learn to just not crave it by avoiding it / falling in love with her character
For clarity she'd be down to do it more but it's a sin, and we both believe in God. (Catholic)
And the reason I don't want to is because I want to honour God but have a past as a large man-whore and there's fucking plenty of hoes about waiting for me to trip.
I've been staying in my house every weekend and avoiding parties because I don't want to run into girls I used to sleep with etc.
I know it sounds ridiculous but if anyone has some advice on this or how I can like transition into a better / more loyal person successfully - I'm all ears.
For clarity I haven't and won't cheat on her. I have with other girls, but not her. She's dope and the last thing I'd do is hurt her.
2024.05.15 09:21 Loose-Stage-4522 Muddled narrative
He had mixed up the characters in the long novel he was writing. He forgot who they were and what they did. A dead woman reappeared when it was time for dinner. A door-to-door salesman emerged out of a backwoods trailer wearing Chinese robes. The day the murderer was supposed to be electrocuted, he was buying flowers for a certain Rita, who turned out to be a ten-year-old girl with thick glasses and braids.... And so it went.
He never did anything for me, though. I kept growing older and grumpier, as I was supposed to, in a ratty little town which he always described as "dead" and "near nothing."
Charles Simic
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He never did anything for me, though. I kept growing older and grumpier, as I was supposed to, in a ratty little town which he always described as "dead" and "near nothing."
Charles Simic
2024.05.15 09:21 DawnEeveegirl Goth Character
Hi,
I'm an artist and writer, and I need help making a character based on with a goth subculture.
Violet Campbell, is 16 year old girl, who like science and tinkering,(making tech with random bits and bobs). She lives with her Mum, her twin Azura and her little brother Charlie and their Dachshund, Cupcake. Violet's Mum is a psychiatrist. Violet's BFF, is Michelle, a cheerful, energetic, anime-loving girl.
Violet, is a smart girl but she is chill, and a little laid-back. At first she can seem a little mean, but as you get to know her she is surprisingly sweet. Violet is innovative and has a little robot called,(no name yet)
Violet, has a violet short and fluffy hair. She has blue eyes with square-framed glasses.
Her main attire is a black one shoulder top, with the devil star. Leather pants, with a chain with a Kumomi keyring (gifted by Michelle). She wears knee high shoes with thick heels. (I have a feeling I'm leaning more into grunge but if I am can people give me casual ideas, no skirts)
So what do you think? Please be honest, I really want to make a character outside of the stereotypes.
Also I really want to listen to some Goth music, any ideas on where to start? I have taste for rock. (Måneskin ect).
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I'm an artist and writer, and I need help making a character based on with a goth subculture.
Violet Campbell, is 16 year old girl, who like science and tinkering,(making tech with random bits and bobs). She lives with her Mum, her twin Azura and her little brother Charlie and their Dachshund, Cupcake. Violet's Mum is a psychiatrist. Violet's BFF, is Michelle, a cheerful, energetic, anime-loving girl.
Violet, is a smart girl but she is chill, and a little laid-back. At first she can seem a little mean, but as you get to know her she is surprisingly sweet. Violet is innovative and has a little robot called,(no name yet)
Violet, has a violet short and fluffy hair. She has blue eyes with square-framed glasses.
Her main attire is a black one shoulder top, with the devil star. Leather pants, with a chain with a Kumomi keyring (gifted by Michelle). She wears knee high shoes with thick heels. (I have a feeling I'm leaning more into grunge but if I am can people give me casual ideas, no skirts)
So what do you think? Please be honest, I really want to make a character outside of the stereotypes.
Also I really want to listen to some Goth music, any ideas on where to start? I have taste for rock. (Måneskin ect).
2024.05.15 09:19 thisvideoiswrong Quick Looks 3: Vo'Quv Carrier
By my count, there are 15 T5 ships available for just dilithium or a level 40 token, which someone might want a starter build for to help them finish off the episode missions and start the reputation grind. My Strict Budget Build covers the three science vessels, the Baby Step series covers the three cruisers with tactical ensigns, Quick Looks 1 and 2 cover the Hegh'ta Bird of Prey and the Jem'hadar Escort, and there's definitely an argument to be made that some are just bad choices. But there was one more I wanted to take a look at here. This series will not be as thoroughly researched as those previous series, and it will not feature optimized skill builds (there are many resources for that), but the builds will be proven in the Badlands Battlezone and in solo Defense of Starbase One Advanced, as well as extensively parsed in the Wanted (Argala System) patrol with comparisons to similar builds. That should adequately demonstrate that they can get you whatever reputation marks you need, using only mission, basic (generally Mk XII uncommon) Exchange, and Phoenix Store items. Each build will be allowed one Mk XV item to maintain parity with the Strict Budget Build, usually a forward weapon. It's also easy enough to put these together that I could be persuaded to do more if there's a ship that deserves it.
So, why the Vo'Quv? Well it's in the name, it's a carrier. Hangar bays are expensive to boost in this game, but that means they have to be balanced to have pretty good base damage. In this case the two hangars did more than half the damage of most of the other builds in this series with hardly any support for them. The downside to carriers is that they often sacrifice a lot for those hangars. Not so for Flight Deck Carriers, which are pretty much full cruisers, or any of the single hangar types, but the science carriers like the Vo'Quv don't really have an obvious path to getting ship damage, especially on this budget. Their turn rate is terrible, which is a problem for most things, they have only 6 weapons so getting a lot from energy weapons is out, and they don't have a secondary deflector, which did do more on my science vessel build than the hangars did here.
So where did I end up, then? Well, with 6 science ability slots and not a ton of options I couldn't see not using them for some direct exotic damage. And since that required me to face forward, and the turn rate was terrible and I couldn't do much about it, I concluded that I'd have to use turrets in the rear with either beam arrays or single cannons forward, the two widest arc weapon combinations possible apart from pure turrets, although their damage potential is limited. The Chronometric set also seemed like a must have, providing a large amount of EPG and some Polaron cat1 from the tac console, and a bit of aux power from the 2 piece, but I wasn't sure whether I'd want the Morphogenic set or not, since it would mean sacrificing a cannon. Then, I went to the TRINITY DPS Calculator from STO BETTER and started plugging in some rough options. Single cannons outperformed beam arrays even with the Chronometric 3 piece, so that settled that, and getting the crtd from the Morphogenic 3 piece and Cannon Scatter Volley was well worth losing a forward cannon for the torp. Attack Pattern Beta proved a bigger contributor than expected thanks to boosting the exotic damage as well, which is why that's at 2 and CSV is at 1, and easily outperformed including a Torpedo Spread as well. Finally I switched the power settings away from a balanced configuration toward weapons over aux and aux over weapons, and the high aux version did best. So that was the build.
How did it perform? Well it was sluggish, obviously, I expected that. But the DPS was pretty impressive and was reflected in how quickly it got kills. And the survivability was pretty good, with a lot of hull and pretty good healing I really couldn't complain, except that it was so sluggish it was hard to run out of range and heal if I needed to. On the other hand when I did withdraw the fighters kept fighting, contributing to the highest Wanted Elite DPS of any of the builds in the table with only one attempt needed to survive the whole mission (the science vessel could do better by charging in and dying a couple of times, but needed to play cautiously and sacrifice its CPB to survive). They were even powerful enough to handle the Birds of Prey in Starbase One Advanced without any help from the mothership, potentially even without player input, which could be convenient.
This skill tree is my generalist one from Strict Budget Build part 2, and it pretty much needs to be. This build relies on both energy weapon and exotic damage, so it can't afford to neglect either one. There are other generalist skill trees, of course, but that is what you'll need to be looking for, any single purpose tree isn't going to get the job done.
This table shows all damage sources in one Wanted Advanced run, with multiple lines from the same source summed together.
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Now, let's talk keybinds. In STO on PC you're going to want to learn keybinding eventually, and most of it's not too hard and can be done through the chat window (although it is arguably better to create a separate text file with your binds, that's more complicated). The first thing I always do is to set up a secondary fire weapons button through settings, usually V, just in case I screw up and my intended fire keybind doesn't work. While I'm there I usually set Distribute Shields to Left Shift, it's a pretty good survivability boost, although a lot of people do say it can mess up firing cycles, but personally I've never noticed a problem. Then, the commands you'll want to know are "FirePhasers" or "FireAll", "+power_exec Distribute_Shields", and "+TrayExecByTray # #", where # is a number. Note that the list of commands needs quotation marks around it, and commands should be separated by "$$". So if you typed the following into the chat: /bind y "+TrayExecByTray 0 0 $$ +TrayExecByTray 0 1 $$ +TrayExecByTray 1 2 $$ +TrayExecByTray 1 3" That would create a keybind so that y would activate the first and second abilities in the row labeled 1, and the third and fourth abilities in the row labeled 2 (0 in a keybind means 1 in the UI, 1 means 2, 2 means 3, etc., that's just how it works), starting with the fourth ability in 2 and then proceeding backwards. From there on in it's personal preference, put things where they feel natural to you, where you're used to them being. What I use has evolved naturally over time, I make no claims that it's efficient, just that I'm used to it, and I use it on everything. For fire weapons, distribute shields, Emergency Power abilities, cooldown reduction, often Aux to Structural, and anything else I just want to keep active I use spacebar, like this: /bind space "FireAll $$ +power_exec Distribute_Shields $$ +TrayExecByTray 6 0 $$ +TrayExecByTray 6 1 $$ +TrayExecByTray 6 2 $$ +TrayExecByTray 6 3 $$ +TrayExecByTray 6 4" That's the first 5 slots in row 7, which is usually enough. Then for my firing modes, Attack Pattern Beta, and so on, things with short cooldowns I activate as I attack, I use the 7 key, no good reason for that it just happened, and the first 4 slots in row 3: /bind 7 "+TrayExecByTray 2 0 $$ +TrayExecByTray 2 1 $$ +TrayExecByTray 2 2 $$ +TrayExecByTray 2 3" And finally for my exotic builds I always put Gravity Well and Destabilizing Resonance beam on 2, using the next two slots in row 3, although it is true that the usual logic behind that doesn't apply here, I just did it out of habit: /bind 2 "+TrayExecByTray 2 4 $$ +TrayExecByTray 2 5" That's all the keybinds I use, everything else I activate manually, one at a time, but it does compress 13 keys I might want to be pressing down to 3, which helps a lot.
Now, the difficult thing about this build is that I really don't know how to suggest upgrading it, apart from the obvious necessity of some Competitive Reputation engines to get their Overcharge to improve turn rate, I made sure to use Aux to Structural to pair with the Fortified version of those. The damage is very divided between different types, with about 40% from hangars, 25% from exotics, and 21% from energy weapons, and it's not getting a lot out of any of them, but I'll provide my own ideas and the STO BETTER Basics links for all three. Currently the biggest damage source is the hangars, but trying to improve those would be expensive. Ideally you'd like to pick up Superior Area Denial from the Mirror Strike Wing Escort lockbox ship, or at least the Independent Wingmate space trait, but those are very expensive compared to this build. Even the more minor and less powerful Advanced Engineering – Hangar Craft Power Transmission consoles are starting at 1 million energy credits each on PC for either a Mk XII with a useless mod or a Mk II with an [EPG] mod, or 5 million for a Mk II with [Polaron], while Swarmer Matrix is going for 7 million. If you wanted to work on exotic damage you could of course pick up the Temporal reputation two piece, and then you might want Subspace Vortex or Very Cold in Space to replace the heals with some more damage, but those will cost you 9 million each, and really you'd want to pair them with Spore Infused Anomalies from the Somerville or Batlh C-store ships for a truly potent source of exotic damage. You might be able to get good exotic damage out of the Gravimetric Photon and Particle Emission Plasma torpedoes after picking up the Competitive engines, and those aren't as expensive, but they do give you a much narrower arc. And if you wanted to improve the energy weapons, of course there are reputation items you can pick up starting with the Discovery reputation shield, but you're pretty limited by the combination of poor turn rate and forward firing exotics. You could try to switch to dual (heavy) cannons, probably moving the torpedo to the rear and dropping the plain turret, but I don't think I'm a good enough pilot to pull that off even with Competitive engines, which would leave you with single cannons which have underwhelming base damage and very few set items to support them. I just don't know what direction to go in to make a really impactful improvement in this build.
Finally, here's the table of DPS testing in the Wanted patrol for all five equivalent budget builds. The Luna used the original, unaltered Strict Budget Build, using the mentioned swap of Emergency Power to Shields instead of Aux to Structural for better survivability against non-Borg. The Vor'cha sat somewhere between parts one and two of the Baby Step series, meaning it had exactly the same consoles as the Hegh'ta BoP and similar ones to the Jem Escort, and the beam equivalents of the phaser weapons, with exactly the abilities and personal traits in the Baby Step posts. It must also be said that the Vor'cha and Vo'quv were the only builds to never die on elite difficulty, and the Vor'cha was definitely the toughest, although all the builds took about 20 minutes to get through the mission so using them at that difficulty is a bad idea. The Hegh'ta of course used the Quick Looks 1 build, and the Jem Escort used the Quick Looks 2 build.
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So, why the Vo'Quv? Well it's in the name, it's a carrier. Hangar bays are expensive to boost in this game, but that means they have to be balanced to have pretty good base damage. In this case the two hangars did more than half the damage of most of the other builds in this series with hardly any support for them. The downside to carriers is that they often sacrifice a lot for those hangars. Not so for Flight Deck Carriers, which are pretty much full cruisers, or any of the single hangar types, but the science carriers like the Vo'Quv don't really have an obvious path to getting ship damage, especially on this budget. Their turn rate is terrible, which is a problem for most things, they have only 6 weapons so getting a lot from energy weapons is out, and they don't have a secondary deflector, which did do more on my science vessel build than the hangars did here.
So where did I end up, then? Well, with 6 science ability slots and not a ton of options I couldn't see not using them for some direct exotic damage. And since that required me to face forward, and the turn rate was terrible and I couldn't do much about it, I concluded that I'd have to use turrets in the rear with either beam arrays or single cannons forward, the two widest arc weapon combinations possible apart from pure turrets, although their damage potential is limited. The Chronometric set also seemed like a must have, providing a large amount of EPG and some Polaron cat1 from the tac console, and a bit of aux power from the 2 piece, but I wasn't sure whether I'd want the Morphogenic set or not, since it would mean sacrificing a cannon. Then, I went to the TRINITY DPS Calculator from STO BETTER and started plugging in some rough options. Single cannons outperformed beam arrays even with the Chronometric 3 piece, so that settled that, and getting the crtd from the Morphogenic 3 piece and Cannon Scatter Volley was well worth losing a forward cannon for the torp. Attack Pattern Beta proved a bigger contributor than expected thanks to boosting the exotic damage as well, which is why that's at 2 and CSV is at 1, and easily outperformed including a Torpedo Spread as well. Finally I switched the power settings away from a balanced configuration toward weapons over aux and aux over weapons, and the high aux version did best. So that was the build.
How did it perform? Well it was sluggish, obviously, I expected that. But the DPS was pretty impressive and was reflected in how quickly it got kills. And the survivability was pretty good, with a lot of hull and pretty good healing I really couldn't complain, except that it was so sluggish it was hard to run out of range and heal if I needed to. On the other hand when I did withdraw the fighters kept fighting, contributing to the highest Wanted Elite DPS of any of the builds in the table with only one attempt needed to survive the whole mission (the science vessel could do better by charging in and dying a couple of times, but needed to play cautiously and sacrifice its CPB to survive). They were even powerful enough to handle the Birds of Prey in Starbase One Advanced without any help from the mothership, potentially even without player input, which could be convenient.
Captain Details
| Captain Name | Stilt | |
|---|---|---|
| Captain Career | Science | |
| Captain Faction | Federation | |
| Captain Race | Vulcan | |
| Primary Specialization | Temporal | The best specialization for exotic builds, as well as for ground builds and a good generalist option, it provides debuffs, damage boosts, EPG, and survivability |
Space Skill Tree
| Rank | Engineering | Science | Tactical | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lieutenant | Advanced Hull Capacity | Advanced Energy Weapon Training | Advanced Projectile Weapon Training | |||
| Lt. Commander | Improved Electro-Plasma System Flow | Impulse Expertise | Improved Control Expertise | Drain Expertise | Targeting Expertise | Defensive Maneuvering |
| Control Amplification | Drain Infection | |||||
| Commander | Hull Plating | Advanced Weapon Amplification | Advanced Weapon Specialization | |||
| Captain | Defensive Subsystem Tuning | Advanced Exotic Particle Generator | Advanced Long Range Targeting Sensors | Advanced Hull Penetration | Advanced Shield Weakening | |
| Admiral | Coordination Protocols | Advanced Tactical Readiness | ||||
| Defensive Coordination | ||||||
| Offensive Coordination | ||||||
| 1 Points Left | 8 | 11 | 26 |
Space Skill Unlocks
| Purchases | Engineering | Science | Tactical |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Hazard Emitters III | Science Team III | Tachyon Beam III |
| 5 | Battery Expertise | Sector Space Travel Speed | |
| 7 | Feedback Pulse III | Photonic Shockwave III | Jam Sensors III |
| 10 | Maximum Shield Capacity | ||
| 12 | Tractor Beam III | ||
| 15 | Control Resistance | ||
| 17 | Viral Matrix III | ||
| 20 | Shield Drain Resistance | ||
| 24 (Ultimate) | Focused Frenzy | ||
| 25 (1st Ultimate Enhancer) | Frenzied Assault | ||
| 26 (2nd Ultimate Enhancer) | Team Frenzy |
Ship Loadout: Vo'Quv Carrier
| Slot | Item | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fore Weapon 1 | Polaron Cannon | The one Mk XV, single cannons are usually a poor choice, but they will outperform beam arrays forward/turrets aft and provide 180 degrees of firing arc |
| Fore Weapon 2 | Polaron Cannon | The Vo'Quv suffers from terrible turn rate so it doesn't want weapons with narrow arcs, but it needs to face forward for the exotic damage |
| Fore Weapon 3 | Morphogenic Polaron Energy Torpedo Launcher | Here for the 3 piece set bonus providing 30% crtd to the whole ship |
| Aft Weapon 1 | Heavy Chronometric Polaron Turret | Mostly need a turret, 2 piece provides some aux |
| Aft Weapon 2 | Morphogenic Polaron Energy Weapon | Another turret, and contributes to the 3 piece |
| Aft Weapon 3 | Polaron Turret | Just a turret |
| Deflector | Solanae Deflector Array Mk XII Very Rare | Provides more EPG out of the box than any other mission reward |
| Impulse Engines | Sol Defense Impulse Engines Mk XII Very Rare | With the bonus from getting hit this does just provide the best total turn rate out of the mission rewards at 14.7 degrees/s, replace with Fortified Competitive rep engines |
| Warp Core | Obelisk Subspace Rift Warp Core | This build only hits 122 aux so this doesn't actually help, could consider Deuterium-Stabilized but the benefit is minimal |
| Shields | Sol Defense Covariant Shield Array Mk XII Very Rare | 2 piece is nice for survivability, alternative would be Jem'Hadar 2 piece for a bit of Polaron cat1. |
| Devices | Exotic Particle Flood | Crafted in Science R&D. I do have to admit that the materials are a little hard to come by, and Admiralty (with account unlocked ships) is the best source I've found. |
| Deuterium Surplus | Evasive Maneuvers in battery form, and you can collect 4 per day from the Alhena system. | |
| Delta Alliance Reinforcements Beacon | Handy damage boost | |
| 3 Engineering Consoles | Console - Engineering - Trellium-D Plating Mk XII Very Rare | Good survivability console, could use a Neutronium instead |
| Console - Engineering - Polaric Modulator Mk XII Very Rare | Boosts Inertia, which is rare, as well as turn rate, and slipstream turn rate at warp | |
| Console - Engineering - House Martok Defensive Configuration Mk XII Very Rare | Boosts turn rate and provides some survivability, an RCS would work too | |
| 4 Science Consoles | Console - Science - Temporal Disentanglement Suite Mk XII Very Rare | Nice crit and durability boost, plus some power. |
| Console - Science - Temporally Shielded Datacore Mk XII Very Rare | Slightly less EPG than Particle Generators but it makes up for it with the CtrlX | |
| Console - Science - Particle Generator Mk XII Uncommon | Just need EPG | |
| Console - Science - Particle Generator Mk XII Common | ||
| 2 Tactical Consoles | Console - Tactical - Morphogenic Matrix Controller Mk XII Very Rare | For the 3 piece and some polaron cat1 |
| Console - Tactical - Chronometric Capacitor Mk XII Very Rare | Good EPG, some aux from the 2 piece, and some Polaron cat1, and this build uses all of it | |
| 2 Hangar Bays | Hangar - To'Duj Fighters | These provide more DPS than any other hangar that's available by default, and they come with the ship, they will die in heavy AoE content, otherwise use two |
| Hangar - Delta Flyers | These have slightly less DPS than To'duj but almost never die in any content, but do require a level 65 KDF character for Cross Faction Flying. Could substitute B'rels for more DPS loss |
Officer Details
| Bridge Officers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lt. Commander Tactical | Tactical Team I | Shield distribution and debuff clear, may cause firing cycle problems but I haven't seen it |
| Cannon: Scatter Volley I | Excellent weapon damage buff and also spreads APB to up to 3 targets | |
| Attack Pattern Beta II | Unusual to slot this above the firing mode, but it boosts every damage source and weapon damage is only ~1/4 of the total | |
| Lt. Commander Engineering | Emergency Power to Engines I | More than doubles speed and provides +2 turn rate, essential mobility for any build |
| Auxiliary to Structural I | Excellent heal and damage resist, and on a very short cooldown | |
| Emergency Power to Weapons III | Major energy weapon damage boost | |
| Commander Science | Hazard Emitters I | Good hull heal and debuff clear |
| Destabilizing Resonance Beam I | Good exotic damage, used with GW | |
| Photonic Officer II | Cooldown reduction | |
| Gravity Well III | Good exotic damage and control | |
| Lieutenant Science | Science Team I | Shield heal and debuff clear |
| Tyken's Rift I | Exotic damage, alternate with GW | |
Traits & Duty Officers
| Trait | Name | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Traits | Astrophysicist | A little bit of EPG | |
| Cannon Training | A little more cannon damage | ||
| Conservation of Energy | Significant exotic damage while solo, but stacks don't last long | ||
| Deft Cannoneer | Boosts turn rate by 1, on this build we need it, from Cannons R&D | ||
| Fleet Coordinator | One of the best traits in the game when on a team | ||
| Give Your All | Excellent hull damage resistance, from Engineering R&D | ||
| Operative | Some extra crit | ||
| Particle Manipulator | The most powerful trait for exotic damage, +50%/+29.6% crth/crtd on this build, from Science R&D | ||
| Photonic Capacitor | Extra Photonic Fleet is nice to have | ||
| Starship Traits | None | Unconventional Tactics from completing Strategist is definitely worth slotting here, but I kept it cheap. | |
| Space Reputation Traits | None | You'll start picking these up very quickly, Precision and Advanced Targeting Systems are top picks. | |
| Duty Officers | Projectile Weapons Officer | "Law" from A Fistful of Gorn, a bit of a pain to get there, but worth having | |
| Projectile Weapons Officer | A common included in my first duty officer pack | ||
| Astrometrics Scientist | Uncommon, also in my first pack, handy to have set | ||
| Conn Officer | From Phoenix, a must have for mobility in any build | ||
| Source | DPS |
|---|---|
| To'Duj Fighters | 6594 |
| Delta Flyers | 4504 |
| Gravity Well | 3571 |
| Photonic Fleet | 3170 |
| Polaron Cannons | 2889 |
| Destabilizing Resonance Beam | 1728 |
| Chronometric Turret | 1156 |
| Polaron Turret | 1001 |
| Morphogenic Turret | 994 |
| Morphogenic Torpedo | 855 |
| Tyken's Rift | 839 |
| Drain Infection | 708 |
| Entropic Rider | 144 |
Now, let's talk keybinds. In STO on PC you're going to want to learn keybinding eventually, and most of it's not too hard and can be done through the chat window (although it is arguably better to create a separate text file with your binds, that's more complicated). The first thing I always do is to set up a secondary fire weapons button through settings, usually V, just in case I screw up and my intended fire keybind doesn't work. While I'm there I usually set Distribute Shields to Left Shift, it's a pretty good survivability boost, although a lot of people do say it can mess up firing cycles, but personally I've never noticed a problem. Then, the commands you'll want to know are "FirePhasers" or "FireAll", "+power_exec Distribute_Shields", and "+TrayExecByTray # #", where # is a number. Note that the list of commands needs quotation marks around it, and commands should be separated by "$$". So if you typed the following into the chat: /bind y "+TrayExecByTray 0 0 $$ +TrayExecByTray 0 1 $$ +TrayExecByTray 1 2 $$ +TrayExecByTray 1 3" That would create a keybind so that y would activate the first and second abilities in the row labeled 1, and the third and fourth abilities in the row labeled 2 (0 in a keybind means 1 in the UI, 1 means 2, 2 means 3, etc., that's just how it works), starting with the fourth ability in 2 and then proceeding backwards. From there on in it's personal preference, put things where they feel natural to you, where you're used to them being. What I use has evolved naturally over time, I make no claims that it's efficient, just that I'm used to it, and I use it on everything. For fire weapons, distribute shields, Emergency Power abilities, cooldown reduction, often Aux to Structural, and anything else I just want to keep active I use spacebar, like this: /bind space "FireAll $$ +power_exec Distribute_Shields $$ +TrayExecByTray 6 0 $$ +TrayExecByTray 6 1 $$ +TrayExecByTray 6 2 $$ +TrayExecByTray 6 3 $$ +TrayExecByTray 6 4" That's the first 5 slots in row 7, which is usually enough. Then for my firing modes, Attack Pattern Beta, and so on, things with short cooldowns I activate as I attack, I use the 7 key, no good reason for that it just happened, and the first 4 slots in row 3: /bind 7 "+TrayExecByTray 2 0 $$ +TrayExecByTray 2 1 $$ +TrayExecByTray 2 2 $$ +TrayExecByTray 2 3" And finally for my exotic builds I always put Gravity Well and Destabilizing Resonance beam on 2, using the next two slots in row 3, although it is true that the usual logic behind that doesn't apply here, I just did it out of habit: /bind 2 "+TrayExecByTray 2 4 $$ +TrayExecByTray 2 5" That's all the keybinds I use, everything else I activate manually, one at a time, but it does compress 13 keys I might want to be pressing down to 3, which helps a lot.
Now, the difficult thing about this build is that I really don't know how to suggest upgrading it, apart from the obvious necessity of some Competitive Reputation engines to get their Overcharge to improve turn rate, I made sure to use Aux to Structural to pair with the Fortified version of those. The damage is very divided between different types, with about 40% from hangars, 25% from exotics, and 21% from energy weapons, and it's not getting a lot out of any of them, but I'll provide my own ideas and the STO BETTER Basics links for all three. Currently the biggest damage source is the hangars, but trying to improve those would be expensive. Ideally you'd like to pick up Superior Area Denial from the Mirror Strike Wing Escort lockbox ship, or at least the Independent Wingmate space trait, but those are very expensive compared to this build. Even the more minor and less powerful Advanced Engineering – Hangar Craft Power Transmission consoles are starting at 1 million energy credits each on PC for either a Mk XII with a useless mod or a Mk II with an [EPG] mod, or 5 million for a Mk II with [Polaron], while Swarmer Matrix is going for 7 million. If you wanted to work on exotic damage you could of course pick up the Temporal reputation two piece, and then you might want Subspace Vortex or Very Cold in Space to replace the heals with some more damage, but those will cost you 9 million each, and really you'd want to pair them with Spore Infused Anomalies from the Somerville or Batlh C-store ships for a truly potent source of exotic damage. You might be able to get good exotic damage out of the Gravimetric Photon and Particle Emission Plasma torpedoes after picking up the Competitive engines, and those aren't as expensive, but they do give you a much narrower arc. And if you wanted to improve the energy weapons, of course there are reputation items you can pick up starting with the Discovery reputation shield, but you're pretty limited by the combination of poor turn rate and forward firing exotics. You could try to switch to dual (heavy) cannons, probably moving the torpedo to the rear and dropping the plain turret, but I don't think I'm a good enough pilot to pull that off even with Competitive engines, which would leave you with single cannons which have underwhelming base damage and very few set items to support them. I just don't know what direction to go in to make a really impactful improvement in this build.
Finally, here's the table of DPS testing in the Wanted patrol for all five equivalent budget builds. The Luna used the original, unaltered Strict Budget Build, using the mentioned swap of Emergency Power to Shields instead of Aux to Structural for better survivability against non-Borg. The Vor'cha sat somewhere between parts one and two of the Baby Step series, meaning it had exactly the same consoles as the Hegh'ta BoP and similar ones to the Jem Escort, and the beam equivalents of the phaser weapons, with exactly the abilities and personal traits in the Baby Step posts. It must also be said that the Vor'cha and Vo'quv were the only builds to never die on elite difficulty, and the Vor'cha was definitely the toughest, although all the builds took about 20 minutes to get through the mission so using them at that difficulty is a bad idea. The Hegh'ta of course used the Quick Looks 1 build, and the Jem Escort used the Quick Looks 2 build.
| Elite (DPS thousands) | Advanced 1 (DPS thousands) | Advanced 2 | Advanced 3 | Advanced 4 | Advanced Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hegh'ta Heavy BoP | 20.0 | 20.1 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 23.2 | 21.8 |
| Jem'hadar Escort | 19.3 | 23.4 | 20.6 | 21.8 | 19.7 | 21.4 |
| Vo'quV Carrier | 27.3 | 26.3 | 28.2 | 26.6 | 25.2 | 26.6 |
| Luna Science Vessel | 24.8 | 31.4 | 28.3 | 27.9 | 27.0 | 28.6 |
| Vor'cha Battlecruiser | 15.1 | 15.0 | 14.1 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.6 |
2024.05.15 09:18 Sansar_99 Landing Robot
 | I have joined a Robot Contest in Japan. The contest has a different mission every year. This year's mission looks like a NASA project. Sorry, I used Google to translate to English. submitted by Sansar_99 to nasa [link] [comments] If you know Japanese, please check the official website and rulebook. IntroThe missions of this year's contest are "Landing" and "Recovery and Return."
Robot
Contest environment(Fig.2) Contest Field with measurements (Sorry its in Japanese)
If you have any ideas for the robots please share, I would like to see it. If you have any questions please ask I will try to answer them. Thank you! |
2024.05.15 09:15 deseyfashion Top 10 Corporate Photoshoot Services in Singapore 2024
 | Corporate photography is essentially about taking photos for businesses to help them showcase their brand, products, and services. These photos play a crucial role in building the company's image and promoting what it offers to its audience. They're used across various platforms like company websites, brochures, social media, and press releases. Additionally, they serve individuals who want to build a professional portfolio to highlight their skills and expertise. submitted by deseyfashion to u/deseyfashion [link] [comments] Within the realm of corporate photography, there's a diverse range of styles and purposes. The most common type is corporate portraits, which include professional headshots and outdoor portraits. These portraits are often featured on company websites, employee profiles, and corporate directories, giving a face to the company's workforce and conveying a sense of professionalism. Another popular style is capturing 'business-in-action' shots, which provide a glimpse into the daily operations of the company. These photos showcase employees at work, giving viewers an inside look into the company's culture, values, and working environment. They help to humanise the brand and build connections with the audience. Group portraits are also prevalent in corporate photography, highlighting teamwork and camaraderie among employees. These photos often feature the entire workforce together, conveying a sense of unity and collaboration within the company. In addition to indoor studio settings, environmental or outdoor portraits are gaining popularity in corporate photography. These photos are taken outside of the traditional office environment and often tell a story or evoke a specific mood. They provide a more relaxed and natural look while still conveying the desired message or brand image. In Singapore, the corporate photography scene is thriving, with numerous photo studios offering specialised services tailored to business needs. However, with so many options available, choosing the right studio can be overwhelming. To assist in this process, we've compiled a curated list of the top studios in Singapore for corporate photography, each renowned for their expertise, creativity, and professionalism. Whether you require headshots, product photography, or event coverage, these studios excel in delivering high-quality images that meet the standards of Corporate Photoshoot Singapore. Read on to learn more about the Top 10 Corporate Photoshoot Services in Singapore 2024. 1. Mount Studio In Singapore's bustling photography scene, Mount Studio stands out for its reliability and creativity. 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2024.05.15 09:14 kaleviko [All] When you read these stars
In Missing Pieces, Agent Phillip Jeffries checked in to a Buenos Aires Hotel named Palm De Luxe.
Another kind of "de luxe" is a Rolex wristwatch that according to the company itself is une montre de luxe. Another kind of palm is a date, as in a date palm. These seemingly unrelated kinds would then come back together because a Rolex watch has a date on its clock face, like seen when Andy glanced his in P5.
Stars turn, and the time presents itself.
Andy's Rolex was also linked to another luxury item, Mr C's 2015 Mercedes-Benz S 550 Coupé the three-pointed star of which matched the position of the hands of Andy's watch, giving us the likely answer to the Log Lady's P2 riddle about "stars turning" and the time presenting itself. There may have been all sorts of transformations here so that also another Mercedes, the 2001 Mercedes-Benz C-Klasse driven by the Polish Accountant, was this same item. As the story moved forward, it seems to have been in constant flux so that select characters and their surroundings kept wildly changing from one scene to another.
We got another riddle about stars in P13 when Hawk revealed his ancient map to Sheriff Truman. Earlier in P9, the deputies had found some information with two dates on a piece of paper inside a metal tube left behind by Major Briggs.
He pointed multiple times at a specific location on the map. We didn't see what it was exactly but since he had already pointed at the Major's old station on the Blue Pine Mountain, "that same date" was somewhere up and right from the mountain.
Among the stars on the map's sky, there was one different, a shooting star on the area that Hawk appeared to point at. But how could a date and a shooting star link to each other?
This takes us to Agent Tammy Preston whose real name was given in the credits as Tamara,. Coincidentally, the name "Tamara" means a date palm. She was also a star of different kind, like Albert recalled in P12.
Later in P16, after telling her story, the manufactured Diane got agitated and draw her pistol. Whatever she planned to do, Albert and Tammy were faster and shot her. At 41:24, there was a strange glitch. Briefly, only Albert was behind the desk, drawing his weapon, whereas Tammy had disappeared. But after a quick cut to Diane getting hit, Tammy was back, shooting Diane as well.
As usual, the glitch right that moment probably urged us to pay attention to Tammy. On computer screens behind her, there were two FBI emblems. The emblem is decorated with 13 stars, making her surrounded by stars. She was shooting, and there was fire coming from her pistol.
Perhaps Tammy was the "date" that was also the "shooting star" in the starry sky on Hawk's map.
So, on one hand, we got a star linked to Rolex and Mercedes-Benz and on the other, a star linked to Tammy. Would these two star riddles perhaps meet each other so that ultimately they were about the same thing?
In P2, Mr C's Mercedes went to a storage and he got a Lincoln Town Car. Jack appeared to have got himself into some trouble with him. A bit later, Mr C told what happened.
Frustrated, Tammy turned around and went in. The two men kept staring at her curvy walking. Perhaps the idea here was that as this star turned, an hourglass figure presented itself, the time of different kind.
That this was the association we needed to make was hinted by framing Tammy in the middle of a wider shot that had the fence reflected on the windows. Later in P12, when we got to Audrey and Charlie for the first time and camera panned slowly across the room, it stopped so that on the right, there was another kind of fence visible through a window while on the left, there was an actual hourglass on Charlie's desk.
Judy has a turning figure 8.
Another name for the hourglass body shape is "figure 8". In P17, the teapot version of Jeffries kept thinking about Judy when Cooper and Gerard paid him a visit, even if nobody was asking him about it.
To Tammy and the blue rows.
The last we saw of Mr C's Mercedes-Benz was in P2 when it disappeared behind a coiling door that looked like a set of blue rows. Later in P12, Tammy agreed to join the FBI's Blue Rose task force, and they all cheered for her.
In Missing Pieces, when Jeffries arrived to Hotel Palm De Luxe, he got a note from "Miss Judy". The receptionist held it for a while so that it was framed between a heavily decorated clock face and a bell. Perhaps this was the shot that gave Lynch the idea to cast Chrysta Bell in the role of a the character who would also appear as a luxury watch.
The male characters driving or having a Mercedes-Benz - the Mr C in the opening episode, garageman Jack in P2 and the Polish Accountant in P16 - or wearing a Rolex - Red in P6 and the Andy on the logging road in P7 - seem to all have been various incarnations of Phillip Jeffries, changing from one appearance to another. He was, after all, a former FBI Agent. At the same time, these cars and watches seem to have been abstractions for the same character who appeared as Tammy. Assuming she indeed was Judy, the two of them seem to have hit it off and gone together to their own worlds.
The Major also gave us a date. This would now take us to Cole's story he told to Albert and Tammy in P17.
The glitching may have suggested that the topic of Cole's story was right there, listening how the boys had a plan to get to her. Apparently, the Major had had a role to play why and how she was there - it was him who had discovered Judy and given the "date", apparently then Tamara Preston. Coincidentally, later in the episode, she was in the Twin Peaks Sheriff's station 10/2 at 2:53pm.
But there were two dates on the Major's slip of paper, implying that things weren't quite as straightforward.
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Another kind of "de luxe" is a Rolex wristwatch that according to the company itself is une montre de luxe. Another kind of palm is a date, as in a date palm. These seemingly unrelated kinds would then come back together because a Rolex watch has a date on its clock face, like seen when Andy glanced his in P5.
Stars turn, and the time presents itself.
Andy's Rolex was also linked to another luxury item, Mr C's 2015 Mercedes-Benz S 550 Coupé the three-pointed star of which matched the position of the hands of Andy's watch, giving us the likely answer to the Log Lady's P2 riddle about "stars turning" and the time presenting itself. There may have been all sorts of transformations here so that also another Mercedes, the 2001 Mercedes-Benz C-Klasse driven by the Polish Accountant, was this same item. As the story moved forward, it seems to have been in constant flux so that select characters and their surroundings kept wildly changing from one scene to another.
We got another riddle about stars in P13 when Hawk revealed his ancient map to Sheriff Truman. Earlier in P9, the deputies had found some information with two dates on a piece of paper inside a metal tube left behind by Major Briggs.
Hawk: "The Major also gave us a date, day after tomorrow. If you read these stars --"Hawk waved his hand over the rudimentary starry sky of his map.
Hawk: "-- you find that same date --"The date that Major gave them was a shooting star.
He pointed multiple times at a specific location on the map. We didn't see what it was exactly but since he had already pointed at the Major's old station on the Blue Pine Mountain, "that same date" was somewhere up and right from the mountain.
Among the stars on the map's sky, there was one different, a shooting star on the area that Hawk appeared to point at. But how could a date and a shooting star link to each other?
This takes us to Agent Tammy Preston whose real name was given in the credits as Tamara,. Coincidentally, the name "Tamara" means a date palm. She was also a star of different kind, like Albert recalled in P12.
Albert: "Agent Preston, you've been on our radar since you made the honors list at George Washington High, not to mention the dean's list at MIT and top of your class at Quantico."Pay attention to the shooting star.
Later in P16, after telling her story, the manufactured Diane got agitated and draw her pistol. Whatever she planned to do, Albert and Tammy were faster and shot her. At 41:24, there was a strange glitch. Briefly, only Albert was behind the desk, drawing his weapon, whereas Tammy had disappeared. But after a quick cut to Diane getting hit, Tammy was back, shooting Diane as well.
As usual, the glitch right that moment probably urged us to pay attention to Tammy. On computer screens behind her, there were two FBI emblems. The emblem is decorated with 13 stars, making her surrounded by stars. She was shooting, and there was fire coming from her pistol.
Perhaps Tammy was the "date" that was also the "shooting star" in the starry sky on Hawk's map.
So, on one hand, we got a star linked to Rolex and Mercedes-Benz and on the other, a star linked to Tammy. Would these two star riddles perhaps meet each other so that ultimately they were about the same thing?
In P2, Mr C's Mercedes went to a storage and he got a Lincoln Town Car. Jack appeared to have got himself into some trouble with him. A bit later, Mr C told what happened.
Mr C: "I killed Jack two hours ago after he wired the car."It wasn't clear if he meant the Mercedes-Benz or the Lincoln. Another strange exchange around wiring was later in P4 when the FBI team was wrapping up at Yankton airport.
Cole: "You're wearing a wire, Tammy." Tammy: "You asked me to!" Cole: "Right. Go wait in the restaurant."The star turned, and an hourglass presented itself.
Frustrated, Tammy turned around and went in. The two men kept staring at her curvy walking. Perhaps the idea here was that as this star turned, an hourglass figure presented itself, the time of different kind.
That this was the association we needed to make was hinted by framing Tammy in the middle of a wider shot that had the fence reflected on the windows. Later in P12, when we got to Audrey and Charlie for the first time and camera panned slowly across the room, it stopped so that on the right, there was another kind of fence visible through a window while on the left, there was an actual hourglass on Charlie's desk.
Judy has a turning figure 8.
Another name for the hourglass body shape is "figure 8". In P17, the teapot version of Jeffries kept thinking about Judy when Cooper and Gerard paid him a visit, even if nobody was asking him about it.
Jeffries: "This ... is where you'll find Judy. There may be someone -- Did you ask me this?"In the steam, the "two birds with one stone" symbol of the green ring appeared and quickly transformed into number 8. A dot appeared on it. The number turned around, just like Tammy turned her figure 8.
To Tammy and the blue rows.
The last we saw of Mr C's Mercedes-Benz was in P2 when it disappeared behind a coiling door that looked like a set of blue rows. Later in P12, Tammy agreed to join the FBI's Blue Rose task force, and they all cheered for her.
Cole: "To Tammy and the Blue Rose!"You got a date with a Bell who might show up as a luxury timepiece.
In Missing Pieces, when Jeffries arrived to Hotel Palm De Luxe, he got a note from "Miss Judy". The receptionist held it for a while so that it was framed between a heavily decorated clock face and a bell. Perhaps this was the shot that gave Lynch the idea to cast Chrysta Bell in the role of a the character who would also appear as a luxury watch.
The male characters driving or having a Mercedes-Benz - the Mr C in the opening episode, garageman Jack in P2 and the Polish Accountant in P16 - or wearing a Rolex - Red in P6 and the Andy on the logging road in P7 - seem to all have been various incarnations of Phillip Jeffries, changing from one appearance to another. He was, after all, a former FBI Agent. At the same time, these cars and watches seem to have been abstractions for the same character who appeared as Tammy. Assuming she indeed was Judy, the two of them seem to have hit it off and gone together to their own worlds.
The Major also gave us a date. This would now take us to Cole's story he told to Albert and Tammy in P17.
Cole: "For 25 years, I've kept something from you, Albert. Before he disappeared, Major Briggs shared with me and Cooper his discovery of an entity, an extreme negative force called in olden times 'Jowday.' Over time, it's become 'Judy.' Major Briggs, Cooper, and I put together a plan that could lead us to Judy."The little story was prefaced with inconsistent acting and repeated footage, as seems usual to help us connect the dots. At 2:21, there was a shot of Tammy and Albert. Then back to Cole who quietly stared at Albert and then looked at something in front of Tammy. Cut back to the other two, Tammy's wine glass had jumped to another location, and now she held her right arm with her left. There was a cut back to Cole, repeating the exact same footage we just saw, with him again looking at something in front of Tammy.
The glitching may have suggested that the topic of Cole's story was right there, listening how the boys had a plan to get to her. Apparently, the Major had had a role to play why and how she was there - it was him who had discovered Judy and given the "date", apparently then Tamara Preston. Coincidentally, later in the episode, she was in the Twin Peaks Sheriff's station 10/2 at 2:53pm.
But there were two dates on the Major's slip of paper, implying that things weren't quite as straightforward.
2024.05.15 09:14 Suspicious_Pizza_734 Found a literary easter egg in my dad's SSLC Grade book!
While digging through some old stuff, I came across my dad's SSLC book (an Indian board exam). One page had instructions on filling out details, with example names to follow. Here's where it gets interesting: the names used were Majeed and Suhra!
For any Malayalam lit fans out there, these might sound familiar - they're the star-crossed lovers from the classic novel "Balyakalasakhi" by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer.
Taking it a step further, another name on the page was M. Sukumaran, which totally lined up with a famous Malayalam writer from that era (1986).
The other two names remain a mystery though. Anyone out there recognize them as characters from other novels? Maybe it's a common naming pattern from that time period?
Curious to hear if anyone else has stumbled upon similar literary references in unexpected places or seen similar placeholder Malayali names .
https://preview.redd.it/cq8kwvo5jj0d1.jpg?width=1197&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e23eb7638121c13239f8a8ef2263e91f3bbdcdd
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For any Malayalam lit fans out there, these might sound familiar - they're the star-crossed lovers from the classic novel "Balyakalasakhi" by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer.
Taking it a step further, another name on the page was M. Sukumaran, which totally lined up with a famous Malayalam writer from that era (1986).
The other two names remain a mystery though. Anyone out there recognize them as characters from other novels? Maybe it's a common naming pattern from that time period?
Curious to hear if anyone else has stumbled upon similar literary references in unexpected places or seen similar placeholder Malayali names .
https://preview.redd.it/cq8kwvo5jj0d1.jpg?width=1197&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e23eb7638121c13239f8a8ef2263e91f3bbdcdd
2024.05.15 09:11 Suspicious_Pizza_734 Found a literary easter egg in my dad's SSLC Grade book!
 | While digging through some old stuff, I came across my dad's SSLC book (an Indian board exam). One page had instructions on filling out details, with example names to follow. Here's where it gets interesting: the names used were Majeed and Suhra! submitted by Suspicious_Pizza_734 to Kerala [link] [comments] For any Malayalam lit fans out there, these might sound familiar - they're the star-crossed lovers from the classic novel "Balyakalasakhi" by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. Taking it a step further, another name on the page was M. Sukumaran, which totally lined up with a famous Malayalam writer from that era (1986). The other two names remain a mystery though. Anyone out there recognize them as characters from other novels? Maybe it's a common naming pattern from that time period? Curious to hear if anyone else has stumbled upon similar literary references in unexpected places or seen similar placeholder Malayali names . https://preview.redd.it/bt1le1l2fj0d1.jpg?width=1197&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e82801329cf76755ad9e11e75b325c8039960a7 |
2024.05.15 09:09 ScaryAd7920 News about the reworking of Pycraft Launcher and what happened to it's creator.
Before reading : This is gonna be a more in general post than any particular project related post. I am posting this here since this is where Pycraft Launcher was originally posted. More of a rant post about what happened to me so far and why I haven't been able to work on the project. Since a lot of people were messaging me in the dms about the project, I guess it's time y'all got to know the situation I'm in.
For context : look up "I created an open-source Minecraft launcher in this sub" (typing from phone so I couldn't post the link here my bad)
So back in 2022 I published what was the final release of Pycraft Launcher from my end, before other people made forks of it and picked up the slack and fixed my errors. I however stated that I will be making another better version of this launcher with many new features, fixes and what not. I went as far as designing a properly working prototype, with said features, (which is sadly lost to time since I switched computers to a better one and formatted my old system). However this is where things take a turn as I joined college (biggest mistake of my life) to pursue Btech in computer science.
The moment my classes started, life went to, well shit.
It was not long before I realised that my college and the board which governs it, is designed to make students fail so that they pay for for retests and paper rechecks. Couple that fact with the one that backlogs (the exams in which you were failed) don't really get cleared (you have a roughly 30% chance of passing), really really messed with my life in 2023 and continues to do so, so much so that I had to drop everything about my projects and work on getting myself out of this jam, but 3 semesters in, I have backlogs in all of them, the subjects in which I am not supposed to fail. Did a lot of research about this and found out that the board purposely does this ( there have been lots of protests and cases against it but to no avail).
Plus I got rejected by my crush but that's character development lol.
Add in the entrance of AI into all this and general panic/confusion/fear mongering took up a good chunk of my mind as well. And the general dread of not being able to make any money as well while my family struggles.
Right now I'm still studying for the current semester, don't know what I will do about the previous ones, don't know whether I'll be able to earn or not, but that's all in my head, I guess.
Regarding the launcher : I do intend to pick up where I left off, but only if I'm able to catch a break from this hellhole. Also I have other projects lined up, which I want to work on but that's from July most probably I guess. Keep an eye out in the PycraftLauncher sub from time to time in case I do manage to post a release of the new launcher.
Also about the current Pycraft launcher, if y'all want to go ahead and use it, you can, I don't know whether it will work with the current version or not, I made it in such a way that it is automatically able to scale with modern versions. But there are better forks of it so be sure to check them out as well.
And I don't like asking this of the readers of this post, but if any one of you can support me a bit a financially(by small donations or such) so that I can get back up on my feet and can allocate resources to work on my projects (mc launcher included), it would be really good. If anyone is interested, please DM me, as posting any such links might get me kicked off this sub.
That's it for now I guess. Take care everyone.
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For context : look up "I created an open-source Minecraft launcher in this sub" (typing from phone so I couldn't post the link here my bad)
So back in 2022 I published what was the final release of Pycraft Launcher from my end, before other people made forks of it and picked up the slack and fixed my errors. I however stated that I will be making another better version of this launcher with many new features, fixes and what not. I went as far as designing a properly working prototype, with said features, (which is sadly lost to time since I switched computers to a better one and formatted my old system). However this is where things take a turn as I joined college (biggest mistake of my life) to pursue Btech in computer science.
The moment my classes started, life went to, well shit.
It was not long before I realised that my college and the board which governs it, is designed to make students fail so that they pay for for retests and paper rechecks. Couple that fact with the one that backlogs (the exams in which you were failed) don't really get cleared (you have a roughly 30% chance of passing), really really messed with my life in 2023 and continues to do so, so much so that I had to drop everything about my projects and work on getting myself out of this jam, but 3 semesters in, I have backlogs in all of them, the subjects in which I am not supposed to fail. Did a lot of research about this and found out that the board purposely does this ( there have been lots of protests and cases against it but to no avail).
Plus I got rejected by my crush but that's character development lol.
Add in the entrance of AI into all this and general panic/confusion/fear mongering took up a good chunk of my mind as well. And the general dread of not being able to make any money as well while my family struggles.
Right now I'm still studying for the current semester, don't know what I will do about the previous ones, don't know whether I'll be able to earn or not, but that's all in my head, I guess.
Regarding the launcher : I do intend to pick up where I left off, but only if I'm able to catch a break from this hellhole. Also I have other projects lined up, which I want to work on but that's from July most probably I guess. Keep an eye out in the PycraftLauncher sub from time to time in case I do manage to post a release of the new launcher.
Also about the current Pycraft launcher, if y'all want to go ahead and use it, you can, I don't know whether it will work with the current version or not, I made it in such a way that it is automatically able to scale with modern versions. But there are better forks of it so be sure to check them out as well.
And I don't like asking this of the readers of this post, but if any one of you can support me a bit a financially(by small donations or such) so that I can get back up on my feet and can allocate resources to work on my projects (mc launcher included), it would be really good. If anyone is interested, please DM me, as posting any such links might get me kicked off this sub.
That's it for now I guess. Take care everyone.
2024.05.15 09:00 Mydesignangel-55 Exploring the Latest in Pendant Light Designs
 | Pendant lights have long been a staple in interior design, offering both functionality and style to a space. From traditional designs to more contemporary interpretations, pendant lights continue to evolve, incorporating new materials, technologies, and aesthetics. In this article, we delve into the latest trends and innovations in pendant light designs, providing inspiration for your next lighting upgrade.You can Visit our online store to explore our wide selection of Pendant lights and lamps and find the perfect fit for your space. submitted by Mydesignangel-55 to u/Mydesignangel-55 [link] [comments] https://preview.redd.it/z2xu4veqgj0d1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=fbc00a9206865dc0a20b4a725bfe7786cceab9dd 1. Sustainable Materials As sustainability becomes an increasingly important consideration in design, pendant lights are following suit by incorporating eco-friendly materials. Designers are experimenting with materials like bamboo, recycled glass, reclaimed wood, and even biodegradable plastics to create beautiful and environmentally conscious lighting solutions. These sustainable options not only reduce environmental impact but also add a unique flair to interior spaces. 2. Artisanal Craftsmanship In a world dominated by mass production, there's a growing appreciation for artisanal craftsmanship. Handcrafted pendant lights offer a level of uniqueness and character that can't be replicated by machines. Artisans are employing age-old techniques such as glassblowing, pottery, and metalwork to produce stunning one-of-a-kind pieces that serve as both functional lighting and works of art. These bespoke creations add a touch of luxury and individuality to any room. 3. Minimalist and Sleek Designs Minimalism continues to influence modern design, and pendant lights are no exception. Sleek and understated designs with clean lines and geometric shapes are gaining popularity. These minimalist pendants seamlessly blend into contemporary interiors, providing ambient lighting without overpowering the space. Matte black and brushed metal finishes are particularly favored for their ability to complement a wide range of décor styles while adding a touch of sophistication. 4. Smart Lighting Integration With the rise of smart home technology, pendant lights are becoming more intelligent and versatile. Smart pendant lights can be controlled remotely via smartphone apps or voice commands, allowing users to adjust brightness, color temperature, and even create personalized lighting scenes to suit different moods and activities. Integration with virtual assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant further enhances convenience and usability, making smart pendant lights a must-have for tech-savvy homeowners. 5. Organic Shapes and Textures Nature-inspired designs are making a comeback in pendant light aesthetics, with designers drawing inspiration from organic shapes and textures found in the natural world. From fluid forms reminiscent of flowing water to intricate patterns inspired by foliage, these organic pendant lights bring a sense of serenity and harmony to interior spaces. Materials such as rattan, wicker, and natural fibers are commonly used to create these earthy yet elegant designs, adding warmth and texture to any room. 6. Statement Pieces For those looking to make a bold statement with their lighting choices, oversized and sculptural pendant lights are the way to go. These eye-catching fixtures serve as focal points in a room, commanding attention with their unique shapes and dramatic presence. Whether it's a cascading cluster of pendants or a single oversized fixture suspended above a dining table or in a grand foyer, statement pendant lights add drama and personality to any interior setting. In conclusion, the world of pendant light design is constantly evolving, with designers pushing the boundaries of creativity and innovation. Whether you prefer sleek minimalism, artisanal craftsmanship, or high-tech smart lighting, there's a pendant light to suit every taste and style. By incorporating the latest trends and innovations, you can illuminate your space in style while adding a touch of personality and flair. |
2024.05.15 08:55 Hunnyandmilk My rich friend is making a student film about being poor and I hate it
I grew up in a small rural ski town where I was one of the poorest kids in my elementary school. My mom had just moved my brother and me away from my dad and we were struggling, we lived in motels for a bit and crashed at some of her friends' houses before moving into a cheap basement suit with two bedrooms, my brother got his own while I shared a room with my mom. There was only one twin-sized bed so she would usually sleep on our armchair in the living room so I could have the bed. She worked two jobs at a grocery and convenience store while putting herself through night school in the town over. We didn't have much money for food so my school lunches were always one item, usually some form of squash or a Ziploc of lentils. Being in a mountain town in Canada you can imagine how cold it was in the winter; we didn't have a car so my brother and I had to walk to school in freezing temperatures, by the time we got there I was in tears with a red nose and my hair frozen solid. It took a while for things to get better but they did when my mom got her nursing license and picked up a stable job, eventually, we moved up to middle class and the moment I was old enough to work I wouldn't stop. I saved almost everything I made from the age of thirteen. My brother joined the military and I focused on school and sports so I could get into college which I'm glad to say I successfully did. I moved to the city for school and everything was so different, all of the friends I made came from ridiculously rich families and went out almost every night since they had the money to spend on drinks and clubs. I'm in engineering while the majority of my friends are in some form of the arts, we got along because I'm a bookworm. I was speaking with one of them who I'll call Shannon, she's in screenwriting and cinematography in the hopes of becoming a director. She mentioned to me that she wants to make her student film centred around poverty and the working class to shine a light on it. During this discussion, The Florida Project (a great movie) was brought up, I told her that I related heavily to that movie and she kind of huffed a laugh and then said "What? Did you live in a motel or something?" To which I answered "Yes," With a straight face. I could tell that Shannon felt bad since she clearly didn't know how I was brought up since it isn't something I tend to slip into casual conversation. Shannon asked more questions about my childhood and what it was like to live in poverty, we left the topic alone after that day but two weeks later she came to me with her screenplay and asked me to read it. I was appalled to say the very least. She had taken my very personal stories and turned them into an extra shitty episode of Euphoria. Everything I had told her had been put into her script but not as I told them, the main character went through these things and was unphased by everything that happened, disappointed in her mother for not doing enough and fighting with her evil drug addict brother. I wanted to cry, specifically at the depiction she had turned my family into, my hard-working and loving mother was written off to just be a slacker when in reality she was doing absolutely everything she could to give both me and my brother a good life and then my straight edge military brother was turned into the scum of the earth. The depiction of my poverty she wrote had me sick to my stomach, the main character was a sex addict, the mother was an alcoholic, and the brother had a drug addiction as well as abused the main character. I told her that not every person living in poverty was poor because of an addiction or crutch and sometimes it was just an unfortunate circumstance, in our case, it was fleeing from my abusive dad and trying to get on our feet. It also irked me how she had written it to be completely tragic and sad but I was a child for most of it and didn't realize how bad it was; when the power would go out it would be a fun game of lights out for me and my brother, we didn't understand why my mom was so stressed out when we had to stay in hotels, all we knew was that we got to share a bunk bed and go swimming in the indoor pool. I wanted her to understand that we were still regular people when we were impoverished, we were just that, regular people who didn't have much. Shannon seemed embarrassed that I was so upset about what she wrote, it took me fifteen minutes to read the entire thing and we sat in complete silence as I did so, when I reached the last page I was crying. At first, she thought I was crying because I was so moved by her glamourization of addiction and poverty before I told her that I hated it. That was when Shannon began to cry. I had shut down her screenplay as soon as I finished it and I asked why she was crying. She moved on to say "It's loosely based on what you told me, it isn't meant to be you and your family." I wanted to laugh when she said this, even the name of the main character rhymed with mine, she kept the tragic events and cut out the good memories as well as the good nature of my mom and brother, I was livid. I want to tell you about one scene that made me want to strangle her: The family's power went out on the main character's birthday so they lit tea candles to see in the dark, the mother lit a cigarette with one of the candles before calling her daughter a slut and putting it out in her birthday cake- what happened in real life was the power had gone out on my birthday, my mom worked all day and came home with a discounted pride cake since my birthday is in June. My brother and I had lit the tea candles long before my mom came home, she smeared the 'Happy Pride!' text on the cake replaced 'pride' with 'birthday' using Nesquik then used the tea candles to light the candles for my cake. This was the first time I had ever gotten a birthday cake, I was eleven and it's one of my happiest memories to date. I'm realizing this is too long so I'll finish it off, she's proceeding with the student film despite me asking her not to and offering different plots to follow instead. Shannon had blocked my number and I haven't heard from her in a week aside from awkwardly seeing her around campus to which she looks the other direction and ignores me.
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2024.05.15 08:54 Icy-Preference4567 Feel like I`ve stuck and see no way out. Help me find a career related to my field that would pay decently.
Hello. I`m 29 years old and live in Moscow, Russia . My education background: Associate degree in ESL; Bachelor`s degree in Linguistics ( Theory and methodology of teaching foreign languages and foreign cultures); Master`s degree in cross-cultural communication and modern linguistics; Aspirantura ( Ph.D program) diploma in Psychology and a Ph.D in Christian Counseling from an American Protestant Seminary. Currently, I`m working in Academia and my salary is extremely low. I really don't want to come off as greedy, but having a high salary is vital for me. Is it possible to earn 2500-3000 dollars per month net with my background? What needs to be adjusted and done? Is it worth considering a career change? In my case with tranfering into IT or Business? If yes, what job would be suitable for me to earn that much? Preferably, without getting a new degree (if it's really necessary, I will do that, though). If I moved to another country, what country would more likely accept my credentials? Plus, keep in mind that I`m a non-native English speaker and the fact might affect employers` perception and attitude towards me. Thank you for you suggestions, folks.
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2024.05.15 08:51 Hausierer Ishida quoting and referencing German literature in TG…
 | was the coolest thing for me as a German who was a Big Bookworm back then and also liking some of Hesses and especially Kafkas works. submitted by Hausierer to TokyoGhoul [link] [comments] Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist who, if I remeber correctly used to be Friends with Freud, but they parted ways and he used to be the „founder“ of todays „analytical psychology“. Hermann Hesse and Franz Kafka were both German writers Born in the Late 19th Century. Their works are typical german school literature, but I really liked Hesses „Der Steppenwolf“ and the Book „Demian“ which is quoted here. Kafka really resonated with me back then because of the motifs of his Books. There is even a german adjective called „kafkaesque“ (I think its also used in english?) describing „Situations and experiences of fear, unsecurities, alienation and being at the mercy of burocratic and anonymous Powers and absurdity, there being no way out and leaving a feeling of guilt and inner desperation“ which resonates really well with Kanekis Character and Story Arc especially in Part 1. |
2024.05.15 08:49 casefilesofVJ The Love Tunnel
-Jack
Every kid growing up in Gympie in the early 90- 2000s knew about the Love Tunnel.
The love tunnel was located over the hill from the skatepark on the Riverbank. It was a massive storm water drain filled with spray paint and lore unbound throughout the generations; the glowing dick, whose name is the furthest in, the people who live inside, the bull shark that lived under the bridge just outside, all that fun stuff.
It collapsed in the late 2000’s in a flood and was eventually rebuilt, but it was all fancy, modern, safe and not the same. Back in the day it had decades of graffiti, crumbling cement, jagged metal pole framing bent and jutting out from the sides. You know, real character.
I remember when I was just a kid at the skatepark and I spotted a bunch of other kids at the metal grating of a drain. I joined them and gazed down a few metres to some older teenagers, they had trekked through this “love tunnel” under the massive hill all this way. Badass I thought. LEGENDARY.
I talked about it at school, about this mysterious “love tunnel”. It was in view from the road when I crossed the bridge everyday on my daily commutes from the backseat of mums car.
I would gaze down at the weir and see the top of the love tunnel, sliightly hidden from view by a hill. It fascinated me.
I learned all these mysterious tales; this person slept with this person there, someone took a dump at the entrance and some other girl stood in it and now she had a nickname, someone found needles, another found a homeless woman and she screamed at them. I was pumped for the next weekend. I was going to go see it for myself.
I saw too much.
Early Saturday morning I was riding my push bike through town and toward destination adventure! I started out at the skatepark, met up with a few of the regulars, a mix of 5-19y/o everyone on the half pipes and ramps had a code of comrady that I've never found in a public place anywhere else and you always had someone to hang with.
My usual crew slowly arrived through the morning, a bunch of other 10/11 year old misfits like myself and we headed on our first place on our journey, Hungry Jacks. Now we never technically stole, we found a loophole…
One or two would order a stunner meal, then we'd take privilege of the free refills and fill up the empty plastic 4L juice jugs that we all had prepped in our backpacks. Coke and red Fanta for days.
So we got our supplies and headed behind HJ, past the volleyball courts and headed down a bush track down to the river.
We walked along the banks to loop back down to where the bridge was, we passed a few teenagers fishing and a couple other groups of kids swinging from rope swings into the water or huddled in groups smoking things they shouldn't.
We eventually arrived at the weir and the stormwater drain that I had been so intrigued by. The Love Tunnel.
Climbing up the hill and seeing it up close when you were just a tiny human. It was like staring into the dark abyss of hell.
There was a small stream of water flowing out of the big grey cylinder and it was covered in multicolored quotes and crude pictures that was very eye opening at the time.
Our voices echoed as one by one we climbed up the grassy, eroding clay edging that was the makeshift path into the mouth that probably changed each time it rained. Each of us had pulled out clumps of grass that we thought were handholds. If you fell, you fell down an embankment of slippery jagged rocks poking out from the fast flowing river.
So were inside and began to walk a couple of metres in then around us the light abruptly disappeared into complete darkness. And I remember the way the sounds traveled you could feel it through your chest it was mesmerizing.
I remember bravely stepping into the darkness and taking five or six steps in. That thick darkness was something else, I ran myself back to that entrance and light, heart pounding from the adrenaline.
This turned into a game of who could go in the furthest. This stopped when one of the boys screamed out from the darkness in pain.
He was back in the light teary eyed a few moments later wet on one side and feigning a laugh. He'd slipped down and cut open his knee, it was hilarious. We teased him saying he was going to get gangrene and leprosy and a myriad of other ailments we had no idea actually was.
We decided to bail, we forgot torches, we didn't plan that part out too well, and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon being little menaces.
We met the next day with a game plan, we had an array of various sized torches, from small ones that didn't do anything, one of those giant rectangle ones that was our main light source, a couple of handheld ones, one which flickered and the other stopped working before we even got into the tunnel.
We got in safely and tested out our torches and began walking into the unknown. It was pretty much the same as before, but there were strange things, old makeshift bongs, shopping bags, random shoes, a shopping trolley, a mattress that was all moldy and rotted. I still to this day do not understand how people managed to get that shit in there.
We passed a section where someone had thrown a can of red paint all over the walls, the amount of those ‘S’ symbols was more terrifying.
We saw light up ahead, we were passing our first grate. It was kind of daunting looking up towards it. Even getting on each other's shoulders we couldn't reach. There was an array of broken beer bottles and glass was everywhere, under the grate was a dead snake amongst some debris.
We had a debate whether to go further, we ended up going on at least until the next grate, we came to a fork, one seemed like a smaller offshoot so we stuck to the bigger side.
There were more offshoots and we came to a part where the big pipes split off into three under another grate. We gazed up hoping to get an identifier of our location, but all we could see was blue. We called out to see if we could get anyone's attention.
“Cooooweeee” we shouted in unison, the sound echoing in all directions.
We were laughing and having a grand time until something shouted back, something that still shakes me to my core to this day.
Some yobbo crackhead chick in her fifties with this ratty pink tank top that was all stretched half showing her saggy titties. “What the fuck you think you little cunts doing down here.” This chick screeched at us through her few teeth or something along the lines of that. She just exploded at us with a barrage of threats.
We were shocked silenced moving together to make one mass.
One of the boys screamed when a skinny guy emerged from the darkness. He was covered in tattoos with scraggly hair and a beard, he was all crazy eyed and pantless.
Someone yelled out to run and it was all the motivation we needed.
We could hear them screaming and the guy ran after us, we heard glass shattering behind us, they must have thrown a bottle. We were legging it.
We got split up in our running, I fell down, tripping over some rubbish, one mate stayed back to help me, this left us without a torch. We came across the same kid who slipped over yesterday, he had slipped down again cutting open his other knee. He wore those with badges of honor at school, but he was blubbering like a baby at this point.
He had the flickering torch and it disoriented us more than helped, as it turned on and off every time he took a step. I thought we were lost but we found the other grate, then eventually the entrance.
The others were already climbed down, we were soon by their side panting in the grass and wiping away our tears so the others couldn't see.
We ran back over to the skatepark and immediately told every kid we saw.
That was the wildest shit we had ever experienced. Sure we’d seen crazy up on the street but to have it jump out at you from the shadows in a storm water drain was next level.
By that night one of the other boys had spilled to his parents about our escapades and a couple of other mums got phone calls, three got in trouble, two of us didn't, including me.
I never stepped foot back in that tunnel, I swam at the weir more times than I could count afterwards though and never encountered anyone else too sketchy.
I think only a year or two later I saw on the news people dying in storm water drains somewhere else in Aus, we never realized how dangerous they could be back then. Lol.
Every party or get together afterwards it was a crowd favorite to bring up. It was a good conversation starter and joined the tales amongst my friends of the weird shit that happens in ‘Helltown’.
Growing up and looking back they were probably just homeless drug addicts freaked out from a bunch of children's voices yelling out coooweee from the underground where they thought they were alone. That would have scared the shit outta me if I was them.
Good times.
.VJ
Tl:Dr kids go into storm water drain and find creepy couple who scream at them.
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Every kid growing up in Gympie in the early 90- 2000s knew about the Love Tunnel.
The love tunnel was located over the hill from the skatepark on the Riverbank. It was a massive storm water drain filled with spray paint and lore unbound throughout the generations; the glowing dick, whose name is the furthest in, the people who live inside, the bull shark that lived under the bridge just outside, all that fun stuff.
It collapsed in the late 2000’s in a flood and was eventually rebuilt, but it was all fancy, modern, safe and not the same. Back in the day it had decades of graffiti, crumbling cement, jagged metal pole framing bent and jutting out from the sides. You know, real character.
I remember when I was just a kid at the skatepark and I spotted a bunch of other kids at the metal grating of a drain. I joined them and gazed down a few metres to some older teenagers, they had trekked through this “love tunnel” under the massive hill all this way. Badass I thought. LEGENDARY.
I talked about it at school, about this mysterious “love tunnel”. It was in view from the road when I crossed the bridge everyday on my daily commutes from the backseat of mums car.
I would gaze down at the weir and see the top of the love tunnel, sliightly hidden from view by a hill. It fascinated me.
I learned all these mysterious tales; this person slept with this person there, someone took a dump at the entrance and some other girl stood in it and now she had a nickname, someone found needles, another found a homeless woman and she screamed at them. I was pumped for the next weekend. I was going to go see it for myself.
I saw too much.
Early Saturday morning I was riding my push bike through town and toward destination adventure! I started out at the skatepark, met up with a few of the regulars, a mix of 5-19y/o everyone on the half pipes and ramps had a code of comrady that I've never found in a public place anywhere else and you always had someone to hang with.
My usual crew slowly arrived through the morning, a bunch of other 10/11 year old misfits like myself and we headed on our first place on our journey, Hungry Jacks. Now we never technically stole, we found a loophole…
One or two would order a stunner meal, then we'd take privilege of the free refills and fill up the empty plastic 4L juice jugs that we all had prepped in our backpacks. Coke and red Fanta for days.
So we got our supplies and headed behind HJ, past the volleyball courts and headed down a bush track down to the river.
We walked along the banks to loop back down to where the bridge was, we passed a few teenagers fishing and a couple other groups of kids swinging from rope swings into the water or huddled in groups smoking things they shouldn't.
We eventually arrived at the weir and the stormwater drain that I had been so intrigued by. The Love Tunnel.
Climbing up the hill and seeing it up close when you were just a tiny human. It was like staring into the dark abyss of hell.
There was a small stream of water flowing out of the big grey cylinder and it was covered in multicolored quotes and crude pictures that was very eye opening at the time.
Our voices echoed as one by one we climbed up the grassy, eroding clay edging that was the makeshift path into the mouth that probably changed each time it rained. Each of us had pulled out clumps of grass that we thought were handholds. If you fell, you fell down an embankment of slippery jagged rocks poking out from the fast flowing river.
So were inside and began to walk a couple of metres in then around us the light abruptly disappeared into complete darkness. And I remember the way the sounds traveled you could feel it through your chest it was mesmerizing.
I remember bravely stepping into the darkness and taking five or six steps in. That thick darkness was something else, I ran myself back to that entrance and light, heart pounding from the adrenaline.
This turned into a game of who could go in the furthest. This stopped when one of the boys screamed out from the darkness in pain.
He was back in the light teary eyed a few moments later wet on one side and feigning a laugh. He'd slipped down and cut open his knee, it was hilarious. We teased him saying he was going to get gangrene and leprosy and a myriad of other ailments we had no idea actually was.
We decided to bail, we forgot torches, we didn't plan that part out too well, and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon being little menaces.
We met the next day with a game plan, we had an array of various sized torches, from small ones that didn't do anything, one of those giant rectangle ones that was our main light source, a couple of handheld ones, one which flickered and the other stopped working before we even got into the tunnel.
We got in safely and tested out our torches and began walking into the unknown. It was pretty much the same as before, but there were strange things, old makeshift bongs, shopping bags, random shoes, a shopping trolley, a mattress that was all moldy and rotted. I still to this day do not understand how people managed to get that shit in there.
We passed a section where someone had thrown a can of red paint all over the walls, the amount of those ‘S’ symbols was more terrifying.
We saw light up ahead, we were passing our first grate. It was kind of daunting looking up towards it. Even getting on each other's shoulders we couldn't reach. There was an array of broken beer bottles and glass was everywhere, under the grate was a dead snake amongst some debris.
We had a debate whether to go further, we ended up going on at least until the next grate, we came to a fork, one seemed like a smaller offshoot so we stuck to the bigger side.
There were more offshoots and we came to a part where the big pipes split off into three under another grate. We gazed up hoping to get an identifier of our location, but all we could see was blue. We called out to see if we could get anyone's attention.
“Cooooweeee” we shouted in unison, the sound echoing in all directions.
We were laughing and having a grand time until something shouted back, something that still shakes me to my core to this day.
Some yobbo crackhead chick in her fifties with this ratty pink tank top that was all stretched half showing her saggy titties. “What the fuck you think you little cunts doing down here.” This chick screeched at us through her few teeth or something along the lines of that. She just exploded at us with a barrage of threats.
We were shocked silenced moving together to make one mass.
One of the boys screamed when a skinny guy emerged from the darkness. He was covered in tattoos with scraggly hair and a beard, he was all crazy eyed and pantless.
Someone yelled out to run and it was all the motivation we needed.
We could hear them screaming and the guy ran after us, we heard glass shattering behind us, they must have thrown a bottle. We were legging it.
We got split up in our running, I fell down, tripping over some rubbish, one mate stayed back to help me, this left us without a torch. We came across the same kid who slipped over yesterday, he had slipped down again cutting open his other knee. He wore those with badges of honor at school, but he was blubbering like a baby at this point.
He had the flickering torch and it disoriented us more than helped, as it turned on and off every time he took a step. I thought we were lost but we found the other grate, then eventually the entrance.
The others were already climbed down, we were soon by their side panting in the grass and wiping away our tears so the others couldn't see.
We ran back over to the skatepark and immediately told every kid we saw.
That was the wildest shit we had ever experienced. Sure we’d seen crazy up on the street but to have it jump out at you from the shadows in a storm water drain was next level.
By that night one of the other boys had spilled to his parents about our escapades and a couple of other mums got phone calls, three got in trouble, two of us didn't, including me.
I never stepped foot back in that tunnel, I swam at the weir more times than I could count afterwards though and never encountered anyone else too sketchy.
I think only a year or two later I saw on the news people dying in storm water drains somewhere else in Aus, we never realized how dangerous they could be back then. Lol.
Every party or get together afterwards it was a crowd favorite to bring up. It was a good conversation starter and joined the tales amongst my friends of the weird shit that happens in ‘Helltown’.
Growing up and looking back they were probably just homeless drug addicts freaked out from a bunch of children's voices yelling out coooweee from the underground where they thought they were alone. That would have scared the shit outta me if I was them.
Good times.
.VJ
Tl:Dr kids go into storm water drain and find creepy couple who scream at them.
2024.05.15 08:48 JLGoodwin1990 I gave AWII an honest shot, and well...
So, I haven't been able to play AWII up until now because I simply don't own a Series X or game on PC (I still game on a base Xbox One and 360). I'm a massive fan of the original game and the American Nightmare digital add-on. I even purchased the novelization of the original game, and downloaded the little live action mini series they made years ago. I stayed away as much as I could from playthroughs on YouTube as I didn't want to be spoiled in terms of story or gameplay. Happily, a friend of mine who owns both a Series X and the game let me take a spin on the game from the beginning. I felt so excited to sit down and play it, especially after hearing the rave (non-spoiler) reviews it got. I played for about three and a half hours before choosing to hang it up.
Now, before I say anything more, I just want to say that these are merely my own feelings, thoughts and opinions on the game. If you loved the game, I genuinely am glad for that. Not all games are going to appeal to everyone, and the decisions and changes Remedy made for the sequel were what they thought was best.
That being said, as much as it pains me to say, after giving it an honest chance, I find it simply is not for me. To be completely honest, I didn't like much of it. There were a few things I did like, such as the Dark Place version of NYC, and especially the updated version of Bright Falls, as the town itself was one thing I adored about the original game. Watery was also a welcome addition. And Coffee World flat out cracked me up. And I also liked the updated look of Wake, and the character of Alex Casey.
But that's about where my likes end. I will try and avoid any spoilers in my own personal criticisms. But, the massive change in tone from the first game was one thing I honestly didn't like. I very much liked the, what I can only describe as Action-Horror style of the original, over the flat out Horror style of AWII (And I say that as a horror writer myself!) Maybe it's simply because I've played the original since I was 20 years old in 2010 to now, but it was just too jarring for me. The best way to phrase it, was that it felt like it was trying to emulate the Resident Evil remakes too much. I also missed the cliche, somewhat cheesy 70s and 80s movie tone the original had as it went more serious. To me, that sort of sucked the fun out of things. The same with the whole concept of the cork board and connecting pictures together. With either Alan or Saga. It just wasn't my personal cup of tea. It slowed things down too much.
I also disliked the change in combat. Many people found the combat of the original to be tedious, but I personally liked the swarming enemy mechanics. I like the rush of panic as you swing Alan around, pointing the flashlight and trying to land your shots. Making the enemies much harder and fewer just felt less engaging and tense to me, and making them venerable bullet sponges also wasn't that enjoyable to me. In addition, I also missed the driving segments that the first game had. Again, I know others didn't enjoy them, but I personally did. Getting behind the wheel and ramming into the Taken was a highlight for me.
One other thing I wasn't a fan of either, was adding a new, playable character. I won't delve into this too much, as way too many people have muddied the waters over this as I've stumbled across YouTube videos with titles about it. Suffice to say, the actress who portrayed Saga Anderson did a great job, but, if it makes sense, in a game called Alan Wake II, his character was the one I wanted to play, not another, even if it was chosen for story direction.
Beyond that, I also missed the licensed soundtrack that the first game had. It made the game, to me at least, feel more connected to the real world, which always helps increase immersion. Plus, a game filled with songs by artists I love such as Roy Orbison, Poe, The Black Angels, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and more just was all that and a bag of chips. Plus, to be honest, I wasn't a big fan of the new rendition of the in game band Old Gods of Asgard. The original songs sounded genuinely like ones a 70s rock band would have put out 50 years ago; the ones I heard didn't. Maybe I didn't get far enough in to the game to find they were supposed to be new songs that the Anderson brothers recorded, but still.
Honestly, I think I would more have preferred the version of Alan Wake II we were supposed to get 13 or 14 years ago, before it was shelved. I watched that footage back again when I returned home tonight, and found myself enjoying watching it more than what I played.
Again, if you did enjoy the game, I am truly happy for you, as it makes all your lives that much more enjoyable. Please don't let my negative reaction detract from your positive one! Enjoy the game!
But, for me?
I think I'll just stick to playing the original and American Nightmare.
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Now, before I say anything more, I just want to say that these are merely my own feelings, thoughts and opinions on the game. If you loved the game, I genuinely am glad for that. Not all games are going to appeal to everyone, and the decisions and changes Remedy made for the sequel were what they thought was best.
That being said, as much as it pains me to say, after giving it an honest chance, I find it simply is not for me. To be completely honest, I didn't like much of it. There were a few things I did like, such as the Dark Place version of NYC, and especially the updated version of Bright Falls, as the town itself was one thing I adored about the original game. Watery was also a welcome addition. And Coffee World flat out cracked me up. And I also liked the updated look of Wake, and the character of Alex Casey.
But that's about where my likes end. I will try and avoid any spoilers in my own personal criticisms. But, the massive change in tone from the first game was one thing I honestly didn't like. I very much liked the, what I can only describe as Action-Horror style of the original, over the flat out Horror style of AWII (And I say that as a horror writer myself!) Maybe it's simply because I've played the original since I was 20 years old in 2010 to now, but it was just too jarring for me. The best way to phrase it, was that it felt like it was trying to emulate the Resident Evil remakes too much. I also missed the cliche, somewhat cheesy 70s and 80s movie tone the original had as it went more serious. To me, that sort of sucked the fun out of things. The same with the whole concept of the cork board and connecting pictures together. With either Alan or Saga. It just wasn't my personal cup of tea. It slowed things down too much.
I also disliked the change in combat. Many people found the combat of the original to be tedious, but I personally liked the swarming enemy mechanics. I like the rush of panic as you swing Alan around, pointing the flashlight and trying to land your shots. Making the enemies much harder and fewer just felt less engaging and tense to me, and making them venerable bullet sponges also wasn't that enjoyable to me. In addition, I also missed the driving segments that the first game had. Again, I know others didn't enjoy them, but I personally did. Getting behind the wheel and ramming into the Taken was a highlight for me.
One other thing I wasn't a fan of either, was adding a new, playable character. I won't delve into this too much, as way too many people have muddied the waters over this as I've stumbled across YouTube videos with titles about it. Suffice to say, the actress who portrayed Saga Anderson did a great job, but, if it makes sense, in a game called Alan Wake II, his character was the one I wanted to play, not another, even if it was chosen for story direction.
Beyond that, I also missed the licensed soundtrack that the first game had. It made the game, to me at least, feel more connected to the real world, which always helps increase immersion. Plus, a game filled with songs by artists I love such as Roy Orbison, Poe, The Black Angels, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and more just was all that and a bag of chips. Plus, to be honest, I wasn't a big fan of the new rendition of the in game band Old Gods of Asgard. The original songs sounded genuinely like ones a 70s rock band would have put out 50 years ago; the ones I heard didn't. Maybe I didn't get far enough in to the game to find they were supposed to be new songs that the Anderson brothers recorded, but still.
Honestly, I think I would more have preferred the version of Alan Wake II we were supposed to get 13 or 14 years ago, before it was shelved. I watched that footage back again when I returned home tonight, and found myself enjoying watching it more than what I played.
Again, if you did enjoy the game, I am truly happy for you, as it makes all your lives that much more enjoyable. Please don't let my negative reaction detract from your positive one! Enjoy the game!
But, for me?
I think I'll just stick to playing the original and American Nightmare.