Help Choosing Between LG 32GP850-B, Gigabyte Aorus FI32Q, and Samsung Odyssey G7 S28AG70
Hey all,
I’m currently using an Acer Nitro 27-inch 1080p 165Hz monitor and looking to upgrade. I’m considering three monitors and would love some advice from this community. The monitors I’m debating between are:

• LG 32GP850-B • Gigabyte Aorus FI32Q • Samsung Odyssey G7 S28AG70 

LG 32GP850-B
Pros:

• 32-inch Nano IPS panel with 2560x1440 resolution. • 165Hz native refresh rate (overclockable to 180Hz) and 1ms response time. • 98% DCI-P3 color gamut for vibrant colors. • Compatible with FreeSync Premium and G-Sync. • Low input lag (~5ms). 

Cons:

• Higher price compared to some VA panels with similar specs. 

Samsung Odyssey G7 S28AG70
Pros:

• 28-inch 4K (3840x2160) resolution. • 144Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time. • 95% DCI-P3 coverage. • Compatible with FreeSync Premium Pro and G-Sync. • Great for competitive gaming and high-definition content. 

Cons:

• Smaller screen size (28 inches) might not be as immersive as 32 inches. • Similar price to LG but with 4K 

Gigabyte Aorus FI32Q
Pros:

• 32-inch IPS panel with 2560x1440 resolution. • 165Hz refresh rate (overclockable to 170Hz) and 1ms response time. • 94% DCI-P3 color gamut. • FreeSync Premium Pro and G-Sync compatibility. 

Cons:

• Slightly less vibrant colors compared to LG. • Cheapest of the three, but still offers solid performance. 

My Priorities:

• Good gaming performance (high refresh rate, low input lag). • Vibrant and accurate colors for some color-critical work. 

Additional Consideration:
I prefer a 32-inch screen for more immersion, but I’m concerned if 1440p resolution will be sharp enough on a 32-inch display. I’ve read mixed opinions on whether the pixel density is sufficient for clear and crisp visuals, especially for text and detailed work.
Given these options, what would you recommend? Are there any other factors I should consider? Any personal experiences with these monitors would be greatly appreciated!

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Week 0: CBSE - 49 Week 1: NBME 29 - 51 Week 2: New free 120 - 58* Week 3: USWA 2 - 53 Week 4: NBME 31 - 61 (90% chance passing)
My dedicated was 6 weeks and I didn’t take any more NBMEs or other assessments two weeks out from the exam. I didn’t want to burn myself out and felt that the confidence boost from passing an NBME was what I wanted going into the exam; didn’t want to mess with that by taking another and failing. But I think here you just have to know yourself to know how big of a risk that is. I figured if I had a 90% chance of passing within one week and I studied hard for two, then i would at least stay at 90% by the time exam day came.
*idk why I took the new free 120 so early. Not the best idea but I guess it doesn’t truly matter in the end
▶️ Study methods - focused on UWORLD to teach me what I needed to learn or review. ~68% complete with an average of 50%. Timed tutor because I preferred to learn what I miss right then and there; going back to review felt like more inertia. Learning it right on the spot also helps with the philosophy that one solidly reviewed block is better than two mediocrely reviewed ones. I did 2 of my weakest organ systems first and then switched to doing Qs by subject because that’s effectively doing mixed blocks by system. And when I did subjects like biochem and micro and pharm those felt more “discrete.” Basically what I mean is, by doing questions those subjects could be brute-force memorized and without having to understand an underlying unifying system like with renal physiology or something. Seemed like a faster way to maximize points on the exam.

• annotated FA and referred to it while doing questions. This helped me reread my old margin notes from class, gain familiarity with the chapter layout, and added a layer of passive review. I remembered a decent amount just from skimming through tables and whatever in the chapters as I did UWorld questions
  
• made ankis of incorrects or unsuspended relevant cards from anking. Only kept up with them for 4/6 weeks but that still helped. Especially since I started with my weakest subjects so those ankis had been seen the most times by the end of dedicated
  
• read pathoma chapters if I needed them for a particular system. Read 1-3 the week of step
  
• dirty medicine videos here and there. Started off my routine with them every morning because it was just a few min time investment and a nice warmup but the knowledge adds up over time
  

▶️ More thoughts - UWORLD, PATHOMA, FA = all I needed. I knew before dedicated that I wanted to just home in on core resources only - I didn’t wake up at 6 am to study every day or anything like that. I honestly didn’t do as much as I wanted or maybe should have but I did focus completely when I studied - ⭐️ my focus as I built and executed a study routine was ALWAYS on getting the pass and the most useful knowledge for the LEAST time and effort. If it took 5 assessments I wouldn’t do 6, for example. So honestly I possibly cut corners but that was always for efficiency/time constraints rather than just not wanting to study. - had a few study buddies I met with weekly. Great for maintaining morale, which can’t be underestimated because a lot of dedicated is psychological - dirty med biohacking video was helpful for the day before and day of the exam
Good luck!!!!

Over time I have commented in several Posts about the many uses the Connect/Port has so I thought I’d finally create a Post (if only to distract us from current affairs) listing how I make good use of them.
1. I have (4) powered subwoofers (non-sonos) in different rooms of the house. Analogue output from the Connect to the analogue input of the subwoofer. I will name this Connect say “Sub Loft” and just group it with the ERA 100’s in this room. This allowed me to choose whatever brand/type of subwoofer I wanted for a particular application. I do have (3) Sonos subwoofers as well that are better suited for my Arc & Beam.

1. Port is connected to my main 2-channel audio system for streaming music. I ripped my CD Collection to lossless FLAC files and they are on my NAS. For me, this was the reason I bought my very first Connect S1 so many years ago and what brought me into the Sonos environment to begin with, no need to spin a CD. I have loads of music I could never find on any streaming service. Not to mention CD sound quality vs lower bit streaming services.
   
2. I have 2 pairs of really nice Powered Speakers, analogue output from Connect to analogue input on the back of the speakers.
   
3. Connect to Bluetooth long distance transmitter using the Optical connection. This little fella named “Headphones” gets used a lot. I turn the TV on, group add the Headphones to the TV Soundbar (ARC) and I'm in business. The Bluetooth transmitter reserves 2 different headphones so most of the time it's an instant connection. I will re-pair (which is fairly quick on my unit) when I use different headphones. I like the versatility this set up gives me because I wouldn't want to use expensive headphones for working around the house, yard, garage etc .... and of course use the nice ones for TV viewing or just laying around listening to music.
   

The Connect/Port is another great way to integrate a Turntable into the Sonos System. You will need a phono preamp if your table does not have one built in.
Personally, I think the Port is over priced and if more affordable a lot more could be sold for all the various applications it’s capable of.
My Connects are S2 (later versions) so if you’re thinking of trying anything I’ve listed be aware the original Connect units are S1 only. Note the replacement Port does not have an optical output, why is a mystery to me.
Well I hope that gives everyone some new ideas ….

Well, praying that I didn't fail my last two classes💀 I’m finally done with my degree. So why not share my unfiltered opinion/experience that I’m sure Faculty has been eagerly waiting for? Ranking wrt:
Course Content / Instructor / Organization / Exam/Pset Difficulty. Copying most recent post's format. Major congrats and shoutout to all graduating this semester and beyond, it's been more than real.
A lil motivation: don't give up, don't ever give up...
live look at brain having bruh moment during exam (is this a record?)
S-TIER:

1. CS 1110 - Intro CS Python: Will always be goated course for me. After switching majors, was very intimidated by CS. Prof Lee/Bracy & staff were godsent, course was very enjoyable and beginner friendly (duh) while remaining very fulfilling and challenging. Projects/Labs were very helpful and plenty of resources for help, enjoyed studying for exams and material thoroughly. Thank god I did not stick w Matlab (unbiassed opinion why do you ask)
2. ORIE 3500 - Prob & Stats II: An out of whack sequenced class took during summer but love how Goldberg teaches. Not sure if still applicable but grading was very friendly and not a lot of tedious course work but learned a lot and enjoyed class. Exams were challenging but fun and grade cutoff made learning pressure-free. Shoutout D Goldberg one of my favorite professors
3. ORIE 4580 - Simulation Modeling: Took this course w/o prereqs so was unprepared but Henderson is amazing person & Professor and will help you out. Really enjoyed Simio and project/assignments were fun, interactive, interesting. Shoutout Henderson: great guy award helped me through rough spot super approachable/easy to talk to. Decent amount of work and I didn't understand half of it but tools and info still relevant

A-TIER:

• HD 3620 - Human Bonding: Not only easy and straightforward class but content was captivating and enjoyed studying for exams. I recommend this course to anyone, insightful and lends some underappreciated good advice/knowledge🧢
• ORIE 4160 - Topics in Data Sc: Not to meat-ride Goldberg🍔 but top 3 prof I had. Class not tedious BS work; approaches high level topics with colloquial-like speech (not always) and I find learning easy with him. If only he would change his lecture notes format so its not formatted in size 1.5 pt font and jumbledtogetherinasingleboldedsentence, but looked forward to class. Relaxed classroom environment, would sometimes spend entire lecture on one proof but can't complain, was prob important lol
• ORIE 3120 - Tools for OML: liked this class, Frazier is cool and material is well encompassing and useful outside of classroom. cool project; recommend to anyone interested in DS/OR
• PSYCH 1102 - CogSci: Probably my most thoroughly enjoyed class I took here. Honestly would switch majors to this if I had the chance, fascinating stuff and was like exam only easy A
• ORIE 3300 - Opt I: fw'd this course and instructors heavy. Had hard time initially but after time gained decent understanding. Shoutout Ishan/Varun, awesome instructors and great people. Made me like ORIE, f simplex.

B-TIEUSEFUL:

• AEM 2011 S/S Modeling: Took during Summeasynch and was good intro to basics of data analyses/Excel. Fair grading/don't know if ever saw Prof but sure he was coo
• AEM 4060 Risk Sim: Super chill class w Turkey who is sweetie. Another "real world" application class where you gain usable skills so can't go wrong. Very low workload no one showed up, only 3 assignments including Final so def recommend for ENG major requirement. I <3 AEM
• PHYS 2214 III - Waves/Q&M: Prob fav science course taken. Textbook was helpful plenty of recitation/lab help. Amazes me how ppl managed to figure stuff like that out lol. Grade cut off was stupid, a 37 was lower bound for C on exams so ya boy fit in for once. Didn't feel like I was reading out of textbook, felt exploratory
• ENGRD 2700 - Intro Prob & Stats: Took with Callister → My Guy. Interesting character, enjoyed his sarcastic/rude ED responses 😂 Very straightforward course, wish I retained more
• ORIE 3150 - Accounting: Now we're talking. Yaddi know OG Callister got me right. Was nice breaking from OR curriculum and actually useful course. Lecture optional, just read textbook; could get a lil tedious
• MATH 1920 - Multivariable: Zoom math ≠ learning. Not bad think was fav math.

MIDDLE-UPPER-LOWER-TIEGEED:

• ORIE 4340 - Modeling and Computation: Okay didn't exactly give this course a chance due to scheduling but moved pretty fast and Prof severely understated amount of work it would take to catch up. Endless lecture notes and material but still cool class/learned little AMPL but def didn't get what I could have
• CHEM 2090: Took this so long ago i doubt the periodic table is still a thing. Don't remember much except always walking out of exams stunned and lab partner who rightfully hated my ass. Barely passed but in hindsight didn't prepare well as wasn't that hard. Look for better sources
• MATH 2940 - Lin Alg: zoom math smfh. probably the most important/relevant math course and still comes back and haunts me in every OR class so pay attention. Don't take during pandemic or you'll be learning from Youtube
• ORIE 4600 - Financial Eng: Thought I would enjoy more than I did. Struggled with understanding content but also didn't go to class or try so perhaps could have something to do with it🤷 Very forgiving and chill grading scheme, wish I actually payed attention it was super hard to learn from lecture slides
• PHYS 1112 M&H: Don't really remember much tbh, dropped it first time but eventually got the hang of it. I like physics textbooks
• ORIE 3310 Opt 2: Just relearning 3300, boring and already learned material. Grading nice

EASY/CREDIT:

• ECON 1110 - Micro: Covid sem. took online and was pretty easy.
• ECON 1120 - Macro: Exams were more difficult, content is impressively boring and dull. Easy online credit tho
• ORIE 4152 - Entrepreneurship for Engineers LMAO: Don't know how this course got approved/became legit tbh. easiest class on course roster i think there was one HW and just final project as a joke. Got to enjoy a bit more Callister, this semester was a my fav lol
• PSYCH 2940 - Better Decisions: I might need to retake💀
• PE 1430 - Yoga: Odd instructor pretty sure later got fired but loved class lol nice mid-day bool + good for the soul. Best PE credit. Pranayama 🧘
• PE 1420 - Intro to Meditation: over zoom lol.

BUNS:

1. MATH 1910 - Calc I: Did shitty after prelim 1, not bad course but possibly recommend taking CASE exam if you already know material, kind of waste
2. ENGRD 2110 - Obj-Oriented Prog: Took in summer, was hopeful after enjoying CS1110 but class and content not as fun. Liked VanHattum, call me?
3. PHYS 2213 - EM: Imma be 100p here and not even pretend I deserve credit hours for this course but was available online (ilovecovid) so that was no brainer. Least favorite stem class. Dont cae
4. PSYCH 2350: Don't remember taking this. typical canvas credit course

FEVER DREAM / C&B TORTURE:

1. ORIE 3510 - Stoch Proc I: Second class I failed 😎 Somehow made less sense 2nd time. Cursed course its hard to recognize when you are fully wrong/using wrong intuition but you might not realize this until you get a 31 on the Final. Must attend in person. Thought it would cake retaking but had Scully who is great guy/genius but taught it almost entirely different format than previous year. Info seemed to go in one ear (wp= u/λ) and out the other, not a fan of his notes/material organization. Scully is huge improvement from Dai nonetheless.
2. MATH 2930 (First time😉)- DiffEq: My first failure!🤓 (took it when it was hard i swear) Even though 1st time through was rough, enjoyed solving equations and remains my central to major, def most involved of required math courses. Restructured version was an actual joke compared to previous year, legit had the option to retry & submit everything you turned in until you essentially got it right via brute-force submitting every possible answer.
3. FWS: (Challenges of Modernity): Sigh
4. ENGRI 1160 - Modern Structures: cool project but prof was hard to understand and psets were way too hard for sem1 intro eng course. TA could barely help, made me switch out of civil
5. FWS(Anthrop Persp. of Tech Worlds)?: Now they invent ChatGPT, sick

O-H

1. BIOG 1250 - Biology Seminar (The Rise and Fall of Viruses): Went to class for 3 weeks and learned ab Kentucky bluegrass and rocks, realized class wouldn't count towards major so dropped but figured I'd throw it in here.

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Hey all,
I’m currently using an Acer Nitro 27-inch 1080p 165Hz monitor and looking to upgrade. I’m considering three monitors and would love some advice from this community. The monitors I’m debating between are:

• LG 32GP850-B • Gigabyte Aorus FI32Q • Samsung Odyssey G7 S28AG70 

LG 32GP850-B
Pros:

• 32-inch Nano IPS panel with 2560x1440 resolution. • 165Hz native refresh rate (overclockable to 180Hz) and 1ms response time. • 98% DCI-P3 color gamut for vibrant colors. • Compatible with FreeSync Premium and G-Sync. • Low input lag (~5ms). 

Cons:

• Higher price compared to some VA panels with similar specs. 

Samsung Odyssey G7 S28AG70
Pros:

• 28-inch 4K (3840x2160) resolution. • 144Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time. • 95% DCI-P3 coverage. • Compatible with FreeSync Premium Pro and G-Sync. • Great for competitive gaming and high-definition content. 

Cons:

• Smaller screen size (28 inches) might not be as immersive as 32 inches. • Similar price to LG but with 4K 

Gigabyte Aorus FI32Q
Pros:

• 32-inch IPS panel with 2560x1440 resolution. • 165Hz refresh rate (overclockable to 170Hz) and 1ms response time. • 94% DCI-P3 color gamut. • FreeSync Premium Pro and G-Sync compatibility. 

Cons:

• Slightly less vibrant colors compared to LG. • Cheapest of the three, but still offers solid performance. 

My Priorities:

• Good gaming performance (high refresh rate, low input lag). • Vibrant and accurate colors for some color-critical work. 

Additional Consideration:
I prefer a 32-inch screen for more immersion, but I’m concerned if 1440p resolution will be sharp enough on a 32-inch display. I’ve read mixed opinions on whether the pixel density is sufficient for clear and crisp visuals, especially for text and detailed work.
Given these options, what would you recommend? Are there any other factors I should consider? Any personal experiences with these monitors would be greatly appreciated!

A bit of story, I've been a lurker for a while now. I got into this by my friend who is a fighting game and Ramlethal fan. It began as just a interest in character design and now I have the entire Strive + Xrd OST on my phone and I somehow understand the entire lore. So I have decided to pick up Strive when it will (hopefully) goes on sale when Slayer is released or Summer Sale. This is gonna be my first fighting game that I actually gonna take effort in learning and hopefully it gonna be my gateway into the FGC.
More about me: I'm a PC player exclusively, I do not like consoles with the only exceptions being the DS and 3DS (because Monster Hunter) so I have been playing on keyboard for as long as I can remember. My most played game is League of Legends due to it being free and I have friends and Monster Hunter: World. I am not new to fighting games as I have over 100 hours on Mortal Kombat X. But I did not play any online matches, I just play the story mode and a lot of CPU fights so I have zero experience with player vs player matches. I have anxiety when it comes to online as I played Monster Hunter like a single player game and I have an irrational distrust of strangers.
What do I know already: Despite being a complete noob in this genre, I have been lurking around the FGC for a very long time. Long enough to understand it's lingual and phrases like DP for the Dragon Punch input, Tiger Knee, Rekka, Oki, Cross up, Footsie, Number Notations, Fuzzy guard and more. Basically, I did my research and now is looking to put my knowledge to the testing phase. I don't find motion inputs that hard but DP have given me trouble before in the wake up part.
Who I want to play and my reasonings: 1. Johnny: He's 100% gonna be my main. I love his esthetic and his story of being a pirate/cowboy/swordsman Robin Hood is really cool. Just Lean is the best song and I will not hear anyone out. A showoff with a heart of gold, I like him.

1. Elphelt Valentine: White hair clumsy woman with big booba makes my brain goes unga bunga and my heart swell. At first I was just gonna like her as a character but after I found out she have a Rekka. Yeah, I love her and with her personality being like super adorable makes me really want to pick her up. It's mostly the Rekka but it helps that she's so cute.
   
2. Bedman?: Playing as the Bed is gonna be the closest to play a non humanoid character here. I adore these designs as I prefer monsters, robots and stuff over humans as in league, I play exclusively monsters. I really like it's mechanic of an delay special after your normal special which I see can set up interesting situations. The Circle is an amazing track.
   
3. Leo or May: Charged characters, I tend to avoid them due to their input being super weird for me. But since that I want to take this game semi seriously, I have to learn them either for match up purpose or just for experience. But I do like both, May is cute and being affiliate with Johnny makes her a winner in my eyes and for Leo is just Hellfire, I love Hellfire.
   
4. Axl Low: If Johnny and Elphelt didn't exist, he was gonna be my choice for a main. Sweet cinnamon roll of a character, Axl Low is genuinely one of my favorite characters in terms of lore and personality alone and him being a Zoner will teach me to how to play as or against them. One Vision, that is an awesome super. What is with Japan and British people with time stop abilities? DIO and Axl?
   

Thank you for reading my rambling, I really want to play and hopefully get over my online anxiety with it. If you all have any tips and tricks for a new player such as myself then feel free to comments.

Captain Clithe'ic mused that three things had really ruined the space transportation business.
One, that most humble of tools, the carbon stripper. A small flat rectangle that required no power, was super cheap, took years to wear out, and never, never, broke down. If they were a bit more unreliable, a bit pricier, drew at least a trickle of power... there was no way those cheap chiseling bastards would use them so profligately.
Two, and if he ever found the shithead that invented it he was gonna slap the cloaca off him, the Qcell. Not just a battery, light, durable and energy dense, but also able to slowly recharge from ambient charge, like say from the hull of an ungrounded spaceship?. He had heard that those bastards had invented it themselves and it was based on the old wireless charging tech they used to use, bastards. Now he was reduced to trying to track down every tiny little charge draw every single time they left a system, is that one? no that's a burned out bulb on c deck, is that one? no that's a switch with a bit of corrosion in engineering. Hours and hours wasted chasing down e v e r y single little fucking thing.
He glanced at his auditor, a position that only existed because of those bastards and yet another damn mouth to feed, house and goddamn pay!.
''How many this time?''
The small Bijji flicked through systems.
''Just a few Sir, mostly in the cargo bay... one in the med bay and one in the..... quarters too.''
Clithe'ic sighed and flicked a digit at the waiting crew.
''You two go to the hold, you go track down the quarters one and someone call the medbay and have them unplug everything.''
He turned and addressed the pilot.
'Okay... lets spool up the engines and start accelerating.''
Then he walked over to the new, and incredibly fucking expensive, sensor suite with the auditor in tow, who immediately started to hammer keys. The Captain winced at every clatter as he saw cred notes just peel away from the resale value as the Bijji's claws scraped away.
They both examined the readouts for a few minutes as computers calculated the effect that the ships mass, the engines output and the extremely carefully weighed cargo and crew had on the ships current accel.
He fondly remembered a time, but a few short years ago, where you just landed on a planet or a station and filled the hull to the gunnels, sure that whatever value you lost in fuel used would be repayed by goods delivered, but now all the dead fucking weight just nibbled, gnawing away little by little but constantly at your goddamn profit margin.
Clithe'ic was well aware that the vast majority of ship owners had screamed, then shouted, then grumbled, and finally just given into the shitheads and took the lower margin, but that wasn't him. He couldn't bear to let those fuckers get away with it.
Hence the new crewman, hence the new sensors, hence weighing the cargo and fuel and water and air and spares and fucking crew!. All so that he could see if there was a mysterious gap in the ships V compared to the engines E...
...And there fucking was!, he turned to the auditor and received his affirmation.
Right!, he stormed down to the bubble hatch hitting the comm as he went.
''All crew, immediate hull check, we've got unwelcome guests.''
He popped into the clear acrylic bubble viewer and newly installed lights scanned over the hull.
He caught a flash of something ducking behind a hatch frame to his left...
Three, uplifted humans, mad bastards that would leech them selves to a goddamn hull in a cheap goddamn spacesuit, able to survive for months just on the recycle system and a little stolen power, just for free travel like the goddamn parasites they were.
Fucking void hobo bastards.

The prices page only mentions that use is limited or more is available than in another license. However, it doesn't say exactly what the limits are? Is there a comparison table somewhere that shows the limits of different licenses?
Free: - ChatGPT-4o: 10 message / 24 hour - ChatGPT-3.5: 20 message / 3 hour
Plus: - ChatGPT-4o: 20 message / 3 hour - ChatGPT-4: 40 message / 3 hour - ChatGPT-3.5: 80 message / 3 hour
Team: - 100 messages / 3 hour / per team member ?? not sure about this
When use custom GPTs then message about might be half.. also reserve the right to limit the service at peak times. In one of the messages I saw that if there are pictures in the feed, the number of messages is more limited. How can the use of audio and video be limit the use?

My mind is spinning after a night of drinks with friends so forgive any errors, but I have to put this out into the world.
I have been trying for years to get my casual DnD friends, who insist they like DnD, to truly invest themselves in their characters. I have groups of theatre kids that bleed when their characters bleed, but I can't seem to illicit the same buy in from my casuals. Last night while we are catching up, talking about our friends and families, it hits me... No matter how mundane, we are all deeply invested in our own lives as well as the lives of our friends and families.
Inspiration takes shape; I need to build a homebrew apocalyptic event and have my friends play as themselves. I'm thinking Isekai genre meets the 2019 film Little Monsters.
Session Zero: I love some of the ideas people explore with capturing their own real life stats within the confines of a DnD character. So, I am thinking we will start character creation with a bit of gaslighting ;) The premise is a game night filled with challenges to see what your real life stats are. Challenges of strength, trivia, and common sense knowledge. Friends attempting to decieve, persuade, and seduce one another to approximate charisma.
At the end of it all, once we have fine tuned everyone's character pages, I plan to set the stage with a little help from the sweetest woman I know, Mom. She calls me, I tell her I'm at game night with friends, she insists I put her on speaker (presumably to say hello to my childhood friends she hasn't seen in years) but instead of just saying hi she starts sharing her concerns with some event taking place all around he world. I plan to have the interaction be brief and to the point. Something is happening and she wants us to know about it. "I sent you a linkto the news story but I really have to go now... crashing noise in background Be smart and stay safe! I love you." Hangs up without waiting for a response I know the concern and intrigue in the room will be palpable at this point.
Next I ask to borrow a computer, hoping that rather than waiting someone in the group urges me to just click the link as everyone gathers around my phone. The link will direct us to a video of one of our long distance theatre friends dressed in suit and tie presenting a news bulliton. Finally some brevity to their all to real concerns! The news story is similarly brief and cryptic, sharing that people are acting strange everywhere and viewers are urged to hunker down and wait out the violence in a safe place.
Finally, the game is afoot! I pull out a battle map. It's a giant birds eye view via Google Maps of my friend's house where we are currently playing games. I tell my players that a threat is imminent and they have mere moments to devise a plan to defend the house. (I'm thinking zombies or creatures from the TV show From, but won't share specifics) I will let them use the improvised weapons mechanic and assign real life items available in the house damage values and proficiency based on their arguments. I'll preperscibe AC and hit points to doors and windows, adding to them based on creative improvising using things like tables, bookshelves, couches, etc. to reinforce any breachable point of the house.
Long term, I am interested in seeing how the players will choose to act once dawn breaks and the home siege has played out. How will my teacher friends interact with kids when one wrong move could put their own child in danger? Will my friends see their specific parents/siblings/friends/pets as an asset or a liability? Is our town really the safest place to survive an apocalyptic event? I think it will be immeasurably funny to have our real life friends and family satirized in the form of NPCs both helpful and problematic.
Thoughts? Concerns? Am I going to far or not far enough? None of my friends are snowflakes, but at the same time I don't think losing their 2 year old in a game setting would sit well with any of us. Help me explore some mechanics and guardrails, please!
Thank you all for any input you may have.

i was able to create the box thanks to a system image, except that the problem is that i end up with a vm that doesn't save, i use packer and vagrant but i think i'm using it wrong. i'd like to save by creating the box thanks to packer, the box doesn't create yet the vm creates and works for a limited time. could someone help me solve my problem? here's my code:
packer { required_version = ">= 1.7.0" required_plugins { vmware = { version = ">= 1.0.0" source = "github.com/hashicorp/vmware" } vagrant = { version = ">= 1.0.0" source = "github.com/hashicorp/vagrant" } } }
source "vmware-iso" "WS2016" { vm_name = "WS2016" guest_os_type = "Windows2016srv-64" version = "20"
iso_url = "J:\\iso\\14393.0.161119-1705.RS1_REFRESH_SERVER_EVAL_X64FRE_FR-FR.ISO" iso_checksum = "SHA256:A8A60CDD3EB7A76962E4168BB61AE5EAE2FBC40074AA32F8595B47F4B7FB9936"
cpus = "2" cores = "1" memory = "8192" disk_adapter_type = "nvme" disk_size = "71680" network_adapter_type = "e1000e" network = "nat"
communicator = "winrm" winrm_port = "5985" insecure_connection = "true" winrm_username = "Administrator" winrm_password = "K!r%@%SWUfs4Vtj7ry"
floppy_files = [ "${path.root}/setup/autounattend.xml", "${path.root}/setup/install-powershell.ps1", "${path.root}/setup/install-vmtools.ps1", "${path.root}/setup/winrmConfig.bat", "${path.root}/setup/sysrep-autounattend.xml" ]
shutdown_command = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\Sysprep\\sysprep.exe /generalize /oobe /shutdown /unattend:a:\\sysrep-autounattend.xml" shutdown_timeout = "60m"
output_directory = "G:\\machine virtuelle\\WS2016\\" }
build { sources = ["source.vmware-iso.WS2016"]
provisioner "powershell" { script = "setup/install-powershell.ps1" }
provisioner "powershell" { script = "setup/install-vmtools.ps1" }
provisioner "windows-shell" { inline = ["setup/winrmConfig.bat"] }
provisioner "windows-restart" { restart_timeout = "10m" }
post-processor "vagrant" { keep_input_artifact = true output = "output/packer_{{.BuildName}}_{{.Provider}}.box" provider_override = "vmware" } }
and my vagrant code :

Vagrant.configure("2") do config config.vm.box = "windows2016" config.vm.communicator = "winrm" config.vm.provider "vmware_desktop" do vb vb.memory = "8192" vb.cpus = 2 end config.vm.provision "shell", path: "winrmConfig.bat" end 

First of all, I’m really sorry this post is so long, though I’d like to make sure everything is covered. I’m sorry that it’s probably not really exciting, but the issue has been causing me a massive amount of hurt, so any replies and advice would be immensely appreciated. I’ll try to give as much detail as I can. Obviously, you are only hearing this from my side, but I have been as honest as possible about the following, otherwise I don’t think any advice I receive would be helpful. This is written anonymously as well, so it’s not like the people involved are going to find-out. Nevertheless, none of the names I use in this are their real ones, just in case. If you have any questions or need further details on any part of this, please let me know.
I was good friends with a work colleague, I’ll call her Robin. We were (and still are) pastoral support staff in a large sixth form college. We’re part of quite a big team and each look after a caseload of students. Being about the same age, me and this colleague naturally spent time together on breaks at work, which usually involved going out for walks or just chatting in our office, which we shared with three other members of staff, all older women. I got on well with everyone in the team, but just wasn’t as close friends with them. Me and Robin chatted a lot and joked both in person and by messages on Whatsapp. I felt comfortable sharing lots of personal things with her, such as my poor mental health and at points I was worried I’d scare her off with how much I had said, but it never did. She opened up a bit about her own mental health as well, though now I realise to nowhere near the same extent. Looking back, she was not as comfortable sharing personal details as she was with her other friends. I’m not sure why I didn’t notice this at the time, was I too self-centred, or just subconsciously focusing only on the things she did tell me?
When Robin was struggling or upset, I always made an effort to go and help or comfort her. At one time she wrote on our office’s group Whatsapp chat that she had gone to our college’s wellbeing room as she was really upset. I immediately dropped what I was doing and headed over to sit with her. Of course, I checked if she wanted me there, but she was happy that she had some company. It’s easy for me to say this as I’m writing now, but at this point I had no actual romantic feelings for her, she was just a mate. She referred to me in messages as ‘mate’ a few times, so it was clear she wasn’t interested in anything other than friendship, which was absolutely fair enough.
This went on for most of the year and at the start of the next academic year, we were in different offices. Our workplace moves the team round every year for various reasons including to get us to build better working relationships with other members of the team. My new office had two people besides myself, one an older woman and the other a new colleague, who I’ll call Sam, also about my age, who had moved departments in the college and was just starting out in our role. She had been placed in my office so that we could support her in getting used to the job.
Robin and Sam already knew each other as before Robin started the pastoral role, she worked in Sam’s department. Robin warned me to “watch my back” with Sam. Robin was never specific with what happened, just that Sam had been a bully towards her. As Robin was my friend, I took her word for it.
A while later, I was called into my manager’s office and asked if Sam was always working on what she should have been. I told her that as far as I knew she was, though I never really looked too much at what she was working on as I was busy with my own stuff. I knew that in fact, Sam was working when she could on her assignments for the part-time degree she was completing. I didn’t want to throw her under the bus for this, though. We all have times where we aren’t completely focused on our work when we should be. Robin told me afterwards it was her who had reported Sam for doing her degree work. She apologised for not giving me a heads-up before I was called into the meeting with my manager.
Sam had a discussion with one of the assistant principals where she was told off. As Robin was my mate, I promised her that I wouldn’t tell Sam or anyone else at all that she had made the report. This was tricky as our other colleagues were commenting things like “who would do that to a colleague? We’re supposed to be a team”. Robin even told me at one point afterwards that she felt like a “bitch” for doing it. I told her then that she did the right thing and that I understood her frustration at another team member not working when she worked so hard herself. Looking back, this was an awful thing for me to do and I feel really bad about it.
After a while of working in the office with Sam, I got to know her. She wasn’t anything like Robin had told me. In fact, she was an absolutely lovely person, kind, funny and although she had a reputation for being the loud, chatty and boisterous one in the group, this was a bit of a façade and she actually had some real confidence issues, as well as some mental health issues, though she never said exactly what. I slowly began to regret taking Robin’s word about Sam and for not judging her by my own experiences. Me and Sam became quite close friends. I feel it’s important to note that Sam was married and was not at all my type for a romantic partner, but we became good friends. Perhaps surprisingly, Robin and Sam became very close friends at the same time. I felt comfortable sharing some quite personal things with Sam, including some issues I was having with my mental health.
As I was single, Sam made it her mission to get me a girlfriend, which I was a bit reluctant towards at first and not convinced anything would actually succeed. Sam was very interested in gossip and good at getting secrets out of people, so she eventually found out that I had developed feelings for Robin. My feelings had appeared at some point early in the academic year that I moved into the office with Sam. I knew that me and Robin would never work. Though we were good friends, we were too different. I was perfectly happy being just mates, but the feelings were still there. Very much a heart versus head situation.
Me and a few colleagues went on a night out to a few bars and a nightclub. We all got drunk and at one point in the evening I took Robin aside and told her that I liked her. I know it’s easy to blame the alcohol but I don’t think I would have said it otherwise. I knew we would never work, so what was the point in risking damaging our friendship? I didn’t remember her reaction at the time due to the alcohol.
The next day, I really regretted my decision to tell her this. For the next few days, I was really awkward around her. I tried to subtly ask if she remembered me saying anything to her that night, but she said she didn’t. I also tried asking another one of our work friends, Bethany, as well as Sam, both of whom were on the night out. I was good friends with Bethany and had been open to her about my feelings for Robin. Sam said that Robin really couldn’t remember much, as she was so drunk at the time. Bethany, however, said that Robin had told her that she thought I had “told me he liked me”, but that she wasn’t certain due to being drunk and having a patchy memory of the evening. During this conversation with Bethany, she advised I come clean as it was the right thing to do. I agreed and the same evening I wrote a message saying that I had said those things and that although I didn’t expect anything to happen as a result, I would understand if she wanted to distance from me. Robin replied after about half an hour, which I can tell you felt like an eternity.
The response was lovely, thanking me for my honesty and saying that she would never want to distance from me. “First of all, there is absolutely nothing to be sorry for. You didn’t upset me or offend me in any way. I honestly couldn’t remember if something was actually said or not. Secondly, I know that you’re such a kind and genuine person that I would never think you’re friends with me because you were simply trying to get into a relationship with me. I value you so much. This doesn’t make me annoyed in anyway at all. You haven’t damaged our friendship at all”. I replied “Thank you for that. You are really too kind-hearted for your own good”. She replied with “No need to say thank you. Thank you for telling me the truth and being honest. I really appreciate it. I would never want to distance from you”.
This made me feel much better. A few days later at the weekend we had arranged to go out as a group with colleagues. Me and another colleague, Carl, were the only two guys going and he ended up dropping out last minute. I got a Whatsapp message from Robin apologising and asking if it was okay for me to not go as well, as it was originally meant to be a girly night out anyway before inviting me and Carl. I told her that was absolutely fine with that and that there was no need to apologise and that I hoped they enjoy the evening. I was fine with this at the time, though there was naturally the worry that I was being uninvited due to Robin now knowing I had feeling for her.
However, when I told some of my non-work friends that I had been asked not to go, they immediately thought this was absolutely horrible of them towards me, regardless of if I was the only guy going with the group. I’ve told a few more people about this (as well as that I had admitted my feelings to Robin) since then and everyone has had the same reaction. At first, I tried defending my colleagues (as I genuinely would have preferred not to not go at the time), but I came to consider that my friends were right and this wasn’t an acceptable way to treat a mate. As I’m writing this, I still don’t know how I feel about what they did. Was I just blind to it due to my feelings for Robin and preferred to only see the good things in her? Was I just deluded in the belief that my friends would never do something horrible towards me?
The weeks and months after that, I gradually came to feel as though I was being left out of the group of my work friends. It is important to note here that at some point during this time, Robin got a new boyfriend, Jack. Of course, this was absolutely fine and really gave me a good amount of closure on the situation and any feelings I had remaining for Robin. I understand that some of Robin’s avoidance of me may have been to protect me from being upset by this, though it really was not necessary.
There were lots of things that happened to cause me to feel excluded in these months, of which the following are a few examples. I would see Robin, Sam and Carl often go out for walks during their lunch breaks, without inviting me. On one occasion they invited me out with them after I saw them leaving, but this felt like they were only doing it because I had seen them. They would have messaged me or stopped by my office to see if I was free if they actually desired me to be there. Another time, I was asked when I was free during the school holidays and after I answered, the group specifically arranged a meet-up time that I couldn’t make. On another occasion, I was very excited to go to a musicals-themed quiz night hosted at our college, as I love musicals. I said I would be interested in going, if others in our group were, but no-one said they did. However, Robin told me the next day that they did go, but it was last minute so they didn’t have time to ask me. They could have sent a message or came to my office, so I don’t understand how this was a problem.
Whenever I asked to go on walks with people or arrange things outside of work, either in-person or on our Whatsapp group, my colleagues never seemed to be available. What I noticed when other colleagues asked the same things, was that people were either more available, or if they weren’t available, they would suggest another time. They didn’t do this when I asked. I eventually gave up asking. It was pretty humiliating to be repeatedly turned down on a groups chat.
The college held an event one evening, which involved a meal at the site. My colleagues were going, so I decided to go along as well. I had been the previous year to the event and had really enjoyed it. However, this one ended up really upsetting me. Before the meal, there was a talk in our lecture hall. I was the first of my colleagues to enter and saved them a row of seats towards the back of the room (near the entrance). However, all seven of my colleagues who were there walked straight past me. If it was one or two it might be possible that they just didn’t see me, but all seven of them? I highly doubt it. For the meal, I was the first of the group to arrive again to the room, so claimed a table. When the others arrived, they all sat on the table next to mine. They said to pull our two tables together so I could sit with them, which we did, but the seven of them crowded onto their own table, whilst I was sat on my own. The colleague sitting closest to my table also fully turned their back to me, so it felt as though they were excluding me and making it difficult for me to engage in conversations. Throughout the evening, I tried to chat with each of my colleagues, but every time was either met with a one-word answer, or a quick acknowledgement, then they would move on to speak with someone else on the table. It felt like they asked to pull the two tables together so it looked like they were making an effort, but everything else indicated they wanted nothing to do with me. Carl was the only one who actually engaged me in a conversation, as we waited in the line for food, though it was just me and him at this point (the others had got their food already and were back at the table).
There was the occasional time where I was invited to something, but with the feeling of being avoided on the vast majority of occasions, it very much felt like it was just out of pity or an excuse to say that the group made an effort to include me. One time, we went out for coffee after work. I was invited by Sam, but when I turned up, Robin and Carl both seemed very surprised to see me there. On another occasion, we went out for food. On this event, it was very clear that Robin had feelings for Carl. She was quite ‘touchy-feely’ with him and was taking selfies with him, but no-one else. I wasn’t the only one of us to notice. In Sam’s words, she was “all over him” and she actually had to tell Robin to back away from Carl a bit, as Carl was already in a long-term relationship. Was this actually just Robin sending a message to me that she wasn’t interested in me? Or I am just being too self-centred there? It was certainly very hard and quite upsetting for me to sit there with them, bearing in mind I still had feelings for Robin at this point.
The difficulties with all these is that, on their own, each one of the examples of being left out can just be explained as bad luck, bad timing, or a one-off. However, the fact that these things kept happening led me to believe that the group were actively excluding me. This went on for a few months. This led to my self-esteem and mental wellbeing being completely wrecked. I thought I was a terrible person, a waste of space, a creep and that people would be better-off without me. I won’t go into details but I got to a really low point. I ended up speaking with my GP, going onto anti-depression medication and attending counselling sessions. I know I should have communicated with my colleagues earlier, but could never bring myself to. I have severe social anxiety and do whatever I can to avoid conflict, even if that means suffering myself.
Eventually I couldn’t take it anymore. Not being able to focus on anything but the worry and the almost physical pain of the anxiety, every single day, was horrible. On the advice of another work colleague and a friend, both of whom I had been very open with, I decided to speak to Robin. I asked if we could have a quick chat alone and she said that was absolutely fine. I saw her at the end of one of her lessons. It was really tricky at first, I could feel my hands shaking with the nerves. I told her that I didn’t mean to sound accusing, even though it would probably sound like that and that whatever was said, I wouldn’t get upset and didn’t intend for her to be upset, all I was seeking with honesty and clarification. I bluntly asked if the group were avoiding me. Perhaps being naïve, I honestly expected her to be surprised and say she wasn’t aware of how they had been acting towards me and the impact it was having. However, she told me that they were avoiding me.
She went on to say that when they were about to go on a walk on a lunch break a while ago, Robin had asked Sam and Carl if they should ask if I would like to go, but Sam had said “would Jack not be uncomfortable with that?”. After that, they made a point of purposely not inviting me on walks. Robin also said that she was close with Sam and Carl and they sometimes discussed things like their partners, which she thought might upset me. I reassured her that it wouldn’t, but I told Robin that these reasons were all absolutely fine and that I completely understood and thanked her for her honesty. She said that she had intended to tell me sooner, but hadn’t got round to it (yeah right, a whole year and not finding the opportunity?). I didn’t say it at the time, but I would have really appreciated if they had just told me, instead of letting me think I was an awful person and that they hated me. I’m sure anyone would feel like that if their friends started excluding them.
As we left the room, Robin said that she would like to start using the college gym and I said that I use it after work that day. She said she’d really like to join me, which made me happy and feel as though she would like to perhaps make it up to me a bit by spending time with me to show she was comfortable around me. After I met with Robin, she messaged me thanking me for my honestly and I replied thanking her for her honesty as well. Unfortunately, later in the day Robin asked to speak with me on my own. She said she had told Jack that she was going to the gym with me that evening and he was really uncomfortable with it and asked her not to go. I said that I understood and that it was absolutely fine. I asked if she had told Jack about me and that I had had feelings for her in the past, but she said she hadn’t. She said she wasn’t sure if she would tell him. I told her that I wouldn’t say anything for or against doing this as it wasn’t my decision to make, it was their relationship and that shouldn’t be influenced by what I say, though I said that it was important that you are honest with and trust each other in a relationship. She asked if I would still come to badminton with the group on Monday (which we planned for the first time that week, it wasn’t a regular thing) I did go to it and found that it was quite fun, though I was wary the whole time of the others and how they were acting towards me, so could never truly relax. It seemed as though nothing was out of the ordinary and we got on fine.
The next day, we got a message on our group Whatsapp chat from David (another colleague) saying he was going to the gym that night if anyone would like to join him. Immediately, Robin said she would come and Sam as well. I was absolutely heartbroken by this. Even though David was in a relationship and Sam was coming as well, there was either no consideration of how I would feel seeing this, or it was even possible (though I honestly don’t think likely) that it was intentional in order to make me feel excluded again. Why was Robin fine with going with Dan, but not me? Why was Jack comfortable with Dan and not me? People can still have affairs in relationships, so I don’t understand why David was safe for Robin to be around but not me. Though Sam was there as well, she only stayed for about ten minutes when we played badminton together, so was unlikely to stay long. I felt that, despite what was said to me by Robin, they still hated me and regarded me as a creep.
This, for me, was the final straw. Taken with the fact that I had it now confirmed that the group were actively avoiding me by speaking to Robin, I decided that I needed a clean break from the group. I had been thinking of doing this for months, but hadn’t seriously considered doing it until now. For once I was going to put my own wellbeing and mental health first. I decided that I shouldn’t care what the others thought of me. So, I left the Whatsapp group. I waited until the Friday of that week after work, so that people wouldn’t immediately come and speak to me, when I really didn’t want to see anyone.
I didn’t block individual people, but I received no contact afterwards. As of writing this (just over two weeks after leaving the Whatsapp group), they’ve left me alone. Hopefully they got the message that I was not interested in the group, or perhaps they were relieved that I had removed myself, rather than them having to keep secretly excluding me. Maybe they thought I just needed space. Maybe they just didn’t care. Sometimes the trash takes itself out. Like trash is completely how they’ve made me feel and to be fair, they’re probably right. I’m fine with whatever. I worried about being confronted by them, either by message or in person, as I wasn’t sure what I would say. Would I just be blunt and perhaps upset them by telling them how I really felt? Or would it be best just to say I didn’t want to talk anymore? I’m still not sure what the best response would be if it came to that. Anyway, as of writing this now, none of them have spoken to me. I’m absolutely fine with that. I’ve felt a lot better, though I still wonder if I do need to speak with them to get full closure, but I think I’m happy where I am now. Perhaps some time will help.
The only contact I’ve had has been a brief chat with Carl. It was a fairly normal chat about films we had seen recently, but I told him that I had left the group (I believe only group admins get notified if a member leaves). I said that I had no hard feeling towards him and that I’m still happy to speak to him and the others and say hi when I see them around, I just didn’t want to hang out with them anymore. He said there were no hard feelings from his side either and that I would be welcome to join the Whatsapp group again if when I was ready. He said that he has left groups in the past that were not right for him, so he understood. I’m honestly not sure what to think about Carl. He’s always been very friendly with me, but on the other hand has still gone along with the others in excluding me, without saying anything.
I was done with being a friend just when it was convenient to them. People don’t just exclude people for no reason. Even without any other information or things that have happened before, or to protect me from getting upset at Robin having a boyfriend, to purposely exclude someone you claim is your friend, without telling them, is a vile and horrible thing to do. I just wish they had been honest with me so that I knew what I could repair or change about myself that made me so unlikeable to them. It’s clear that the level of friendship I held the others in the group in was not the same as they held mine in. Even when taking into account that I may be overthinking things, my friends shouldn’t be making me feel the way I did. Likewise, they shouldn’t be ignorant to how their friend may feel because of what they say or do. Friendships work both ways and I feel this wasn’t happening here. I don’t feel comfortable trusting any of them again, because I think I’ll just get hurt again. I’ve opened-up about a lot of personal things with them in the past and honestly I really regret it now.
I’m so done with putting in all the effort to be friends with them, support them when they needed it, when it all feels one-sided. I am done being made to feel like I’m hated and that I’m a creep and that I’m just an expendable person. Even if it wasn’t intentional, there was no consideration to how their actions would impact me. I know I’m not the main character in other peoples’ lives. People all have their own personal things that they are dealing with and carrying around on a daily basis. However, I believe that you should at the very least think how what you do might upset people if they are truly your friends.
There seems to be some double standards going on here as well. Why was it okay for Robin to spend lots of time alone with Carl, even though she was single, clearly had romantic feelings for him and that he had a partner, but I wasn’t allowed to do the same as it would make Jack uncomfortable? I think there some insecurity in the relationship between him and Robin, but I understand that can be completely normal in the early stages of a relationship. It just saddens me that I am not seen as trustworthy enough to be alone with Robin, even though, as of writing this, Robin says that Jack still isn’t aware of my past feelings for Robin. Those feeling were long since gone before I knew for certain that I was being excluded. Perhaps I should not have trusted Robin after how she treated Sam, but is now best friends with her.
Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. Am I just being pathetic and am actually in the wrong here? What do I do now? Do I do anything at all?

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I'm trying to use one of my novation circuit tracks midi tracks to trigger DecentSampler on my PC and then route the audio back to my circuit tracks. I'm doing this through a cheap usb-midi interface which works fine.
The problem is, the other tracks on my circuit also output midi (each on their own channel), and DecentSampler responds to all these midi-channels at the same time.
So far I've found Bome Midi Translator Pro to filter out the unwanted midi channels and then output the remaining one towards DecentSampler using a LoopMidi loopback port, but it seems overkill and I don't want to pay for the full version for such a limited use. Anyone know of any good, preferably free alternatives that can do filtering of midi channels?