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My cat got congestive heart failure and I don't know what to do
2024.05.19 00:20 communalistwitch My cat got congestive heart failure and I don't know what to do
I just got her back from the hospital a few hours ago. Maybe instead of writing this post I should make the most of my time with her...
So my cat is a rescue, I've had her for over two years and then shelter said she was two at the time. She has a (likely congenital) heart murmur, along with some other health difficulties.
A few years ago we lost our family dog to congestive heart failure, due to dilated cardiomyopathy. The dog was also a rescue, with a high grade congenital heart murmur. Yesterday was the sixth anniversary of the family dog's passing, and yesterday we noticed my cat was breathing kind of fast, with a weird crackly sound. We took her to her vet immediately, and got referred to a 24/7 vet hospital where they could keep an eye out on her overnight. They haven't echoed yet (since it's a stat holiday weekend here) but it's very likely due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Their first priority was to stabilize my girl and she's home now, with some meds to get her through the weekend before we go back to follow up, and then I have an option to get that echo to see what exactly is going on.
This is all right after she had a drastic and sudden personality change, where last week she randomly attacked my other cat, myself, and my boyfriend. She's normally a very sweet girl, and loves my other cat, so it's been a distressing week as we have had to move my other cat to my boyfriend's to keep them separated. We had these plans to slowly reintroduce, but with the heart failure I don't know how much time she has -- if it's only a few months like it was with my dog, is it right to stress her out through the reintroduction? I also don't know if I should go ahead with the echocardiogram. They're gonna have to sedate her for it, and she always reacts weirdly to that. My family has also been quite insensitive to the ordeal, telling me the vets only want my money and they don't care about my cat. It's just very overwhelming.
I don't know what to do. I wish I could at least have both my girls home, but it's very likely that they may never see each other again...
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So my cat is a rescue, I've had her for over two years and then shelter said she was two at the time. She has a (likely congenital) heart murmur, along with some other health difficulties.
A few years ago we lost our family dog to congestive heart failure, due to dilated cardiomyopathy. The dog was also a rescue, with a high grade congenital heart murmur. Yesterday was the sixth anniversary of the family dog's passing, and yesterday we noticed my cat was breathing kind of fast, with a weird crackly sound. We took her to her vet immediately, and got referred to a 24/7 vet hospital where they could keep an eye out on her overnight. They haven't echoed yet (since it's a stat holiday weekend here) but it's very likely due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Their first priority was to stabilize my girl and she's home now, with some meds to get her through the weekend before we go back to follow up, and then I have an option to get that echo to see what exactly is going on.
This is all right after she had a drastic and sudden personality change, where last week she randomly attacked my other cat, myself, and my boyfriend. She's normally a very sweet girl, and loves my other cat, so it's been a distressing week as we have had to move my other cat to my boyfriend's to keep them separated. We had these plans to slowly reintroduce, but with the heart failure I don't know how much time she has -- if it's only a few months like it was with my dog, is it right to stress her out through the reintroduction? I also don't know if I should go ahead with the echocardiogram. They're gonna have to sedate her for it, and she always reacts weirdly to that. My family has also been quite insensitive to the ordeal, telling me the vets only want my money and they don't care about my cat. It's just very overwhelming.
I don't know what to do. I wish I could at least have both my girls home, but it's very likely that they may never see each other again...
2024.05.19 00:12 TheCosmicWombat New and Improved HM Overworld Checklist
So this is my new and improved checklist for HM, so I don't squirrel out. I know some things are lower on my priority list than some people would like, but those are either related to a characters Inspirations, or aren't that important since they aren't as "time sensitive".
My character is:
Race: Human Class: Fighter (Pure. Seriously 10 hits per round is better than most lol) Guild Artisan Background for the insight, and persuasion Racial Stat: Perception Normal Proficiencies: Athletics and Intimidation
Stats: 17 Str - +3 14 Dex - +2 13 Con - +1 8 Int - -1 12 Wis - +1 12 Cha +1
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My character is:
Race: Human Class: Fighter (Pure. Seriously 10 hits per round is better than most lol) Guild Artisan Background for the insight, and persuasion Racial Stat: Perception Normal Proficiencies: Athletics and Intimidation
Stats: 17 Str - +3 14 Dex - +2 13 Con - +1 8 Int - -1 12 Wis - +1 12 Cha +1
2024.05.19 00:03 exboi How could Pokémon improve?
It's no secret that Pokémon has a lost favor with older games for being stagnant, and even degenerating in some areas. XY, SwSh, and especially SV were not received all that well. For me personally, ORAS and Sun and Moon are the only games of the 3D era that caught my attention (never got around to trying Legends: Arceus, so I won't comment on that).
Even though it's likely, I hope Game Freak/TPC/Nintendo don't just continue to let the series stay in this limbo where there's little actual love put into the games since millions of little kids will buy them no matter what stats they're in. I want them to actually improve upon each game, and grow the fanbase by attracting new and old fans alike.
My ideas are:
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Even though it's likely, I hope Game Freak/TPC/Nintendo don't just continue to let the series stay in this limbo where there's little actual love put into the games since millions of little kids will buy them no matter what stats they're in. I want them to actually improve upon each game, and grow the fanbase by attracting new and old fans alike.
My ideas are:
- Seasonal/Side Events: After the postgame, there'll be occasional non-DLC side stories. They don't need to be anything massive, but they could be a good way at having people who drop the games once the story is finished come back every once in a while.
- A different story structure: Maybe the player plays as a member of the International Police investing a variety of strange phenomena all tying back into one issue? Maybe they're an ex-member of an evil team trying to redeem themselves, like in Colosseum? Now my idea doesn't necessarily insist on getting rid of a battling challenge or antagonist teams, but at least doing something new with those ideas could be cool. Alola experimented with this through the trials, but nothing like them was ever done again. The post Gen-6 games made the Teams different from mafias and would-be world destroyers, but aside from Team Skull they're all a bit goofy and not really threatening at all.
- A plot with maturity and depth: Not 'mature' as in super edgy scenarios, cussing, etc. For example - and slightly branching off my last point - an eco-terrorist group fighting against corporate oligarchs. There can be commentary on topics like climate change and environmentalism, while leaving room open for antagonism through the group go too far in their endeavors. NOTE, the plot points don't have to be super political like that. It's just one example. I liked how Alola touched upon parental neglect/abuse, so the topics could even be more personal like that too.
- Build upon the open world/segmented worlds: SV's open world was atrocious. Legends Arceus's segmented world appears to be better liked, but still has some issues. I won't say drop them entirely, because the idea of a big world full of visible Pokémon to explore was no doubt every kid Pokémon fan's dream. Just don't repeat the mistakes SV's open world have. Give the world an appealing art style, don't create settlements with a bunch of buildings we can't enter, implement level scaling for certain battles, etc.
- Characters: One of the weakest aspects of Pokémon across most of the games are the characters. I keep going back to Alola, but I loved SM because Lillie, Gladion, and Lusamine all have depth. I heard the DLC characters from SV have a lot of depth too, so I hope they keep improving on this front. As for the franchise as a whole, most gym leaders play zero or minimal part in the story, the Champion often fucks around and does nothing all game, character dynamics tend to rely on tell-don't-show, and whatever relevant characters there are become hollow shells once the story's up - like May in ORAS.
- Difficulty Options: a common defense at how easy the later gen games have been is 'well it's a kid's game, of course it'd be easy'. That makes no sense to me. 1) being a kid doesn't mean you never like challenge. 2) GF could have the players choose a difficulty. You don't want much of a challenge? Play on easy mode. Want a mix of ease and challenge? Normal mode. Want competitive level challenge? Play on hard mode.
- Side Quests: Side quests to build up the world and add depth to characters would do a massive service to the games. There are some side quests here and there throughout the main games, but they're usually something like 'Damn I wish I could see an Eevee. Oh you have one? Wow, cool! Have this item as thanks!'. You don't enter a local competition with your rival, explore ruins with a team of archaeologists, or anything interesting like that.
- Postgame: When the Postgame is reached, chunks of the world and new sidequests should unlock.
2024.05.18 23:58 AustralianChrono Chronologica's Drag Race Season 6: Episode 1- Prove Your Worth
 | https://i.redd.it/lnq1hwinb91d1.gif submitted by AustralianChrono to ChronologicasDragRace [link] [comments] In a bright yellow wig, her hair up to high heavens, and a massive black coat with a pair of matching black boots that go up to cover above the coat, Molly Moppit walks in. With a smile on her face, Molly Moppit looks up at the pink wallpaper of the room. “I want that.” Molly smirks, ripping off her coat to reveal a minidress made out of the same pink wallpaper of the werkroom. “Mopped it!” Molly looks around at the empty room. “…and nobody here to see me stun.” She shrugs. “Pity for them!” Molly Moppit: “I’m Molly Moppit, and I’m here to run away with the competition.” Molly winks. “This table’s cuuute.” Molly looks over at the table, before running to a sculpture on the side of the workroom and trying to pull at the sculpture, before realizing it’s glued to the floor. “FUCK!” Molly Moppit: “I am currently based in New Jersey, but I'm a New York staple, as well.” Molly grins. “First and foremost, I’m a NEW JERSEY DRAG QUEEN.” “What about the…” Molly swipes at a coat hanger, tucking it behind her back. Molly Moppit: “Being an Atlantic City Queen means being ready to do what you can to survive. It’s a cutthroat lifestyle, and that’s fine. It taught me to host, perform, serve looks, make ‘em laugh… and it’ll help me to win.” “You saw nothing.” Molly smiles. A lone tumbleweed rolls into the werkroom as clouds of red dust fill the entrance. There are two loud bangs, and on the far wall of the room, two bullet holes tear into the eyes of a hanging portrait of Chronologica. Molly looks over as the portrait falls to the ground, the glass of the frame shattering loudly. When she looks back, a masked bandit stands amidst their midst, blowing smoke from his old-timey pistol. In a cowboy hat, long black jacket, beaded vest, and denim chaps, Ethan Angel-Eye glowers, his nose and mouth hidden behind a vigilante’s black bandana. The room is silent for a long moment. Molly Moppit: “It’s a Mexican Stand-Off. And I’m NOT talking.” Molly and Ethan stare at each other. Ethan Angel-Eye: “Please welcome the best performer this side of the Mississippi, your very own Apache-Dakota bandit vigilante drag king, and the only person here who actually needs to win. I’ve beaten Kaneq and Vitória in lip sync competitions, I’ve out-danced professionally trained celebs; I’m unstoppable onstage and I’m always providing that debonaire dastardly Western rogue fantasy. I’m Ethan Angel-Eye, and I’ve got my eye on this crown.” “The fuck are you supposed to be?” Ethan asks, looking Molly up and down as he strides into the room, his voice low and gravelly. “I’m Molly Moppit, what the fuck YOU supposed to be?” Molly raises an eyebrow. Molly Moppit: “Are we cosplaying as ugly men this season?” “Cute.” Ethan brushes past Molly, and then hops up on one of the werkroom tables, sinking into a menacing squat and looming over the space like a vulture. “It’s pinker here than I thought it’d be.” Ethan glares, looking at her wallpaper look. Molly scoffs. “Course it’s pink. Do you watch the show?” “Do you watch the show?” Ethan parrots back, doing a crude impression of Molly’s voice. “I breathe this show.” Ethan Angel-Eye: “I am not a pretty faerie princess, and I am not everyone’s cup of tea, but I know how to win this, in and out. Some petty little bitch isn’t getting in my way.” “Ooooh, he’s a hater. Love.” Molly laughs, looking up at Ethan as he perches on the table. “What’s your name, my little masked bandit? Here to take some shots at me?” “Ethan Angel-Eye.” Ethan cocks his head to the side. “My shots don’t miss.” “Neither do mine.” Molly smirks. Ethan looks around, as he realizes a button of his top has gone missing. A tall, proud Indian woman struts out from the werkroom entrance, with many elaborate blue hair clips and a strikingly long blue gown which cascades in wave-like shapes behind her into a long train. She gestures broadly with her hands, emphasizing each syllable of her words as if they’re the most important thing anyone’s ever said. “WA-TER-FALL!!!!” Niagara Halls: “New York in the HOUSE what-what!! Hey divas, it’s me, your Desi-American god-DESS of season 6, here to bring upstate pageantry and that Canadian border flair to your screens. I KNOW I’m serving as a pageant fashion icon in this entrance look, you can’t tell me otherwise. Don’t I look GORGEOUS?!” Niagara Halls twirls, the blue gown’s long train wrapping around her feet, then swirling back out again, where it smacks Molly in the knee. “Um, hello, waterfall woman.” Molly exclaims, pulling away to avoid being smacked again. “Hello, hello!” Niagara Halls waves an emphatic wave to Molly and Ethan before daintily picking up her gown’s train with one hand and gently striding to sit at the werkroom table Ethan is perched on. “How are we?” Molly reaches over and snatches a hair clip from Niagara’s hair, causing several long brown locks to tumble into Niagara’s face. “Oh! You–” Niagara looks baffled. “So it’s gonna be THAT kind of season!” Ethan rolls his eyes, looking decidedly down at the two girls. Molly laughs. “No, oh my gosh! I just love these clips! Where’d you get them?” Niagara pulls the fallen hair out of her face and clips it into another one of her clips, chuckling. “You WISH I would tell you. You could use the help with that mop!” “MOP!” Molly bursts out laughing. “You don’t even know!” “What’s your drag, what’s your name, who are you both? I need to know who I’m demolishing here.” Niagara smiles a huge smile, talking with her hands again. “But where is the clips from?” Molly asks. “I-” Niagara looks into the mirror. “...You didn’t buy the clips?!” Molly says dramatically, putting on a gasping face. “Who did?!” “What’s your names?” Niagara smiles awkwardly. Niagara Halls: “My Drag Mother helped with the outfit! I don’t know!” “I’m Molly Moppit.” Molly grins. “Atlantic City roya–” Ethan interrupts. “Ethan Angel-Eye. And you’re Niagara Halls.” Niagara enthusiastically tosses her hair (and all of its clips) back and forth. “I KNOW you know me, that’s right, that’s right!” Ethan nods. “You lost Miss Toronto to Vitória Benedita.” Niagara gasps. Niagara Halls: “How did this MAN KNOW me?!” Ethan Eagle-Eye: “Does no one look at reddit on their way to the season? Scope the competition out.” A mysterious black mist seeps through the entrance of the werkroom, followed by a devilish laugh. Lokii struts in, and flips a green cape, revealing their face and leather-clad body. Golden horns, almost corrupted with black veins connected to his face, just from Lokii’s forehead. In thin black hands, Lokii holds a corrupted golden scepter and a smoke machine. She smirks, and her Londoner accent is obvious when she speaks. “I am Lokii, of Asgard, and I am burdened with glorious purpose.” “We’re all stealing something, aren’t we?” Molly jokes. “I don’t get it.” Niagara says. “Loki. Marvel.” Ethan says gruffly. “Welcome, nerd.” Molly smiles, as Lokii runs over. Lokii blushes deep red. “Oh my gosh. Hello!” Lokii: “I’m Lokii, and low-key? Aye, I’m pretty bloody psyched to be here! I’m 22 years old, visiting from across the pond by way of South London, and like, I’m pretty new to drag, but cosplay has been a huge part of my life since I was really young, and I’ve felt really called to take it in this new direction!” “So are you really called Lokii? Like the Norse god?” Molly investigates every inch of Lokii’s outfit. “The… Disney character?” Niagara ponders. “I don’t watch superhero movies.” “They are.” Ethan flexes his ankles, looking at Lokii with an intense stare. “You’re the Tumblr cosplayer, right?” Lokii nods, smiling. “Yeah! Loki was the first character I did in cosplay. We have a long history, he and I!” “And so you came to Chronologica’s Drag Race dressed up in your little Marvel cosplay character!” Niagara chuckles nastily. Lokii laughs awkwardly, making their way to the table. “Yep!” “You look incredible, by the way.” Lokii smiles at Niagara. “This is a really beautiful garment.” “I KNOW, baby, thank you.” Niagara smiles daggers. “You’re pretty new, right?” Lokii looks surprised. “Oh, I–” “JUST teasing!” Niagara laughs. Lokii: “I have.. Not been doing drag, that long. But I have been crafting, designing and MAKING things for years. I think that’s my edge…” Lokii smiles slightly awkwardly. Ethan Angel-Eye: “So far, the girls are…childish.” “Wait, what’s this?” Lokii picks up a brown paper bag on one of the werkroom tables and reads something written on it in sharpie. “Barf bags…for if you gag too hard?” Niagara makes a face. “What the fuck?” Suddenly, in a sculpted silver one-piece with sharp ridges and bulky shoulders, a stylized mop of blonde and pink curls, super-shadowed fierce makeup and chunky black boots with chains, Lady Gag arrives. In an exact recreation of one of Lady Gaga’s looks from the 2009 VMAs, she purrs. “Dirty pony, I can’t wait to hose you down.” Ethan makes an obvious look of disgust. Niagara stops laughing very suddenly. Molly laughs even harder. “HEAVY METAL LOVER!” Lokii yells, before covering her mouth as if she is in fear of being too loud. Lady Gag: “When our Lord and Saviour Gaga said ‘No matter gay, straight, or bi', lesbian, transgender life?” Lady Gaga smirks. “She was talking first and foremost about me. Are you gagging? I’m Lady Gag, foremost Gaga impersonator of Miami, Florida, and the most gag-worthy woman known to man. Mama I am known to man, if you know what I mean.” Lady Gag strikes poses in the entrance, twisting her arms into strange shapes and cocking her head at strange angles. “Everyone, just imagine Alejandro is playing over this.” “I’m imagining it.” Molly says, smiling and still laughing. Niagara looks nonplussed, Ethan looks dismissive, and Lokii looks shy, but Molly warmly greets Lady Gag with a firm handshake. “Welcome, Miss Gaga, welcome! You’re giving very 2000 and late! I’m Molly Moppit. Atlantic City roya–” “MRS. Moppit.” Lady Gag stops her, putting a hand up. “Don’t try to read me with those smile lines and bags under your eyes. I’m 2000 and fresh off the boat if you ever saw it. You will not be coming for me on this, the day of my arrival.” Molly’s jaw drops. She looks thrilled. Niagara smiles softly. “You’re going to talk about her looks when you’re a copy-and-paste baby? LOVE to see a tiny little fighter.” Niagara Halls: “The good thing about doing drag that’s literally on the Canadian-American border is that I can leave the worst of both sides behind. Canadians, watch out: I will NOT be apologizing for my shade! And I can say THIS… who the fuck is Lady Gag?” “Your shade needs work, I think.” Lady Gag says. “It’s about as dark as midday in FLORIDA. I would know.” Ethan’s eyes give away his smile. He sits back on the table, relaxing for the first time, to listen to the girls snip back and forth. Ethan Angel-Eye: “I’m watching these girls, and I think, good. Let them fight. If this is the energy first day, they’re never gonna be able to focus on a challenge, and that’s perfect for me.” “I BET you would know Florida pretty well!” Niagara shoots back. “That contour job looks pretty Florida Man to me.” “I am a WOMAN and you will treat me with respect!” Lady Gag yells dramatically. Niagara looks confused, almost as if she is unsure if Gag is playing into the shade or not. Molly chuckles. “Girls, girls, oh my gosh! This is gonna be fun as fuck.” Lokii looks utterly horrified and speechless. There’s a sound of heels approaching, and the contestants turn to look at the entrance. “Please give me another crazy bitch,” Molly joke-pleads. “Please!” In a heavy, blood red reconstructed kimono covered in pearlescent white beads, Shiseido Red slowly struts into the werkroom. Her hair is bold, black and sculpted upwards into a towering beehive, and her silhouette is intricate, yet the restructuring of the kimono lets her show off her legs. “Paint the town red?” She cackles. “Baby, just paint these lips.” Shiseido blows a kiss. Lokii whoops. Ethan’s eyes glint with recognition. “An old bitch. Thank goodness.” Niagara vigorously applauds. Lady Gag still looks caught up in the fight from before. Molly looks concerned, before putting on a smile. “Oh, it’s YOU!” Molly yells. Molly Moppit: “I know Shiseido from the New York scene. I travel around the area, and she doesn’t.” Molly smiles. “Ahh, you’re here!” Shiseido ignores the others around her, looking straight at Molly. “Would you take my bags to that corner of the werkroom over there?” Shiseido asks, pointing to the farthest (and largest) dressing alcove. “I’d rather not.” Molly drops the playful facade for a moment, as the two look at each other. Shiseido Red: “Darlings. I’m Shiseido Red, and I’m no spring chicken. I am 45 years old and proud–I have a long legacy in New York City that will outlive any of these basic-bitch children. I was a princess of the 90s club scene and now, I’m their grand duchess. In my scene, we’re all about originality, ingenuity, innovation. So… nothing like what most of these kids are wearing.” Lokii scurries over to Shiseido. “This kimono is incredible.” Shiseido smiles curtly. “It’s certainly one step up from a costume, yes.” Lokii looks awkwardly. Molly tries to roll one of Shiseido’s suitcases from where it’s parked near the entrance and fails to move it despite pulling with all her strength. Nobody seems to notice. Molly Moppit: “Damn it, I was going to take half of her shit- subtly!” Niagara waves a broad hello. “HELLO NEW YORK! I’m SO glad you’re here, these girls are all WHORES so far.” Niagara goes in for a hug, but Shiseido moves away. “I’m sorry…do I know you?” Shiseido asks, clearly baffled. Lady Gag loudly guffaws. Niagara laughs once, awkwardly. “Oh, yes!” Niagara blushes, pulling away from her failed hug and gesturing wildly with her hands. “I’m Niagara Halls, mama. We worked together at–” “All you young girls blend together for me.” Shiseido shrugs. “Name doesn’t ring a bell.” Molly, laughing under her breath, opens Shiseido’s suitcase while she’s distracted and snatches a blonde curly wig. Molly Moppit: “I don’t get along with Shiseido. But I know this- she has good wigs… and I KNOW that old lady is a smart bitch. Whether or not she actually knows Niagara, she won’t admit it. Throw the girl off. I see you, mama.” “Aha.” Niagara looks put off. “No worries. It was just last year when–” “Hello, children.” Shiseido addresses the group like a troop leader. “I fear you look as bland as expected.” Lady Gag starts up again. “GIRL, this is not–” It’s Drag Time! Chronologica steps into the werkroom, and the gathered contestants gasp in shock–except Ethan, who looks over passively. Ethan Angel-Eye: “Interrupted at 6. So it’s a split premiere…which hasn’t happened since Season 3. Just, of course…of course it would be…” Molly hurriedly closes Shiseido’s suitcase and tucks the stolen wig into her top. Lady Gag, Niagara, and Lokii rush over towards Chronologica excitedly, while Shiseido and Ethan take their time, making eye contact as they do. Hello, racers! I’m thrilled to welcome you to the fantabulous Season 6 of Chronologica’s Drag Race! Here, you’ll be competing for the chance to win a spectacular crown and scepter from Moxie Maniac jewels, plus an extra-special grand prize of $100,000. Everyone cheers and applauds. One of you could become the next Drag Superstar…orrrr one of the other bitches who shows up next week could snatch the crown away from all of you. This week is your chance to prove your worth before any of those nasty skanks come and get in your way. Lady Gag: “Quite simply, yes. We ALL know Gaga is THE queen. I can guarantee I’ll be the one to get her her crown!” For your very first challenge, you’re putting on a premiere talent show. Show us what YOU can do that no one else can, and show us who you are. First impressions count! And you’d better hope it’s not a countDOWN…good luck! And don’t fuck it up! Shiseido Red: “Believe me, for some of these baby girls? The countdown’s already started.” Shiseido smirks. “I’m prepared for a talent show. I’ve been talented since I was born.” ~ Later, the monarchs strip out of their entrance looks and claim their dressing areas. Shiseido Red: “For this week’s maxi challenge, it’s time for us to showcase our abilities in a talent show. But first, it’s time to get to know each other.” Without a word, Ethan picks up Shiseido’s heavy suitcases and moves them to her preferred corner. “A gentleman.” Shiseido smiles, looking at Ethan’s bandana. “My faceless guardian.” Ethan chuckles. “No. You’re just not my mark today.” “Your mark? Alright. You’re an assassin, of sorts.” Shiseido ponders. “Mhm.” Shiseido Red: “Ethan is giving some sort of Bessie Big Sky-Jupiter Sterling story…but evil? It’s a very specific take, I’ll give him that…I’m at least…curious.” Ethan looks serious. “Assassin. You could say that.” Ethan retrieves his own bags and puts them next to Shiseido’s, just as Lokii enthusiastically hurries up towards the two-person dressing alcove. “Oh, sorry!” Lokii says, chuckling awkwardly. “I would love to uh, room with Shiseido, here, uh, the other girls are kinda mean and–” Ethan looks over, one eyebrow raised. Shiseido makes a face. “Baby. You’re not old enough to be here.” Lokii blanches. “No worries, then.” She scurry off. “...If she bantered back, I’d have had her.” Shiseido responds. “The baby queens can’t take it. No surprise.” Ethan grumbles. Meanwhile, on the other side of the room, Niagara, Molly, and Lady Gag each make for separate adjacent dressing stations. Lokii stands awkwardly in the middle of the room. Lokii: “The producers very clearly told us that we had to share 4 of the dressing rooms, two racers per room. But none of the girls are willing to share with each other… what’s … happening right now? Where am I supposed to go?” Niagara carefully changes out of her blue gown and puts on a comfortable yellow sweatsuit, then starts picking the clips out of her hair one by one. She watches Ethan and Shiseido across the room as Ethan takes off the bandana covering his face for the first time, then lets out the loudest gasp imaginable and throws her arms to the side, shocked. Blue butterfly clips fall to the ground everywhere. Lady Gag gives Niagara a look in between racks of hanging clothes. “Diva, what the FUCK are you doing?” Niagara whispers loudly. “Looooook!!!!” She aggressively points at Ethan, who is currently changing his shirt. Ethan very clearly and visibly has scratchy scruffy facial hair, and no makeup on the bottom half of his face. Niagara looks gagged. “That’s a MAN, Maury!” Niagara Halls: “I didn’t expect him to look like that, out of drag… kinda tracks, THOUGH!” Niagara cackles. Lady Gag yells across the room. “Mister Ethan!” Ethan looks over as he takes off his beaded vest and reveals his bare chest, clearly showcasing obvious top surgery scars. Lady Gag looks back to Niagara. “Queens recognize kings. Are you gagging yet?” “Not on your copy-and-paste eleganza.” Niagara shakes her head, then takes a step and slips on the fallen butterfly clips, awkwardly plopping on her butt. Niagara Halls: “We’ve had many trans divas compete in this competition- me included. But is this the first trans man here?” Niagara ponders. While Niagara has fallen, Molly sneaks in and grabs some more blue clips off the ground. I’m ba-ack! Chronologica waves from the entrance. Lokii returns the wave. Everyone else hurriedly finishes changing. Our producers let me know that we’re having some trouble getting into our dressing stations. We do actually need you to share space, here, now. Lokii: “I kinda was just waiting around- when they came in. I guess I kinda looked.. Awkward.” Lokii exhales. “This is a lot.” Lokii nods. Lady Gag and Niagara roll their eyes. Molly tuts excitedly. Molly Moppit: “I live for this drama, honestly. It’s so stuuupid I love it. I’m gonna make this shit eat up as much time as I can.” “Our space is set, Miss C.” Shiseido says assuredly. Great. So, which one of you three wants to share space with Lokii? “I KNOW you’re not equating Miss GAGA to a Disney gay–” Lady Gag smirks. Niagara shakes her head. “Well, I don’t think our visions are exactly aligned–” Molly winks, looking at the others. “I’m not cut out for sharing…” She says cheekily. Lokii stands awkwardly, a bit embarrassed. Okay, fine. Which two of you want to share with each other? Niagara scoffs. “The impersonator? That raggedy-ass mop bitch? I am not–” Girls. Chronologica looks annoyed. Okay. Let’s be serious. “No, of course, I’d love to work with Lokii in our space.” Molly smiles. Molly Moppit: “I am a playful artist, but I do take this seriously- and I look around, and Lokii looks like a deer in headlights. It’s a competition. But I’ll make her feel welcome. I mean, she’s better then the Gaga impersonator and fucking Niagara Halls.” She takes a sip of her drink. … Molly Moppit: “Can we circle back to Lady Gag as a name? Like be inspired and be an orignator but LADY GAG?! I DON’T GET IT!” She bursts, interrupting herself from finishing her drink. Shiseido and Ethan, who have returned to their corner, give each other a look. Ethan Angel-Eye: “It’s just like the last few seasons. All the kids are incompetent. No surprise.” I’ll leave you to it. Now. I’ll see you on the main stage. Let’s keep it professional, alright? Chronologica departs, and Molly drags her singular small suitcase into Niagara’s dressing station. She drops the bag heavily, and all of the butterfly clips Molly has stolen spill out of it onto the floor. “Where’s my clips?!” Niagara yells. Lokii and Molly look at each other, and Molly giggles. ~ Chronologica goes to visit the racers. Hello, Mr. Angel-Eye. “Chronologica.” Ethan says gruffly. Now, you’re drag family, right?! The other’s ears pick up, as Ethan nods. “Yeah, I used to be related to Bessie Big Sky. But we’re not talking about that, we’re talking about my talent show.” Ethan says, clearly displeased. Shiseido Red: “Oh… Inteeeeerersting.” Shiseido purses her lips. “This makes a lot of sense.” Totally. Well, tell me then, what ARE you doing for the talent show? “I’m from Montana. We’re not basic-ass pageant queens, who haven’t fought for anything a day in their life-“ Niagara’s head turns over to Ethan’s conversation as she has caught interest, clearly offended. Niagara Halls: “Wow.” Niagara is looking in a complete state of shock in her confessional room. “… Alright.” Niagara nods. “…because life’s hard,” Ethan continues. “I was a rez kid, I was in the foster care system, I been through some shit. And I’ve picked up a few skills along the way. So I will be doing a Projectile Weaponry Showcase.” Interesting. What does that entail? “Pistols, throwing knives, bow and arrow, shotgun.” Ethan nods. “I’m a good shot, no matter what I’m shooting.” Fuck yeah. Ethan smiles for a moment, before nodding. I was raised at my local gun club, over in La Perouse, Sydney. I know a good few weapons. How are you going to make it dragged up? “I do it my way. Ethan Angel-Eye is the evil Indian from cowboys and Indians. He’s a vigilante bandit, and these are a bandit’s weapons. I’ve got a story. I know what I do in my performance space- to me, the art stands for itself. I don’t need bells and whistles, because this has never been done before.” If you keep us excited, well that’s all that matters. Ethan nods. “I will.” … Niagara Halls. “Chronologica.” Niagara smiles. Now, you’re a pageant Queen. How is that going to impact you in this competition? “Well, MAMA!” Niagara says excitedly, talking with her hands. “For me, it’s about serving. I’m pretty, I’m gorgeous and I am not scared to CUT a bitch when I want to.” Niagara draws a line across her throat with one hand. Chronologica chuckles. Tell me, what are you doing for the talent show? “Yodeling.” Niagara smiles brightly. …Yodelling? Are you a singer? “NOT at ALL.” Niagara shakes her head. “Like, I’d probably say I am a bad singer.” Then…why are you yodeling? “For me, it’s about standing out. I wanted to deliver something no one has really done, make it camp, and then stun on the runway.” Niagara tongue pops. But do you feel like you are able to do this well? If you’re not a singer- “I feel like it’s an opportunity to showcase what I can do, and make it fun.” Niagara smiles. Okay. Well, good luck… …. Molly Moppit! “Shhh.” Molly whispers, pointing Chronologica to outside. I- “Let’s chat outside; I don’t need them hearing.” Molly whispers, as the two walk to the smoking area outside. The others look confused as the two disappear. “Cigarette?” Molly hands one to Chronologica. Is that from my packet- Okay, tell me, Molly, what’s your talent show? “For me, I do really take my drag seriously.” Molly smiles. “But I don’t need them all to know that, initially.” I get it. So, what are you doing for the talent show? Molly whips out a packet of notes. Chronologica grins. “I’ll be presenting onto the main stage, MOPPING DUTY. It’s a live freestyle Diss Track of the Cast of Season 6.” Molly smirks. “And I’ve got the notes for it.” Why is it called… Mopping Duty? “Because I am about to wash these bitches out and mop the crown, duh.” Molly chuckles. Chronologica bursts into laughter. I think that’s a fantastic idea. “I don’t want them to know what I’m doing, because part of the work here is centered around making them react. I’m great off the cuff- and planned, secretly. So, for me it’s really important to get to embrace all of that.” I am really excited to see how you do it, Molly. Molly grins. “I am too.” Molly Moppit: “I am going to blow these bitches out of the water, they just don’t know it yet.” Molly winks. ~ The next day, the racers twirl into the werkroom and get ready for the talent show. Lady Gag: “It’s time for the talent show, and I’m ready. Are these girls ready? Well, they should be, because… I’m coming for them.” “So, what are you bitches doing for the talent show?” Lady Gag asks, plaiting her hair. “I mean, I know some…” Niagara starts to yodel. Ethan rolls his eyes. Ethan Angel-Eye: “Bitches. The way these children talk.” “I’m not a bitch, first of all.” Shiseido says. “So let us start there, lookalike.” “Okay, I was just talking like us girls do.” Lady Gag scoffs. “Do you know actual Drag Queens?” Shiseido asks. Lady Gag rolls her eyes. Lokii whispers under her breath. “So much shade…” “I’m doing a Stand-Up show.” Lady Gag flicks back her hair. “I’ve been told I’m a funny bitch, so-” Everyone looks surprised. Molly Moppit: “She’s a comedian?” Molly bursts into laughter. “Oh, let’s be honest, her biggest joke is her name!” “Have you done comedy?” Lokii asks. “Actually, yes.” Lady Gag smiles. “In my room, to my family…” “Love.” Niagara clicks her fingers. “Werk, bitch, creativity…” Shiseido Red: “I am starting to notice something. These girls claim to be experienced, knowledgeable- but then, you speak to them, and suddenly they’re like ‘I’ve done this… at home.’ Lacking experience. It SHOWS.” “I am a designer and club kid.” Shiseido smiles to herself. “I’d love to hear about what that was like.” Lokii interrupts. “Well, if you survive the first week, you might hear it.” Shiseido says swiftly. Lokii looks to the left, then down. “I’m doing a megamix to 90s club anthems, and designing a look all the while.” Shiseido nods. Shiseido Red: “This will allow me to put my best foot forward instead of dancing the stage up and down, something I… can’t do as well anymore.” “That sounds… fine.” Niagara shrugs. Niagara Halls: “Like, BORING…and honestly, I don’t see it for her?!” Niagara laughs. “OH, the shade of ME!” Niagara giggles to herself. “What are you two doing, Molly and Lokii?” Ethan says, surprising the two. “I’m not talking about it.” Molly winks. “You can wait and see.” Ethan purses his lips. “I do wonder if it’s going to be anything of note.” Shiseido says. Shiseido Red: “Molly has a…not-so-great reputation, in New York. I’ll be honest, she’s never been notable to me, though. Beyond the theft jokes.” “Well, you gotta wait and see.” Molly winks. Molly Moppit: “Keep it fun… until you make the move.” Molly smirks. “I am a bit of a nerd.” Lokii says. “What a surprise.” Lady Gag jokes. “...Finish your thought.” Ethan looks at Lokii. “I’ll be repeating the plot of star wars, with puppets.” Lokii grins. Everyone once again looks around awkwardly. “Well, I’m excited for MY own talent show, because it sounds like I’m winning.” Lady Gag says. “Don’t count your chickens yet, Miss Copypasta.” Ethan responds. Lady Gag rolls her eyes for what appears to be the 10th time. Lokii: “I… don’t think anyone gets me here.” “The cosplay newbie… and the puppets.” Shiseido whispers, shaking her head to Ethan. “The impersonator who does stand-up in her bedroom. The tone-deaf girl singing, and the thief who probably doesn’t even have talents of her own. Great.” Lokii: “But I have crafted an entire concept. I’ve sewn and made these puppets, made a comedic story and saga- and if there’s one thing I do believe in, it’s the lore. It’s my knowledge in the cosplay, nerd space…” Lokii giggles, playing with her puppets. Lokii: “Lokii, you can do this…” Lokii gulps. “I think.” “Who’s.” Niagara claps. “Gonna.” Niagara claps. “GO HOME FIRST?!” “You, bitch!” Lady Gag snaps her fingers. “RUDE, RUDE!!!!!” Niagara yells. “Not me.” Molly whispers into the camera and winks. ~ Stats Voting Spreadsheet |
2024.05.18 23:48 FreqRL [Build Guide] Arcane-Holy Paladin
![[Build Guide] Arcane-Holy Paladin](https://b.thumbs.redditmedia.com/7K9j57SUaTmfUnPrdgwK6kt6A_mzoD9DGlnkZvxDG4M.jpg "[Build Guide] Arcane-Holy Paladin") | This build was requested by u/Thick-Geologist23. If you also have characters or skills you'd like to see a build for, leave a comment! submitted by FreqRL to SoulstoneSurvivors [link] [comments] The Buildhttps://preview.redd.it/jrrkhoxhv81d1.png?width=701&format=png&auto=webp&s=2c400aaebe2d821546cdb4fc0911ed61c875ddb1Use 3 fast swing skills to stack buffs, using the Synergetic rune for maximum effect. Use Light Beam and Arcane beam to rapidly wear down bosses. Core mechanicsThe main skill for this build is Arcane Beam, which is easily one of the best skills in the game. It has built in scaling that becomes more powerful the harder you push it, creating somewhat of a double payout. Throw some extra damage debuffs and tons of crit into the mix for insane output.This build is especially great because it only uses skills that come from the Paladin's own kit, meaning you can select both material collection runes for easy material farming. BreakdownSkill SelectionLike previously mentioned, this build is mostly about Arcane Beam, and the Brittle debuff it applies. Brittle stacks on enemies increases the damage of future hits by a flat value. This means that you're better off using a skill that does a ton of small hits, instead of using slow but heavy-hitting skills. Arcane Beam itself is a skill that does a ton of small hits, which means it both applies a lot of Brittle, and take great advantage of those stacks. Further more, as you get higher level and start casting Arcane Beam more often, you'll both apply more Brittle and hit more often, which makes Arcane Beam particularly powerful. Its worth noting that the added damage of Brittle stacks is multiplied by any skill's (and your base) damage multiplier, including when you crit. Having 200% increased damage thus means your Brittle is also 200% more effective. https://preview.redd.it/ejshd7bzw81d1.png?width=421&format=png&auto=webp&s=1edbc4827e432c260bf9a22625db957b4b95028b The second "main" skill is Light Beam. Like Arcane Beam, Light Beam does a bunch of small hits over a duration, meaning Light Beam also gets a lot of benefit from the Brittle stacks. Light Beam also applies the Exposed debuff, which increases direct (so non-damage-over-time) damage taken, by up to 800%. As you get higher level, you'll easily hit that upper limit, making Light Beam an effective x8 damage multiplier. https://preview.redd.it/iu2q03jlx81d1.png?width=419&format=png&auto=webp&s=83ab4697fc15698fd9c4ef4b63d6b60bc19920ec We also take Lightning Surge as a buff skill, to easily max out our effective critical strike chance. Lightning Surge makes all your hits apply the Dazed debuff. With the combined number of hits of Light Beam and Arcane Beam, you're almost instantly capped on daze-stacks. https://preview.redd.it/l0ircg0cy81d1.png?width=423&format=png&auto=webp&s=bf578aeff4ac8ecdd3e248b24f5d4522258a9af3 All 3 skills mentioned so far have a pretty long cooldown. For Lightning Surge, which is a buff, that doesn't matter much, as we'll easily get 100% uptime even with just a basic investment in general cast frequency. To get the most out of both Light Beam and Arcane Beam, we round the build off with 3 quick swing skills. Our skills of choice are Blades of Light, Heartrending Strike and Double Slash. These 3 skills together will provide use with the Prowess (damage), Finesse (multicast) and Bulwark (block) buffs, as wel as applying Fragility (increased damage taken) and Debilitated (reduced damage dealt by enemies). If you don't have Heartrending Strike (because it is a seasonal reward), you can swap it for Magic Missiles without any need to change the build further. Mechanics Skill-chains As always, skillchaining is the main way to scale the build, as it allows you to bypass the long cooldowns on Light Beam and Arcane Beam. Most important is Swing-to-Arcane, followed by Swing-to-Holy, or even Holy-to-Arcane. Getting high amounts on Swing-to-Arcane in particular will make your build wreck bosses. If you encounter a Holy-to-Swing chain, that is also good for getting more buffs, but Arcane-to-Swing is not worth it. Synergies Because we get 3 different types of buffs (prowess, finesse and bulwark) from our skills, we can use those to get the synergy skills to also get other buffs. Look out for Aptitude, which increases Critical Damage, and Resillience, which increases block. I highly recommend using the Synergetic rune to get more of these rewards and also to make them more powerful. Don't scale Lightning Surge Lightning Surge is one of the few buffs that is 100% fine exactly how you get it. Increased Potency only raises the movespeed component, which isn't anything special. With the amount of cast frequency you're going to get for other skills anyway, you'll easily hit 100% uptime, making duration and lightning surge specific cast frequency worthless. Banish everything Crit chance? We got Dazed stacks to get that. Crit Damage? Hardly worth it once you get some Aptitude synergies going. Multicast? Maybe some, but Finesse stacks will take care of 80% of that. Damage? Well, we got Prowess stacks which will take over for the most part. Block? Nope, Bulwark stacks. Armor? We probably get enough from Resillience synergies. The result of all this is that you can basically scale primarily cast frequency, mostly health, experience and really just the rare skill-type combo's like "more damage on non-swing skills for each swing skill you have". Still, I don't recommend banishing everything listed above right as you get started, because you will need some base stats to get the build rolling smoothly. Paladin mechanic? The paladin's mechanic with the holy orbs is powerful, but risky. You either have to time it really well or stand still, which can pretty dangerous. Without some serious investment, the gold orbs that remain after you missed the timing on a zone hardly fill the Divine bar, and you'll not sustain your holy mode for very long. It can be powerful if you've got the skill to manage it, but it's not really necesary. Healing It's nothing major, but worth mentioning that this build has quite a bit of healing. The Purity stacks you get from Blades of Light aren't much at first, but combined with the high block and high armor this build has, can provide quite some decent sustain and makes aggresive play much more forgiving. Don't be too afraid to get close and personal with bosses to quickly take them out, though be careful not to overdo it in higher cycles. https://preview.redd.it/fnsvrhyj891d1.png?width=262&format=png&auto=webp&s=faafb024c8945fd38538bd2b47244f85e0079ba1 Rune choicehttps://preview.redd.it/hk0mgo3z191d1.png?width=369&format=png&auto=webp&s=715782b21586f32ee96692b403e893a89c67b753Versatility Runes: The real upside of this build is that it really needs very little to get going, which means we won't be doing a ton of rerolling. We also don't need any non-paladin skills. This means just Endless Refill is enough to sustain our reroll and lock pools, and we can use both Material Harvest and Efficient Extraction for maximum material farming. Tenacity Runes: The most important one by far is the Divine Legacy rune, which is (in my opinion) easily the best rune in the game. By cleverly saving and using your locks only at every 25th level, you can get 3 legendary passives every 25 levels, which is just crazy. This is probably true for almost every build, so you'll see this section in a lot of my builds. Synergetic is super important for really getting the most out of the buffs you get from your swing skills, as is the case for any build that focuses heavily on buff or damaging debuffs. The final 3 points aren't super important, and you can kind-of take whatever. Since the build has 3 very fast skills and a ton of skillchain, I chose Battle Proficiency to easily build up more Prowess, and Multicast Mastery because it was the best remaining fit. Stat prioritiesThese are the priorities for "basic" stats. Skill chain, type-synergies ( like "more damage per ice skill for non-ice skills", and legendary rewards are almost always better.Prioritize in order: Cast Frequency You need relatively high amounts of cast frequency to get all 3 of your swing skills at 0.5s cooldown or lower. You can also get skill-specific cast speed to enhance them even further. Blades of Light can be pushed as far as a 0.2s with significant investment, but since we really don't need many other stats, this is quite doable in a full run. Rest It's kind of weird that this build really only needs cast frequency, but that's really just it. As previously mentioned in the Mechanics section, many attributes can be banished (eventually), which doesn't leave you much to choose from to begin with. Legendary PrioritiesSince this build is so basic, I though I might give some more attention to the Legendary rewards. Most of them are pretty self explanatory, but there's two that are actually pretty bad and potentially even worth bannishing if you find you run out of rerolls a lot: Increased Physical Damage and Anything-to-Lightning chains.Increased Physical Damage effects 4 of your skills, so it might seem good, but those 4 skills really don't matter in terms of damage or potency. None of them will amount to much more than 1% of your total damage, and Lightning Surge's dazed stacks don't scale at all. On the other hand, Multicast for Physical Skills is great, because it greatly increases the number of buffs you get. Anything-to-Lightning doesn't matter because your only Lightning skill is Lightning Surge. With the amounts of Cast Frequency this build needs, you'll easily get 100% uptime. Since Lightning Surge is a buff, recasting the skill only refreshes the duration, but doesn't add a second layer like it would for Arcane Beam or Light Beam. That's the build!The Arcane-Holy Paladin has been really strong since forever, and its easy execution makes the Paladin one of the best characters in the game if you ask me. This build has high defenses, high damage, and a bunch of healing, all while being super easy to build and play, and with big material farming potential. There's also a number of variation possible, like using Smite, Might and Arcane Power instead of the swing-skills and going for Holy-to-Arcane chaining exclusively. A more advanced version uses the Extra Repertory rune and Skill Mastery Ice rune to also add Glacial Affinity and Disarray into the mix for even more damage, although with a much rougher build-path.Let me know what you guys think of the build, if you have any suggestions or if I missed anything, any questions, etc :) If you haven't seen it, take a look at my previous build, the Ice-Shadow Assassin. |
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2024.05.18 22:57 VegetableTask5954 AITA for not being friends with my best friend anymore over my birthday
So I (30f) and my best friend for years (26M) let's call him John. So John and I have been best friends for many many years, about 3 years ago he moved about 2 hours away from me. We still talked every day or played video games together every night, that was our thing. Well about 6 months ago he started dating this girl (25f) let's call her Mary. Well Mary has a 1 yr old daughter, after only 2 months he moved her into his house. That didn't bother me I tried to be Mary's friend I sent Christmas gifts for her and her daughter, we had no issues until about a month ago. John stopped calling me or answering my calls or getting on Xbox or anything. For context I have never let anyone come in between our friendship ever, well Mary was ok with us being friends until I lost my job and could no longer send money to help them with bills or gifts, I used to even order instacart with groceries for them and baby food and anything else they needed. For context they do both work, I was just trying to help them out since I used to make more than enough to pay my bills and have some extra, now my boyfriend is the one paying the bills and we can't afford to do a lot of extra stuff. Back to John and Mary...... One day I just stopped getting phone calls, messages or video calls and he would ignore my calls and messages in return. I finally got a call about 3 weeks ago and I said "oh wow haven't heard from you, are you guys ok? How is Mary and the baby doing? I hope all is well" he responded with "yeah Mary went to the store so I can call you" Inside my head I'm thinking in my best Charlotte impression "I beg your finest pardon?" Then he had the audacity to ask me for money. I am only a friend as long as I'm doing for them, as soon as I couldn't afford to help them I'm a no body. Might I add they both currently work full time each. I was only helping because I am that kind of friend. I stopped hearing from them again for weeks, I'm guessing he could only talk to me with her not around. Anyway, fast forward to May 5th 2024, it is my 30th birthday. I didn't do anything that day but I the following weekend I had family over and we had hamburgers and played music and enjoyed each other's company. I heard nothing from John or Mary. I waited to see if I would at least get a text. I didn't ask anyone for anything but I figured I could at least get a text saying happy birthday. I didn't think that was too much to ask it takes 5 seconds and it would have meant a lot to me. Well I still haven't heard anything from either of them. So I sent John a text saying all I asked was to be acknowledged for one day, he didn't have to get me anything all I wanted was a text or a call just saying happy birthday. He read the message and did not reply. In fact he messaged my boyfriend let's call him Tom (31M) he told Tom that I was bothering him and that Mary was getting suspicious and thought him and I were sleeping together behind her back since I was no longer paying her bills for her there had to be something going on behind her back. First of all, it was ok when I was buying stuff for them and her daughter but now that I can't all of a sudden I'm sleeping with him. She had no issues with our friendship when I was sending money. So I sent John one last message and told him if he wanted to be with her that's fine whatever but I will no longer send them money or associate with her in any way shape or form. I am not an ATM and I will not be used as such. John had never asked me for money at any point in our friendship I helped because I wanted to. But, I told him if I didn't matter to him enough to send a two word text then I must not matter enough to receive my money and I would have nothing to do with them until they get their priorities straight. I have heard nothing from them but John has messaged Tom many times asking if I would answer my phone so he could ask me for help. No, nope, nata, no sir, not, nothing and not going to happen. I put my foot down and I've stood by it. Tom tells me I'm being petty and should talk to him and see if John and I can work things out. I told him I would work things out with John if he stopped asking for money and allowing Mary to come in between our friendship. I don't know if I'm just being overly petty or if I'm not being petty enough haha. Please reddit help me out, am I over reacting just because he didn't message me on my birthday or should I cave and help them again?
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2024.05.18 22:37 sadsadsock Teenager says he wants to learn, then ignores everyone teaching him
I'll start out by saying I'm pretty sure since finding this Reddit and spending the last three days reading stories from here, I've unintentionally cursed our table. I thought to myself "wow, I'm pleased everyone at the table I play at seems nice and we don't have these problems".
Oops :)
We had two new players at the table - one being the Druid who had passed our table the previous week and was excited to see we were playing DnD and how he wanted to learn, and we told him it was a beginners game so he could come down and try it out, especially as we were starting a new campaign the following week so everyone would be at the same point and making their characters.
The Druid was about 13 (the rest of us ranging between late teens to mid 30s) and excitedly talking about how he's wanted to learn to play DnD so he can start a club at school, and so a few people were helping him write his character. The rest of us were a Wizard, Cleric (me), Paladin, Fighter, and Ranger. Instantly he kept getting distracted, asking everyone about their characters, what their names were, what their races were. Which is fine, he's excited. But he quickly turned it into a competition (for example, "What's your armour class? 7? OMG I'm SOOOO much stronger, mines 12, I'm the strongest, yeah!"). Once his stats were done, he was told to think about his traits/backstory while the rest of us finished up our sheets, but he kept yelling "Are you ready yet??? When are we going to start??? Can we start already???"
Which... Okay again that's fine. He's excited. But it's gonna take a lot longer if you keep interrupting us.
Eventually we start out. The DM starts setting the scene - we wake up in a room on a ship, there's a man sitting in there with us who explains our quest on the island we're moored at. Before anyone can say or do anything the Druid says "I set fire to the ship!" Everyone asks him why he would do that and he said "Because I'm crazy!". The DM has us roll and we discover the ship is enchanted ie it cannot be attacked or affected by statuses. The Druid turns his attention to the man and asks why they should do what he's telling them. The man explains they've already been paid. Druid asks for more money. The man says no. Druid declares he doesn't trust this man and says "I kill this man and chop his head off!". The Wizard tells him that if he does this, he will attack the Druid himself. He still insists that he wants to kill the man. DM has him make a roll, which he fails. He keeps insisting he's going to kill everyone we approach, at what point we explain the concept of a murderhobo and how, yknow, he shouldn't be one.
After we finally got him out of the room, things didn't get better.
Any advice in handling him, or suggestions I can make to him would be welcome. I'm curious where he learnt about DnD to see if there's any examples of etiquette I can give him the next time he comes along to a session. Best case scenario that he maybe goes away, thinks over what he's been told, and comes back next session with a little more understanding. Hopefully.
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Oops :)
We had two new players at the table - one being the Druid who had passed our table the previous week and was excited to see we were playing DnD and how he wanted to learn, and we told him it was a beginners game so he could come down and try it out, especially as we were starting a new campaign the following week so everyone would be at the same point and making their characters.
The Druid was about 13 (the rest of us ranging between late teens to mid 30s) and excitedly talking about how he's wanted to learn to play DnD so he can start a club at school, and so a few people were helping him write his character. The rest of us were a Wizard, Cleric (me), Paladin, Fighter, and Ranger. Instantly he kept getting distracted, asking everyone about their characters, what their names were, what their races were. Which is fine, he's excited. But he quickly turned it into a competition (for example, "What's your armour class? 7? OMG I'm SOOOO much stronger, mines 12, I'm the strongest, yeah!"). Once his stats were done, he was told to think about his traits/backstory while the rest of us finished up our sheets, but he kept yelling "Are you ready yet??? When are we going to start??? Can we start already???"
Which... Okay again that's fine. He's excited. But it's gonna take a lot longer if you keep interrupting us.
Eventually we start out. The DM starts setting the scene - we wake up in a room on a ship, there's a man sitting in there with us who explains our quest on the island we're moored at. Before anyone can say or do anything the Druid says "I set fire to the ship!" Everyone asks him why he would do that and he said "Because I'm crazy!". The DM has us roll and we discover the ship is enchanted ie it cannot be attacked or affected by statuses. The Druid turns his attention to the man and asks why they should do what he's telling them. The man explains they've already been paid. Druid asks for more money. The man says no. Druid declares he doesn't trust this man and says "I kill this man and chop his head off!". The Wizard tells him that if he does this, he will attack the Druid himself. He still insists that he wants to kill the man. DM has him make a roll, which he fails. He keeps insisting he's going to kill everyone we approach, at what point we explain the concept of a murderhobo and how, yknow, he shouldn't be one.
After we finally got him out of the room, things didn't get better.
- He kept wanting to break the ship, even though we reminded him of the enchantments. Was asked why he wanted to keep destroying everything. He said the old "that's what my character would do!"
- He insisted he wanted to speak to the walls to find bugs to tell him to show us the way out because "I have animal handling proficiency so I can talk to animals". And no, he did not have any spells to talk to animals.
- He asked if he could cast a spell to "find the nearest weapon". No, he doesn't have a spell that could do that.
- Told the DM "you're not in charge here!" to which we pointed that yes. Yes he is.
- He ran down a corridor and through an open door, only to land in a swimming pool he hadn't seen. When the rest of us approached the room slowly and said we'd walk around it, he said that wasn't fair and told the DM to "make us fall in" so he wasn't the only one that did. DM explained that he wouldn't since we weren't the ones that chose to run in without looking and that there are consequences to actions.
- During a puzzle he kept loudly telling everyone how he knew what was going on and had figured it out. He had not.
- Rather than pay attention to his stats and the game, he kept the page turned over writing his backstory while the game was going on. He was told multiple times the page with his stats on was more important to have on hand so he could keep referring back to it. He said he didn't care.
- He complained it was "all my fault" that we were in a room with a puzzle in the first place. Bud, there was literally no other rooms to go in than the one we were in. Other players explained there were no right or wrong answers, that it wasn't anyone's 'fault'.
- My favourite: We had to roll initiative, he was in fifth position. The Ranger was taking their turn, and he kept saying how he wanted to go next. We explained it wasn't his turn. "But I just want to do--" Not your turn. "But I only want to--" Cool. Still not your turn. "But it's not fair! I just want to--" Not. Your. Turn.
- Even after DM announced the session was over, he kept saying he wanted to do "one more thing" even though we were all putting our dice away, the DM screens were closed down, people were leaving, lol
Any advice in handling him, or suggestions I can make to him would be welcome. I'm curious where he learnt about DnD to see if there's any examples of etiquette I can give him the next time he comes along to a session. Best case scenario that he maybe goes away, thinks over what he's been told, and comes back next session with a little more understanding. Hopefully.
2024.05.18 22:20 crescennn Safest Build for first kill
I just got my first kill and I went for a completely safe Hit and Run build, built around the cast.
Breakdown at the end.
Weapon: Staff
Boon list:
Chaos:
Ordinary Revelation: Cast Omegas faster.
Apollo:
Light Smite: Revenge damage and daze
Lucid Gain: Gain magic while standing on cast
Nova Strike: Attacks larger AoE
Super Nova: Cast expands
Nova Flourish: Specialis damage
Exceptional Talent (Legendary): Attacks Hit Twice.
Zeus:
Storm Ring: lightnings hit enemys in cast.
Double strike: lightning may hit twice.
Selene:
Moon Water: heals
Hermes:
Saved Breath: Omegas use les magic
Nitro Boost: Faster sprint and shield.
Hades:
Howling Soul: Launch Casts
Hammers:
Cross Cataclysm: Attacks hit sideways
Double Wallop: attacks hit Twice but no longer from behind.
Breakdown:
Your Omega Attack Hits infront and on the sides and it hits 4 times in a larger AoE. Due to Apollos legendary and the Hammer.
Your cast is a projectile(due to hades boon) that opens on impact and deals the Zeus lightning Strikes.
You can Fire your cast at a wall and stand on it to heal magic faster due to Apollos boon.
I changed Dash/Sprint to Shift as Spacebar felt wonky to keep pressing for sprinting. And you will sprint a lot as the strat is to run to an edge shoot your cast. Delivery a 4 hit omega attack and run to the other side. Do NOT spam shift or you'll trigger the Sticky Keys warning. Learn to Master your anxiety and dash when possible and required.
The sprint shield may block damage but also your apollo revenge daze will make the boss miss his attacks some times.
Priority List: 1. Boss Mechanics 2. Further Distance from Boss 3. Ads/Summons/Banners 4. Magic bar 5. Attack.
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Breakdown at the end.
Weapon: Staff
Boon list:
Chaos:
Ordinary Revelation: Cast Omegas faster.
Apollo:
Light Smite: Revenge damage and daze
Lucid Gain: Gain magic while standing on cast
Nova Strike: Attacks larger AoE
Super Nova: Cast expands
Nova Flourish: Specialis damage
Exceptional Talent (Legendary): Attacks Hit Twice.
Zeus:
Storm Ring: lightnings hit enemys in cast.
Double strike: lightning may hit twice.
Selene:
Moon Water: heals
Hermes:
Saved Breath: Omegas use les magic
Nitro Boost: Faster sprint and shield.
Hades:
Howling Soul: Launch Casts
Hammers:
Cross Cataclysm: Attacks hit sideways
Double Wallop: attacks hit Twice but no longer from behind.
Breakdown:
Your Omega Attack Hits infront and on the sides and it hits 4 times in a larger AoE. Due to Apollos legendary and the Hammer.
Your cast is a projectile(due to hades boon) that opens on impact and deals the Zeus lightning Strikes.
You can Fire your cast at a wall and stand on it to heal magic faster due to Apollos boon.
I changed Dash/Sprint to Shift as Spacebar felt wonky to keep pressing for sprinting. And you will sprint a lot as the strat is to run to an edge shoot your cast. Delivery a 4 hit omega attack and run to the other side. Do NOT spam shift or you'll trigger the Sticky Keys warning. Learn to Master your anxiety and dash when possible and required.
The sprint shield may block damage but also your apollo revenge daze will make the boss miss his attacks some times.
Priority List: 1. Boss Mechanics 2. Further Distance from Boss 3. Ads/Summons/Banners 4. Magic bar 5. Attack.
2024.05.18 22:01 anoldwanderingsoul Free Leatherteeth
Leatherteeth here. Hey guys.
Four years have passed since the Horde banded together and stood united against the might of the Alliance.
Though Ratchet and Booty Way were saved, the Alliance admin of the Grobbulus discord known as Jesu made sure to see Leatherteeth evaporated.
The drums of war thunder once again. Pain. Agony. Leatherteeth's hatred for injustice burns through all of Azeroth.
I got banned four years ago from the Grobbulus discord for calling one of the creepy admins Jesu an autist after he was repeatedly hitting on a transwoman in the official Grobbulus discord where he was an admin.
Upon getting banned, I noticed his Facebook profile was linked to his Discord account, and with the profile being public I sent photos of himself to him calling him names like "soy boy, beta, incel" etc etc because to be honest, the shoe fit that I get banned for telling him to knock off harassing another player as an admin.
Now, Jesu and some posse of his claims that I doxxed him and have spread this lie across all possible outlets to where upon returning to Season of Discovery, I faced a brigade with the same story that I "doxxed people".
Google "dox" and it says, "search for and publish private or identifying information about (a particular individual) on the internet, typically with malicious intent."
What I did may not have been the proper way about handling a ban that was not just, and for that I do sincerely apologize. But four years later, and an exaggeration based on what happened is still being held against me.
I can imagine the original intent was to ensure that I stay banned and not allowed to interact with the Grobbulus community at large outside of the game. And let's be real, that's quite difficult seeing how most in-game chat is used for and flooded with LFG-type chat and not the kind of planning and dialogue you can have on discord.
I ask that this been seen for what it is. I asked that I be unbanned. I was recently unbanned along with everyone who had ever been banned allegedly, and shortly after it was noticed I was back in the discord, again, I get brigaded and removed unfairly.
I appreciate anyone with common sense and a sense of realism here to take into account that yes, I called the admin a name he didn't like for something creepy and toxic he was doing, and yes, I sent photos of him to himself that were attached to his Discord profile and made public for all to see and called him names.
I was upset. I am only human. I don't like those with power wielding it unjustly against anyone. I ask for forgiveness, I admit I am ashamed and apologize if I caused Jesu distress, but this is a new era of World of Warcraft and I am asking to show a new era of Leatherteeth so you can all see who I really am.
A passionate RP-PvPer with a love for WoW as much as anyone else playing Cataclysm right now. Who has no attempt to harm anyone and never has. I sincerely plea to be unbanned so I can interact with the community at large and participate in events, groups, etc. This is the reason I did not play TBC and WotLK because a server discord is a huge proponent of an RP-PvP server. Thank you for your time. Love you all. Leatherteeth out.
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Four years have passed since the Horde banded together and stood united against the might of the Alliance.
Though Ratchet and Booty Way were saved, the Alliance admin of the Grobbulus discord known as Jesu made sure to see Leatherteeth evaporated.
The drums of war thunder once again. Pain. Agony. Leatherteeth's hatred for injustice burns through all of Azeroth.
I got banned four years ago from the Grobbulus discord for calling one of the creepy admins Jesu an autist after he was repeatedly hitting on a transwoman in the official Grobbulus discord where he was an admin.
Upon getting banned, I noticed his Facebook profile was linked to his Discord account, and with the profile being public I sent photos of himself to him calling him names like "soy boy, beta, incel" etc etc because to be honest, the shoe fit that I get banned for telling him to knock off harassing another player as an admin.
Now, Jesu and some posse of his claims that I doxxed him and have spread this lie across all possible outlets to where upon returning to Season of Discovery, I faced a brigade with the same story that I "doxxed people".
Google "dox" and it says, "search for and publish private or identifying information about (a particular individual) on the internet, typically with malicious intent."
What I did may not have been the proper way about handling a ban that was not just, and for that I do sincerely apologize. But four years later, and an exaggeration based on what happened is still being held against me.
I can imagine the original intent was to ensure that I stay banned and not allowed to interact with the Grobbulus community at large outside of the game. And let's be real, that's quite difficult seeing how most in-game chat is used for and flooded with LFG-type chat and not the kind of planning and dialogue you can have on discord.
I ask that this been seen for what it is. I asked that I be unbanned. I was recently unbanned along with everyone who had ever been banned allegedly, and shortly after it was noticed I was back in the discord, again, I get brigaded and removed unfairly.
I appreciate anyone with common sense and a sense of realism here to take into account that yes, I called the admin a name he didn't like for something creepy and toxic he was doing, and yes, I sent photos of him to himself that were attached to his Discord profile and made public for all to see and called him names.
I was upset. I am only human. I don't like those with power wielding it unjustly against anyone. I ask for forgiveness, I admit I am ashamed and apologize if I caused Jesu distress, but this is a new era of World of Warcraft and I am asking to show a new era of Leatherteeth so you can all see who I really am.
A passionate RP-PvPer with a love for WoW as much as anyone else playing Cataclysm right now. Who has no attempt to harm anyone and never has. I sincerely plea to be unbanned so I can interact with the community at large and participate in events, groups, etc. This is the reason I did not play TBC and WotLK because a server discord is a huge proponent of an RP-PvP server. Thank you for your time. Love you all. Leatherteeth out.
2024.05.18 21:57 bnnnnnblue Need help with uni decision
First time posting, so forgive me if I'm missing anything. So... as the title suggests, I hope I can get some unbiased suggestions on which uni I should go to.
I have been agonizing over this problem for over a month now and all my friends and teachers are giving different opinions. My parents also don't particularly care abt where I go to and they dont rly have a preference. There are only 2 weeks left to choose!!!!!! HELP!
Background info: I am a 101 applicant. I am very sure that I'm a STEM kid (never been very good at English/history in high school) but I don't rly know what I like either. I have done AP calc BC, stats and CSA. I think I'm good at math and science in general, but I also don't really like or dislike them either.
Programs: I got acceptances from Mcmaster eng/cs coop, Waterloo coop cs/cfm, and UofT cs/eng sci, and I am having a very hard choice between uw cs and ut eng sci.
Given that I am still not sure about my passion, I am worried if I go to uw cs I would have a limited(?) pathway if I find out later on that I don't like programming. On the other hand, at ut eng sci I can choose the specific field in third year or transfer down to basically anywhere in ut STEM.
Friends: All my math friends are going to waterloo either for cs or se, and I know if I am to go to waterloo I will probably rent with them in first year. However, I have another friend a year higher than me in ut eng sci so I can get help from them if I go there.
Environment: I have visited both campuses and both are ok to me.
coop vs PEY: I have heard that waterloo coop give better oppourtunities than ut PEY program, is this true? And with all the AI developments how hard is it to actually find coop job in first year? (I'm worried abt not able to find coop @ uw). Also, to those who went to waterloo, would you say 5 years without a long summer break is managable? (how busy is work?)
Graduate/job : I know both have their merits. From what I heard, uw coop good for finding jobs and ut has research for graduate school, any opinions?
Grades: how's the GPA in both schools? I heard they are kinda low bad for graduate school?
Money: uw tuition a bit higher but they have coop. ut residence is so expensive tho if I go uw I can rent with friends == cheeper. Ut give me 16k scholarship + grant and uw 21k. But money is not the priority.
Course diffuculty/freedom: uw cs has 5 courses per term, ut eng sci has 6. My friend told me that eng sci course is harder (even their cs in first year?)??? How true is that. Also, given that uw cs has way more electives it should be easier since I can choose music studio for the two humanities electives. UT has 1 elective in first 2 years.
AP credits: @ cs I can transfer 3 courses worth of AP credits to fulfill either 2 social science + 1 pure science or 3 pure science + depth requirements. eng sci don't take any.
So....given all info above, what would you say? And could you please answer some questions I asked?
Thank You!! :)
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I have been agonizing over this problem for over a month now and all my friends and teachers are giving different opinions. My parents also don't particularly care abt where I go to and they dont rly have a preference. There are only 2 weeks left to choose!!!!!! HELP!
Background info: I am a 101 applicant. I am very sure that I'm a STEM kid (never been very good at English/history in high school) but I don't rly know what I like either. I have done AP calc BC, stats and CSA. I think I'm good at math and science in general, but I also don't really like or dislike them either.
Programs: I got acceptances from Mcmaster eng/cs coop, Waterloo coop cs/cfm, and UofT cs/eng sci, and I am having a very hard choice between uw cs and ut eng sci.
Given that I am still not sure about my passion, I am worried if I go to uw cs I would have a limited(?) pathway if I find out later on that I don't like programming. On the other hand, at ut eng sci I can choose the specific field in third year or transfer down to basically anywhere in ut STEM.
Friends: All my math friends are going to waterloo either for cs or se, and I know if I am to go to waterloo I will probably rent with them in first year. However, I have another friend a year higher than me in ut eng sci so I can get help from them if I go there.
Environment: I have visited both campuses and both are ok to me.
coop vs PEY: I have heard that waterloo coop give better oppourtunities than ut PEY program, is this true? And with all the AI developments how hard is it to actually find coop job in first year? (I'm worried abt not able to find coop @ uw). Also, to those who went to waterloo, would you say 5 years without a long summer break is managable? (how busy is work?)
Graduate/job : I know both have their merits. From what I heard, uw coop good for finding jobs and ut has research for graduate school, any opinions?
Grades: how's the GPA in both schools? I heard they are kinda low bad for graduate school?
Money: uw tuition a bit higher but they have coop. ut residence is so expensive tho if I go uw I can rent with friends == cheeper. Ut give me 16k scholarship + grant and uw 21k. But money is not the priority.
Course diffuculty/freedom: uw cs has 5 courses per term, ut eng sci has 6. My friend told me that eng sci course is harder (even their cs in first year?)??? How true is that. Also, given that uw cs has way more electives it should be easier since I can choose music studio for the two humanities electives. UT has 1 elective in first 2 years.
AP credits: @ cs I can transfer 3 courses worth of AP credits to fulfill either 2 social science + 1 pure science or 3 pure science + depth requirements. eng sci don't take any.
So....given all info above, what would you say? And could you please answer some questions I asked?
Thank You!! :)
2024.05.18 21:47 Humzatime Dear WoW Dev team: Please allow the stat bonuses for the MoP Remix cloak in its entirety be Account-Wide.
I’m just imagining how fun it would be to level up alts if we get to use those stats and massive xp boosts for our alts. I would play so many alts if that was the case. I truly hope they decide to do this
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2024.05.18 21:27 fat_prick_1 Just another day in Football Manager with a player wanted by 436 clubs.
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2024.05.18 21:24 SenlanZWH BLG vs T1 Hupu Rating and Comments
I'm going to try to translate those top comment from Hupu for MSI, I might skip some of them as they are Chinese internet memes that I've no idea how to translate, and those comment related to Honor of Kings, a popular league like mobile game made by Tencent.
The rating is user poll generated, you can give a rating between 2 and 10, and average is used. A total of 725k people participated in this series' rating.
Hupu rating is an in APP feature so it doesn't really have a link, but here is the post match thread for the match, and on the top there is an link you can click on that get you to that page. link
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The rating is user poll generated, you can give a rating between 2 and 10, and average is used. A total of 725k people participated in this series' rating.
Hupu rating is an in APP feature so it doesn't really have a link, but here is the post match thread for the match, and on the top there is an link you can click on that get you to that page. link
MATCH 1: BLG vs. T1
Bilibili Gaming| Player Rating | Top Comment | |
|---|---|---|
| Bin Twisted Fate | 9.8 | This is our BLG's double marksman! |
| Xun Xin Zhao | 8.3 | Good tempo, but what give you the confidence to so steal blue by yourself? |
| Knight Taliyah | 9.7 | This game Trist kept getting fed kills, while you are the one controlling the tempo of the game, and give all the kill to your teammates, you are the true MVP of this game. |
| Elk Kalista | 3.7 | This game just treat Kalista like Tahm Kench. |
| ON Renata Glasc | 9.6 | "I didn't say you could go, did I?" |
| BigWei | 5.5 | Don't ban Nid against Gen.G but ban it against T1, are you drunk? |
| Player Rating | Top Comment | |
|---|---|---|
| Zeus K'Sante | 6.0 | I often think what if Sang-hyeok brother is 10 years younger. |
| Oner Sejuani | 3.8 | Tarzan: I logged on. |
| Faker Tristana | 2.8 | Hey bro, maybe you should go tryout for the Old Guy Cup. |
| Gumayusi Senna | 3.6 | That herald in the baron pit, directly give BLG a way to go in, pure comedy. |
| Keria Nautilus | 7.9 | Looks a bit red from player cam. |
| kk0ma | 3.4 | Kenzhu: I'm going to keep picking Neeko next game. |
MATCH 2: BLG vs. T1
Bilibili Gaming| Player Rating | Top Comment | |
|---|---|---|
| Bin K'Sante | 8.9 | So weird, you are the most in form, but bot lane is getting the highest priority. |
| Xun Wukong | 3.5 | You the only one pick Wukong this whole MSI, and last time you tried you got giga gapped, why pick it again, J4 and Xin would be so much better. |
| Knight Neeko | 8.6 | Not your fault, same like last series against Gen.G, bot feed a lot of kills and then blame you invisible. |
| Elk Varus | 2.6 | You were not human in any of the recent games. |
| ON Kalista | 2.7 | If you keep playing like this, I'm gonna go watch KPL. |
| BigWei | 2.7 | BigWei and rest of the coaching stuff come out and face the flame, why are you so focused on strong lanes, didn't you learn. Don't waste so many ban for mid, just tell left hand be more confident and pick a tempo champ, don't always think about laning. Pick some engage champ like Naut, Rell, Alistar, Camille for On, Xun could pick carry jungle like Nid or Kindred if there are engage already, else just pick J4, Sej, Maokai, Wukong. Bin watch out for Zeus last pick counter pick, don't be cocky, BLG fighting, please win this! |
| Player Rating | Top Comment | |
|---|---|---|
| Zeus Camille | 8.7 | Using the T1 formula, if Zeus can carry, this game will be a stomp. |
| Oner Sejuani | 8.7 | You tempo is so good, so why are you kept picking Viego. |
| Faker Akali | 7.1 | Dude, what use do you have? I mean seriously, you are not really useful. |
| Gumayusi Draven | 9.3 | Why kept picking me Senna, am I weaker than them? |
| Keria Ashe | 7.4 | If you didn't ult the real Wukong, that last fight will turn out different. |
| kk0ma | 6.8 | No difference compared to Ham. (Laker coach.) |
MATCH 3: BLG vs. T1
Bilibili Gaming| Player Rating | Top Comment | |
|---|---|---|
| Bin Twisted Fate | 9.9 | Fine red wine glitters in a jade chalice that glows in the night, next card will be a ace of heart. (The first part is a famous Chinese poem "葡萄美酒夜光杯", and the second part rhymes with that in Chinese.) |
| Xun Xin Zhao | 9.2 | That flash for flash at top was so critical, as a Yasuo main I felt the pain. |
| Knight Annie | 9.8 | Knight: Yagao, I don't know what to do. Yagao: ZhuoDing, maybe its time for Annie. |
| Elk Senna | 9.5 | WE.Jiumeng, UP.ELK, BLG.Husband is fighting for control of the body, husband is winning right now. (past name and nickname for Elk.) |
| ON Ornn | 9.7 | Gift a kill when fountain diving, champion at karma. |
| BigWei | 7.7 | Wow, did you just first pick Senna? (This was a 1 star rating comment, probably made right after the draft.) |
| Player Rating | Top Comment | |
|---|---|---|
| Zeus Yasuo | 2.5 | Come duo with me, I'm silver, my username is weird top. (It is the name for a steamer 霸哥 that is known for been bad，farming under tower, and possibly using 3rd party software to cheat.) |
| Oner Nidalee | 2.8 | Oner: Nidalee, I don't know what to do now. Nidalee: What, who are you again? |
| Faker Zac | 2.8 | This Zac pick is like a summary of T1, once Faker dies, four turd pop out. |
| Gumayusi Kalista | 2.8 | So you are really an egg, either fried egg, or egg drop soup. (Those are dishes in China, and dish is called 菜, which also means bad when used in league.) |
| Keria Nautilus | 2.9 | OP |
| kk0ma | 3.1 | Kenzhu:Hmm, did you reuse your old password? 1557, such an easy password. |
MATCH 4: BLG vs. T1
Bilibili Gaming| Player Rating | Top Comment | |
|---|---|---|
| Bin Twisted Fate | 9.6 | Tried your best. |
| Xun Vi | 2.4 | Fully responsible. |
| Knight Corki | 7.2 | When Chovy's Corki had an advantage, his teammate didn't decide to int. |
| Elk Varus | 3.5 | You finally got you condition under control, your jungler's is acting up again. |
| ON Nautilus | 6.6 | OK I guess, the support Naut is the only one that could face check. |
| BigWei | 3.2 | Xun's Vi, Elk's Varus, game is GG at BP. |
| Player Rating | Top Comment | |
|---|---|---|
| Zeus K'Sante | 8.0 | Showmaker.jpg. |
| Oner Viego | 8.5 | Oner: Viego, I don't know what to do now. Viego: Who are you? Oner: I'm Zhao "JieJie" Li-Jie, don't turn around to look. |
| Faker Aurelion Sol | 6.5 | Head scratcher, inted at least 4 times. |
| Gumayusi Senna | 8.3 | Your ult is so clutch, so many key shields. |
| Keria Ornn | 8.1 | I upgrade based on age, Zeus sad :C. |
| kk0ma | 6.0 | Kenzhu: You still haven't change your password yet, I get to pick Senna and Asol again. |
MATCH 5: BLG vs. T1
Bilibili Gaming| Player Rating | Top Comment | |
|---|---|---|
| Bin Camille | 9.9 | Best top in the world, LPL's pride, you deserves it! |
| Xun Xin Zhao | 7.6 | Your entire purpose this game is to facecheck. |
| Knight Neeko | 9.7 | Watching you whole game, you were laughing the whole game. |
| Elk Senna | 9.3 | I think I kinda get LCK's love for Senna now, and your Senna last year G5 against Gen.G, maybe Senna is actually good. |
| ON Ornn | 9.8 | Everyone is even before Letme. |
| BigWei | 5.7 | So dumb, I guess you've made enough money and want to retire, how did you BP like this? |
| Player Rating | Top Comment | |
|---|---|---|
| Zeus K'Sante | 2.8 | Now you really became Bin's son. |
| Oner Viego | 2.6 | Viego: Wait, your are not Zhao "JieJie" Li-Jie, byebye. |
| Faker Taliyah | 3.2 | Faker, now its time to wake up from the sweet dream. |
| Gumayusi Varus | 2.8 | A kid came to T1, his Varus is flying. (A copy pasta for TheShy, original one is something like: A kid came to WE, his Riven is flying. It was an compliment, but in this case Guma's Varus was literality in the sky.) |
| Keria Nautilus | 2.6 | That flash hook clone is a bit cringe. |
| kk0ma | 4.1 | Password too hard, let me try other side's. |
2024.05.18 21:19 SeekingHealth78 Help and Advice Sought if possible (UK)
Hello
Could I get some advice and guidance on what all these tests might mean and what I need to learn and know should my Endocrinologist head down the route of TRT, which is where she has indicated over the past couple of months whilst doing tests?
I apologise for the length, but I have tried to cover it as much as possible, as I accept nothing is simple. If more information is needed that I have missed, please ask.
Thanks
Stats
I was overweight for a good 20 years; we think this was when my thyroid started causing issues, and it took many years for the NHS to even consider that a problem. I also had no morning erections for a good ten years. I honestly cannot remember the last time I felt hungry, and that was after either an hour of weight lifting or hiking for a full day in the Austrian Alps (the longest one was a 10km round trip and a 1200m climb and then descent).
It took several years to sort the thyroid, and I was still unable to lose weight, although other things had resolved themselves. My GP refused to investigate further, saying simply I was too young. Plus, back in 2019, my Testosterone level was 17.1nmol/L, and now it is down to 7.5, and apart from being a few years older, nothing else has changed weight-wise or fitness, etc. I have had many Covid jabs as my father was extremely vulnerable, and I was his carer.
I am now under a different GP practice that started from scratch and said that, in their opinion, something underlying was causing the myriad of symptoms. They started testing and thought she knew what was wrong. It was agreed that, in computer terms, there was a tick box that needed ticking, but finding which one would take time.
However, their final idea saw her ask for guidance from Endocrinology; they said to do nothing and that they would take over. This was in 2023. However, Testosterone issues are an ultra-low priority in my area, so my expected appointment is in 2025.
For the past few months, I have seen an Endocrinologist privately with the agreement of my GP, who has done all the requested tests and agreed that if any prescriptions are needed, they will do it.
In addition to the above, dieticians have cleared me, having seen them privately and on the NHS.
I spent a year with a personal trainer at a bodybuilder gym, working out with him three times a week with no results and stopped through no results but with growing mental and physical fatigue. Walking 10,000 steps a day is not a problem for me.
I have had this all on hold for a while, what with COVID-19 and then a relative's very poor health. It is now time to focus back on myself, I think. I sleep a good 8 hours a night and get up feeling worse than going to bed – although randomly, I do have bouts of insomnia.
As mentioned to my GP and Endocrinologist, I have no problem putting in the hard work at the gym, but when that hard work does absolutely nothing for muscle mass or body shape, etc., it gets very depressing. I guess that does give me one direct question: How long do I need to leave it before going back if my Endocrinologist prescribes TRT—do I need to let my body recover a bit before stressing it by doing weights, etc.?
Tests (Using UK NHS Scales)
Testosterone has been done now 6 or 7 times, always within 0.2 or below and always done between 08:50 and 09:10 in the morning.
In addition, she requested an ultrasound, and the results came back as 29mm AP diameter and 19mm AP diameter, respectively, for the testes.
TestResultNHS Reference Range Testosterone7.5 nmol/L8.6 – 29.0 Calculated Free Testosterone180 pmol/L SHBG25 nmol/L18.3 - 54.1 Free T4 level21.7 pmol/L11 - 23 TSH level0.49 miu/L0.27 - 4.5 Haematocrit0.4190.387 – 0.492 Creatinine level71 umol/L59 - 104 Urea level3.9 mmol/L2.5 - 7.8 Potassium level4 mmol/L3.5 - 5.3 Albumin level39 g/L35 - 50 Total Protein level7460 - 80 Sodium level142 mmol/L133 - 146 Insulin-like growth factor 1 level11.5 nmol/L11.1 - 27.7 Growth hormone level0.1 ug/L Prolactin level241 mu/L86 - 324 Cortisol level Dexamethasone suppression test19 nmol/L Cholesterol level5.0 mmol/L Triglyceride level2.4 mmol/L HDL1.1 mmol/L LDL2.8 mmol/L Cholesterol / HDL ratio4.5 mmol B12563ng/l197 – 771
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Could I get some advice and guidance on what all these tests might mean and what I need to learn and know should my Endocrinologist head down the route of TRT, which is where she has indicated over the past couple of months whilst doing tests?
I apologise for the length, but I have tried to cover it as much as possible, as I accept nothing is simple. If more information is needed that I have missed, please ask.
Thanks
Stats
- Age: 45
- Height: 6ft 7
- Waist: 50 inches
- Weight: 25 stone / 159kg
- Body fat: 29.3% (using https://www.calculator.net/body-fat-calculator.html)
- BMI: 39.7
I was overweight for a good 20 years; we think this was when my thyroid started causing issues, and it took many years for the NHS to even consider that a problem. I also had no morning erections for a good ten years. I honestly cannot remember the last time I felt hungry, and that was after either an hour of weight lifting or hiking for a full day in the Austrian Alps (the longest one was a 10km round trip and a 1200m climb and then descent).
It took several years to sort the thyroid, and I was still unable to lose weight, although other things had resolved themselves. My GP refused to investigate further, saying simply I was too young. Plus, back in 2019, my Testosterone level was 17.1nmol/L, and now it is down to 7.5, and apart from being a few years older, nothing else has changed weight-wise or fitness, etc. I have had many Covid jabs as my father was extremely vulnerable, and I was his carer.
I am now under a different GP practice that started from scratch and said that, in their opinion, something underlying was causing the myriad of symptoms. They started testing and thought she knew what was wrong. It was agreed that, in computer terms, there was a tick box that needed ticking, but finding which one would take time.
However, their final idea saw her ask for guidance from Endocrinology; they said to do nothing and that they would take over. This was in 2023. However, Testosterone issues are an ultra-low priority in my area, so my expected appointment is in 2025.
For the past few months, I have seen an Endocrinologist privately with the agreement of my GP, who has done all the requested tests and agreed that if any prescriptions are needed, they will do it.
In addition to the above, dieticians have cleared me, having seen them privately and on the NHS.
I spent a year with a personal trainer at a bodybuilder gym, working out with him three times a week with no results and stopped through no results but with growing mental and physical fatigue. Walking 10,000 steps a day is not a problem for me.
I have had this all on hold for a while, what with COVID-19 and then a relative's very poor health. It is now time to focus back on myself, I think. I sleep a good 8 hours a night and get up feeling worse than going to bed – although randomly, I do have bouts of insomnia.
As mentioned to my GP and Endocrinologist, I have no problem putting in the hard work at the gym, but when that hard work does absolutely nothing for muscle mass or body shape, etc., it gets very depressing. I guess that does give me one direct question: How long do I need to leave it before going back if my Endocrinologist prescribes TRT—do I need to let my body recover a bit before stressing it by doing weights, etc.?
Tests (Using UK NHS Scales)
Testosterone has been done now 6 or 7 times, always within 0.2 or below and always done between 08:50 and 09:10 in the morning.
In addition, she requested an ultrasound, and the results came back as 29mm AP diameter and 19mm AP diameter, respectively, for the testes.
TestResultNHS Reference Range Testosterone7.5 nmol/L8.6 – 29.0 Calculated Free Testosterone180 pmol/L SHBG25 nmol/L18.3 - 54.1 Free T4 level21.7 pmol/L11 - 23 TSH level0.49 miu/L0.27 - 4.5 Haematocrit0.4190.387 – 0.492 Creatinine level71 umol/L59 - 104 Urea level3.9 mmol/L2.5 - 7.8 Potassium level4 mmol/L3.5 - 5.3 Albumin level39 g/L35 - 50 Total Protein level7460 - 80 Sodium level142 mmol/L133 - 146 Insulin-like growth factor 1 level11.5 nmol/L11.1 - 27.7 Growth hormone level0.1 ug/L Prolactin level241 mu/L86 - 324 Cortisol level Dexamethasone suppression test19 nmol/L Cholesterol level5.0 mmol/L Triglyceride level2.4 mmol/L HDL1.1 mmol/L LDL2.8 mmol/L Cholesterol / HDL ratio4.5 mmol B12563ng/l197 – 771
2024.05.18 20:37 Phantomsplit A review of Alcast's BG3Builds: They are fundamentally wrong
I think many on this sub are aware that many build websites and content creators caught on the coattails of BG3's success and quickly threw together some builds of questionable quality. Many of those websites improved their BG3 builds over time, and while they may have once been questionable they are now decent or even good. Alcast Builds do not follow this trend. In this post I will go through the first 6 of 12 builds in his "Best Builds Database" and point out the topics I find that are just plain wrong. It is very clear that they have abandoned updating this page, as they still have not selected their best companion builds. But when you Google "BG3 Builds" they are one of the top results so I still think this post is worth calling out their shotty work. My goal is that those who may be led astray by his builds may instead find this post and be made aware that Alcast builds are flawed due to a fundamental misunderstanding of game mechanics.
I take no issue with the fact he does not multiclass. Multiclassing can seem an intimidating hurdle for new players. I can see a lot of value in detailed, single class build discussions for those players who do not want to dabble into multiclassing. But his single class builds are not worth recommending. I am not getting into things like whether his builds cheese elixirs or not, nor am I getting into things like whether Resilient Con is better than War Caster, or whether you should take sharpshooter at level 4 or a later level. I am not going to assume that there are other party members in the group who could cover the bases he is trying to cover, so for example if he recommends a character take the blade ward cantrip then I will not assume there is some mass healing word cleric with whispering promise ring and hellrider's pride gloves, nor will I criticize the usefulness of a full caster character devoting their concentration to blade ward. I am only going to point out the things that any person with common sense would say are undeniably wrong.
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I take no issue with the fact he does not multiclass. Multiclassing can seem an intimidating hurdle for new players. I can see a lot of value in detailed, single class build discussions for those players who do not want to dabble into multiclassing. But his single class builds are not worth recommending. I am not getting into things like whether his builds cheese elixirs or not, nor am I getting into things like whether Resilient Con is better than War Caster, or whether you should take sharpshooter at level 4 or a later level. I am not going to assume that there are other party members in the group who could cover the bases he is trying to cover, so for example if he recommends a character take the blade ward cantrip then I will not assume there is some mass healing word cleric with whispering promise ring and hellrider's pride gloves, nor will I criticize the usefulness of a full caster character devoting their concentration to blade ward. I am only going to point out the things that any person with common sense would say are undeniably wrong.
Moon Druid Build
- Ability scores - This build starts with all even ability scores except for Wisdom, which starts at 17. It then takes ASIs in Wisdom at levels 4 and 8, saying to then put the spare point in Constitution. Alcast's lack of awareness that odd ability scores don't help you is something that will come up in many future builds. For those not aware, this build would be better by just starting with 16 Wis. The extra point in Wis here does absolutely nothing except take away two points that could be put elsewhere in character creation. If he intended for you to take a half feat or use Ethel's hair then maybe he is on to something. But that is not the case. Edit: BG3 does not have any feats or multiclassing requirements where you need odd ability scores. All that matters is your ability modifier, not the ability score (exceptions: initiative ties for Dex and carry weight for Strength). This is an extremely basic concept which Alcast's builds never take into account.
- Starting cantrips - They recommend shillelagh and thorn whip to start out. These are two cantrips that kinda fill the same roll; short range damage. This is also something that your whole wildshaping moon druid identity already fills. No mention of a ranged cantrip or one of the best cantrips in the game - guidance.
- Spell Sniper or +2 Con - At level 12 he recommends taking spell sniper. The only spell in the entire writeup that uses an attack roll is thorn whip. That is the only spell that he took the time to recommend that will get a benefit from this feat. Alternatively he recommends putting 2 points in Con if you are struggling to maintain concentration. This will increase your con modifier by 1 and HP by 12. But because at this stage in the build you actually have an odd numbered Con score you could instead take Resilient: Constitution, which will also increase your con modifier by 1, HP by 12, and give you proficiency in Con saves giving you an additional +4 to all those concentration checks as well as any other Constitution Saving Throws.
- Not mentioning tavern brawler - I am hesitant to bring this up because I hate tavern brawler. It is overpowered and dominated discussion on this sub for too long. I am also hesitant to bring this up because at the time Alcast wrote this guide tavern brawler did not work with wild shape (it still sorta doesn't in honor mode). But fact of the matter is this is one of the best possible feats for a moon druid and it is never mentioned. A top Google result should be better than that.
Lore Bard Build
- Ability scores - Let the horror begin. This build starts with 4 odd numbered ability scores. Anyone who understands build basics will probably discard anything this entire website has to say as a result of this one sentence. This is insane. At level 4 he says to put +2 in Cha, bringing it up to 18 or 19 "depending on which race you choose." Priority #1 should be getting even numbered ability scores here. But second, races have had flexible ability scores since launch. Your race does not matter for this discussion.
- I disagree very strongly with a lot of the race recommendations, recommended gear, the spell sniper feat, and the level 10 magical secrets spells. But his recommendations are not outright flawed or bad. Just leaving this build at one bullet point would make it seem like I don't have much else to criticize. I have a lot of things to criticize and think his straight lore bard build could be a lot better. But it is not undeniably, flat-out incorrect in so many areas as his other builds.
Hunter Ranger Build
- Wood Half Elf recommendation - He says that wood half elf is basically the same as wood elf but slower. This is wrong. Wood half elf is not slower than wood elf. Also wood elf gets perception proficiency whereas wood half elf does not. Wood elf is mildly better for this build, but not at all for the reason he states.
- Ability scores - Same issues we've seen before. Starting with 17 in your main stat and not giving a damn about even numbers
- Natural Explorer - Throughout this guide he discounts the benefits of the damage resistance options granted by natural explorer. Poison and fire damage are rather common in this game, and his dismissiveness of these damage resistances makes no sense.
Shadow Monk Build
- Strength 10 recommendation - The reason he says not to lower Str below 10 is because this will make it easier for you to be shoved. This is a Dex based build where he recommends proficiency in acrobatics. It will use acrobatics to resist being shoved.
- Ability scores and feats - This one is a little different. He once again recommends 17 in your main stat. Through sheer dumb luck he happens to recommend taking the Athlete feat at level 4, bringing Dex to 18! I do question the usefulness of the athlete feat on this build but hey, we got to all even ability scores. Then at level 8 he recommends Mobile which is kinda overkill in my opinion on an unarmored monk, but zooming around the battlefield can be fun. So here we are, approaching level 12 with all even ability scores. There is no way he can mess this up, right? Well this is where he recommends putting a +1 into Dex and a +1 into Wis. An absolute total and complete waste. Alcast shared this build on this sub, I pointed out that this was utterly pointless in a comment months and months ago. The issue still persists.
- The Mighty Cloth - He recommends the mighty cloth in his early game build recommendations. The graceful cloth can be obtained earlier and is outright better by leagues and miles for a Dex based monk. Note: I am not going to hold against him the lack of mentioning tavern brawler. The feat's benefits are limited on a Dex based monk like this. Until he mentions the gauntlets of giant strength in his end game build recommendations, it never makes sense to take this feat on this build.
Great Old One Warlock
- Race recommendations - I have scratched my head at some of the race recommendations before. This is the one where I finally figured out what is going on. Alcast does not seem to know about race features that get unlocked past first level. It is the only reason I can think of for why he still has yet to recommend Tiefling, even though he has already covered lore bard and now an eldritch blast warlock. The one time he did recommend Tiefling it was for the monk build since the Tieflings get produce flame. And when he recommends Drow he only discusses the first level features. He just doesn't know they get things past first level.
- Ability scores - Once again starts with 17. And at level 4 he says to bump up Cha by 2 to 19 again. But this time at level 8 he says to take a half feat to bring Cha up to 20!!! Hoorah! Except the half feat is Resilient: Charisma. Let's ignore the fact that Charisma saves are probably the least common saves in this game. Bane and maybe some of Cazador's abilities are the only hostile effects I can think of where you need to make a Cha save. Let's ignore that. Warlocks are already proficient in Cha saves. He could have taken Actor as an amazing half feat here. He could have taken Performer just to get instrument proficiency. But no, he had to take the one Cha half feat that offers absolutely nothing else to this build. I can't make this up, it is embarrassing to tout these builds as high quality.
- Hellish Rebuke - At level 4 he recommends Hellish Rebuke because it only takes up a first level spell slots, and you supposedly have plenty of those. Except you don't. You don't have any level 1 spell slots. You have 2 spell slots per short rest, and they are both second level. Burning a pact magic slot on Hellish Rebuke is not something to be flippantly disregarded
- No Hunger of Hadar - I get if you don't want to use the spell. But for a build about an EB spam with repelling blast build, one of the best spells to combo with this is at least worth a mention.
- Devil's Sight and Darkvision mix up - He says that one should pick devil's sight if their race does not grant Darkvision, because this will stop you from having disadvantage in dark areas. Devil's Sight is more than just Darkvision. It allows you to see through magical darksness. Goes great with that Darkness spell he recommended a few levels ago, or that you would get a free casting of if you went Drow or some Tiefling variants and knew they got the spell at 5th level.
- Armor or no? - He keeps flip flopping on whether this build will use armor. When starting out he says you'll be wearing light armor. At level 7 he says to take the armor of shadows invocation which he claims increases your AC by 2 (if you are not wearing armor then this increases your AC by 3, and if you are wearing armor then it has no effect). In his gear recommendations sometimes he recommends armor, sometimes not.
- Cantrip scaling at level 11 - This is a relatively minor issue but he is incorrect. Here he says cantrips scale up again at level 11. That is how it works in tabletop. I don't know why Larian changed this, but in BG3 it is level 10. Maybe he mentioned this in other posts, I am not going to go back and check. It's a small concern but I wanted to point it out.
- Gear - Everything this build selects during the level up process is focused around Eldritch blast. Yet he keeps mentioning rapier proficiency, gear like gloves of power, etc. I don't want to go too far into this, as a character who focuses on Eldritch blast but uses weapons in a pinch seems fine. But he never really pulls the strings together on this. He recommends the gold wyrmling staff on a character with 10 strength that already has a souped up Eldritch blast. This just feels like a bunch of copy paste with no critical thought.
Battlemaster Fighter Build
- GWF style - He says GWF only applies to weapons with the two handed property. This is incorrect. It also applies to versatile weapons wielded in two hands. This is a bit of a nuanced topic and a change from tabletop that not many are aware of, so I don't hold it against him too much. But I wanted to point it out.
- Racial proficiencies - He recommends Githyanki and Gold Dwarf because of the weapon proficiencies they get. Fighter is already proficient in all armor and weapons. Githyanki is my favorite race and anyone who talks bad about Lae'zel is getting banned (/s about the banned part), but this is not a reason to pick these races as a fighter at all. This is day 1 build stuff. I would be embarrassed to have shared such blatantly incorrect info so widely.
- Acrobatics proficiency - Here he stresses the importance of proficiency in acrobatics to avoid getting shoved around. On a high Str character who following his guide would be proficient in athletics. How did he get this 100% wrong on both his monk and fighter builds?
- Ability scores...again - If you follow one of his backup recommendations to take toughness at level 12 then things do work themselves out to even numbers. So there is a chance you could end up on a decently planned out build by following his guide.
- Action surge + extra attack - he says that a level five fighter who action surges can make 3 attacks a turn, and how strong this is. Imagine if he actually played this character or had a basic rule understanding to learn that a level 5 action surging fighter can make 4 attacks a turn. He doesn't comment on action surge on a level 11 fighter but I am sure he would see stars given just how strong he thought 3 attacks a turn at level 5 was.
Conclusion
I could make a post nitpicking any one of his builds in a post as long as this one. But it would be a lot of stuff along the lines of, "You say to use any heavy crossbow on the fighter character, but really this character would be best served by bows that give an increase to initiative." That is not the point of this post. This post is to point out more than just disagreements. It is to point out fundamental misunderstandings on Alcast's part and why I would never recommend one of his builds. If he can't understand proficiencies and ability modifiers, should you trust any part of his builds?2024.05.18 20:36 FishAffectionate1268 My Experience At Rythmia (1st time)
Preface: After doing some digging, I now see that Rythmia is a very controversial place. And frankly I think some of that is warranted. My intention with this review is not to suggest you go or not go to Rythmia. I don't really care what you decide to do with your life. I just hope this helps someone out there make the decision one way or the other. I think I have a very nuanced perspective and I feel like it's worth sharing for any people - like me - who are researching for their first trip. Thanks for reading this far! I'm going to try to make this as brief as possible, and limit how deep I go into my own personal experience.
My first impressions of Rythmia:
Won't say much here, but from what I've seen, Rythmia has the best lodgings, food, etc. It's pretty expensive, even for what it is, but I rationalized it as you are paying for the safety. Which, at the end of the day may or may not even be true. I've read those stories too. But it definitely gives off a safer vibe than some of the more rustic scenarios. This is, obviously, a totally subjective and personal decision on what you would want more - modern or rustic. I personally thought Rythmia was a good first time location.
Staff/Leadership
All the support staff were wonderful and extremely helpful. Most of them had experience at the top resorts on the coast.
The specialty staff - massage therapists, breathework coaches, healers/shamans, etc. - were all equally amazing. I had amazing experiences with each of these people and I felt very deeply that they were there to help me be a better person. They really cared and it showed. Again, some of them seemed very young, but since I'm so new to this type of stuff, I felt like I really got some value from them. This includes the medical staff, but I just want to reiterate, none of the medical staff seemed like any doctor I had ever met. In fact, I didn't feel like 1 person I met the whole weekend was really skilled or experienced in dealing with crazy people or any real health concern. But, there were plenty of hands on deck at least.
The leadership, I have to say, was not impressive. For starters, half the people they brag about being involved in Rythmia, you never get any contact with. You're essentially guided through the program by the same 3-4 people, plus a few special guest speakers they have. I felt like leadership was fairly cold and uninterested in actually facilitating healing. Which makes perfect sense. They see 80 new people every week. But for whatever reason, the support staff are able to get it right, and these people can't. The only person who appeared to care was the 1 woman they have on staff (don't want to say her name). She's the only one that truly mingled with, and gave up her time for the residents. A lot has been said on this reddit about leadership, and I can't really confirm any of that, but I did come away feeling like they were a bunch of self-centered, ego-driven people.
Program
Like I said, I initially thought the program was amazing. You stay 7-8 days, 4 days of aya, and every day is full of classes. It just seems like there are so many resources at your disposal. I think, on some level, this is probably a good thing. I've read a lot about the more rustic experiences and people just having 0 tools to go into this process. So I think they've obviously put some effort into it, which is nice.
That being said, I think most of their classes ended up being pretty redundant for me, and borderline cultish. There were a lot of "hype" stories, including the owner's story, which I found to be an incredibly arrogant creation myth. You never hear about him actually making amends with all the people he apparently was terrible to in his previous life. He just ran away to Costa Rica. A lot of the leadership gave off vibes that they’re running from something. Idk, I just found it all kinda odd and it sort of hit me wrong.
For one, their intentions, and all the advice they give is necessarily vague and not really that helpful at giving context to the situation we are all about to experience. Beyond that, I really felt strongly that they were pushing the whole trauma thing a little heavy. Having heard a few different experiences from other people, I was shocked to not hear a damn thing about finding self love, acceptance, or a higher power in these required classes. It was all about how fucked up this journey is about to be, and you guys better strap in and face your fears head on. I just feel like this was a very iresponsible way of preparing a bunch of clearly traumatized people. They also REAAALLLY pushed consuming a lot of the medicine. The basic rule is, don't think, drink. Sounds like some weird frat rule. I feel like they are so focused on pushing people to the edge, just to induce this vague "miracle" they keep talkiing about. Anyways, didn't like that aspect.
By Tuesday night after my experience, I decided to stop going to the classes/meetings and just spent that time relaxing and integrating my experiences from the night before. After reflecting on it a bit, I really feel like the program is sort of dangerous for certain types of people - anyone who is highly unstable as it is. I just feel like it's not really the setting to have a highly unstable person (of which there seemed to be a handful) do 6-8 cups of medicine or whatever... I feel like it’s just asking for bad things to happen.
Last thing I’ll say is that it was abundantly clear to me that this program was meant to be some cookie-cutter thing. They don't have any real 1-on-1 support available. I talked to the "integration specialist" and it was a joke - just sat there and tried to sell me his books and shit. If you have a bad experience, I think you will be lucky to get any real help on that front.
Shaman Quality
I'm very torn about this aspect of the trip. I will say that I really felt like these people were there for the right reasons. There was only one head shaman I didn't care for out of the four nights (yage night, night 4). Overall, I got pretty good vibes from all the groups and saw numerous people make amazing connections with some of the healers that helped them throughout the week. That being said, all but 1 of the shaman groups seemed to have a lot of trouble keeping watch over our group. And we only had 45 people, rather than the usual 70-80. The thought of having that many people is terrifying to me.
Both night 1 & 2 got very hectic, and included them shutting down the "bar" early in the night. Multiple staff commented on how "fucked up" we must be the next day. I just felt like the shamans lost the rooms on those days. However, Day 3 - the divine feminine night - was absolutely amazing and the energy was entirely different. Some of the shares from that night were just incredible.
I've read reports on what is going on with rythmia and the shaman "industry" and how they've pushed out a lot of good ones and now it's all inexperienced people that don't really have a connection to the lineage. I could definitely see that. I do feel like they did a great job at other aspects of the ceremony though, like cleaning up and just responding to people that needed help. I'm not sure they always knew how to help but the vibe I got was that they were there to genuinely help.
I also felt very connected to the shaman's approach to the medicine - which seemed to differ immensely from Rythmia's approach - and I was saddened by the fact we don't really get to interact with the shaman or healers much throughout the program. Only when we are in a fucked up state at the end of the night do we get any sort of real wisdom from them. That side was a little disappointing. I wish the shaman were more involved in the program itself.
The Ceremony
There were parts of the ceremony I loved and thought were really cool, but overall I would say it was ruined by the number of random, traumatized people you're forced to do this with. Love all you guys, but damn that was horrifying at times. I can't imagine doing it with 80 people. The energy in the maloca was so dark come midnight, especially on the male side. I think if you can find a solid group to go with, it wouldn't be so bad, but I would not want to go solo, especially if I was a woman. I can't exactly describe it but there was just a lot of bad energy coming from the male side and the women there seemed so vulnerable. I've already heard one story of sexual assault from the week I was there and I heard of multiple people sleeping together during this retreat, which I just feel like is a terrible idea on something like this. So yeah, that weird sexual energy is there and worth watching out for.
Beyond that, I did actually have a pretty incredible experience. First, I want to say that I was totally into the music. I thought they did an amazing job curating the music and it was obviously very intentional at certain times of the night. I had a tough time telling what was being played live and what was on the speakers at times, but I think that points to how good of musicians they had there. The weird thing is you could definitely tell certain songs agitated the room. The harmonica in particular seemed to rile up the bad spirits. But yeah, overall I really enjoyed the music.
I also really liked the ritual aspect of it all. I thought the shamans really gave it an authentic feel. I’ve obviously never done it with a super legit well known shaman, but it definitely beats doing it in some guys apartment off the freeway. There was something special about the ritual itself. I found myself, throughout the process, imagining being in some maloca in a jungle 1500 years ago, and what that might have looked like or felt. I also felt like they had enough healers/facilitators to manage the room, which was nice. I’d say it was probably 2.5-3:1. If they didn’t exactly have experience, at least they had numbers and overall did a fantastic job given how crazy the scene was at times.
My Personal Experience
I want to preface this by saying I don’t consider myself a deeply troubled person. I have my fair share of “normal” traumas - past drug/alcohol abuses, toxic romantic relationships, parent traumas, etc. But I feel like I’m at a really great point in my life and feel very at peace with many of my past experiences. Also, I didn’t really buy into what Rythmia was pushing as far as their process and approach. Not that I think it was inherently bad, I just didn’t feel like it was right for me. As a result, I think I had a much different experience than most people.
First off, I didn’t really purge on the same level that most people did. Most nights I pooped once, and I only puked once in the 4 nights. They kept the bathrooms surprisingly clean. According to rythmia, I wasn’t “purging my traumas” but for the most part I didn’t have to fight it. I just focused on relaxing and trying to stay calm when I felt sick and most of the time it subsided. And a lot of the trauma stuff I wanted to work on going in, seems so insignificant now.
On average I did 2-3 cups per night. Of course, each night's brew seemed to be different. I had my most beautiful experience on just 1.5 cups (day 2). I didn’t appreciate all the pressure to consume so much, but I suppose it might make sense for some people.
Day 1, I had 3 cups and nothing really happened. I would equate it to taking about 3 grams of shrooms in terms of the body high. And then I just basically had pretty chill conversations with myself all night. Little did I know that most of those conversations would come back up in night 2 with much more significance.
The main theme for me day 1 was just managing my own energy in a room full of very fucked up energy. The energy was DARK and there was a very palpable sense that things were just barely in control of the shamans.
Day 2 was very nerve wracking for me. I was confused and frustrated with my lack of results the night before but I focused on just trying to stay centered in my own energy, and to surrender fully to whatever the medicine wanted to show me. Early in the night I had a mantra - “you are loved, you are protected, you are safe”. I pulled on the unconditional love from my mother and my beautiful girlfriend and this gave me an incredible sense of peace to start out the night.
Ultimately I was able to stay centered and received a full download from the universe that night. It was revealed to me what my purpose was in life, and the meaning/nature of life in general. I was shown my previous life as a healeshaman, and the medicine taught me to focus inward in order to project my positive energy into the world. I had visions about my girlfriend and our relationship. I had the most incredibly spiritual experience, where I felt like I was communicating directly with god (I’m not religious in the slightest). It was honestly amazing. I felt the deepest sense of gratitude and self love I had ever felt in my life.
That lasted probably half the night and then I was bitten by some bug and had to seek help. Through that sequence of events, I ended up connecting with an amazing healer who was working there and she was able to help me break down what I had just experienced and put it into perspectives for me. The last 3-4 hours of the night I just spent outside on a blanket staring up at the stars. Partly because I was called to nature, but partly because the maloca was a fucking horror show and I couldn’t focus on my own shit while in there lol.
Day 3 was interesting. I got no pintas, and no consultations. The best way I can describe it is I got to know myself more intimately and I experienced the most amazing sense of peace & joy. The energy inside and outside the maloca was beautiful. I got some downloads from the universe on how to live my life, and mainly spent the night in a hammock integrating my experience from the night before. I did 4 cups that night and had an amazing time.
One thing I do want to bring up is the number of people that were just calmly walking around outside, staring into nothing, touching trees, etc. I saw such a deep appreciation that night for nature and it was a beautiful thing.
Day 4, again, nothing much happened. It was a slightly more difficult night in terms of the physical discomfort. I also just didn’t feel connected to the medicine at all. I think part of this was the fact they didn’t really play music most of the night and a lot of time was spent on these group blessings which I just felt were kinda useless. By the time they got to me, even the shamans didn’t seem that interested. I was not a fan of how the day 4 shamans ran things, even tho I think they were the most experienced group of the week. Personal preference.
Overall, I’m incredibly happy with my personal experience. It seemed like most of my peers were going thru hell and back, and I felt pretty lucky to have had such a beautiful experience. As much shit as people seemed to be going thru in ceremony, I have to say I could really feel the healing in the room, especially on the 3rd night. A lot of people seemed to have breakthroughs by the end of it, which was a beautiful thing to see.
Final Thoughts
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My first impressions of Rythmia:
- Pretty nice digs, but I wouldn't call them 5-Star from resort standards. That being said, I'm pretty sure this is the nicest, most comfortable experience out there, in terms of just the facilities.
- Resort support staff are amazing. Leadership seems a little disconnected and culty. The program itself seemed pretty comprehensive and valuable at first. The "medical staff" I met with did not seem like doctors at all. They were extremely pretty, young, tattoo'd costa rican women. But maybe it's different down there? Immediately made me dubious of the whole "medically licensed facility" thing, but definitely nice people. The fact they do any sort of medical screening is probably a good sign.
- The food is amazing
- Immediately gained some insight and value from their classes. But by Monday I was starting to get a little turned off by some of what I was seeing/hearing (more on this below).
- I really thought the Shamans, especially 2 of the 4, did a pretty good job facilitating - all things considered. I will mention, that on the first day my immediate thought was "wow these shamans are really young!". I would have liked someone who seemed a little more seasoned, but I'm not entirely familiar with all of the shaman industry/culture, like some people.
- This place clearly calls out to the sick & hopeless. I expected some of that, but did not realize the extent of both physical & emotional trauma, baggage, and overall bad energy would be at a place like this. I grew to have a lot of love and compassion for the people I spent the week with, but I have to say it was pretty intense at times.
- The group experience, which they promote endlessly, is actually pretty horrifying. I would never do this as a solo person, especially if I was a woman. While I think I would probably come back, I’m definitely bringing a bigger group next time.
- Overall, I had a wonderful experience there with my girlfriend, but I don't think everyone would have the same experience as me. If you are in a dark place in your life, I could totally see this doing you more harm than good.
Won't say much here, but from what I've seen, Rythmia has the best lodgings, food, etc. It's pretty expensive, even for what it is, but I rationalized it as you are paying for the safety. Which, at the end of the day may or may not even be true. I've read those stories too. But it definitely gives off a safer vibe than some of the more rustic scenarios. This is, obviously, a totally subjective and personal decision on what you would want more - modern or rustic. I personally thought Rythmia was a good first time location.
Staff/Leadership
All the support staff were wonderful and extremely helpful. Most of them had experience at the top resorts on the coast.
The specialty staff - massage therapists, breathework coaches, healers/shamans, etc. - were all equally amazing. I had amazing experiences with each of these people and I felt very deeply that they were there to help me be a better person. They really cared and it showed. Again, some of them seemed very young, but since I'm so new to this type of stuff, I felt like I really got some value from them. This includes the medical staff, but I just want to reiterate, none of the medical staff seemed like any doctor I had ever met. In fact, I didn't feel like 1 person I met the whole weekend was really skilled or experienced in dealing with crazy people or any real health concern. But, there were plenty of hands on deck at least.
The leadership, I have to say, was not impressive. For starters, half the people they brag about being involved in Rythmia, you never get any contact with. You're essentially guided through the program by the same 3-4 people, plus a few special guest speakers they have. I felt like leadership was fairly cold and uninterested in actually facilitating healing. Which makes perfect sense. They see 80 new people every week. But for whatever reason, the support staff are able to get it right, and these people can't. The only person who appeared to care was the 1 woman they have on staff (don't want to say her name). She's the only one that truly mingled with, and gave up her time for the residents. A lot has been said on this reddit about leadership, and I can't really confirm any of that, but I did come away feeling like they were a bunch of self-centered, ego-driven people.
Program
Like I said, I initially thought the program was amazing. You stay 7-8 days, 4 days of aya, and every day is full of classes. It just seems like there are so many resources at your disposal. I think, on some level, this is probably a good thing. I've read a lot about the more rustic experiences and people just having 0 tools to go into this process. So I think they've obviously put some effort into it, which is nice.
That being said, I think most of their classes ended up being pretty redundant for me, and borderline cultish. There were a lot of "hype" stories, including the owner's story, which I found to be an incredibly arrogant creation myth. You never hear about him actually making amends with all the people he apparently was terrible to in his previous life. He just ran away to Costa Rica. A lot of the leadership gave off vibes that they’re running from something. Idk, I just found it all kinda odd and it sort of hit me wrong.
For one, their intentions, and all the advice they give is necessarily vague and not really that helpful at giving context to the situation we are all about to experience. Beyond that, I really felt strongly that they were pushing the whole trauma thing a little heavy. Having heard a few different experiences from other people, I was shocked to not hear a damn thing about finding self love, acceptance, or a higher power in these required classes. It was all about how fucked up this journey is about to be, and you guys better strap in and face your fears head on. I just feel like this was a very iresponsible way of preparing a bunch of clearly traumatized people. They also REAAALLLY pushed consuming a lot of the medicine. The basic rule is, don't think, drink. Sounds like some weird frat rule. I feel like they are so focused on pushing people to the edge, just to induce this vague "miracle" they keep talkiing about. Anyways, didn't like that aspect.
By Tuesday night after my experience, I decided to stop going to the classes/meetings and just spent that time relaxing and integrating my experiences from the night before. After reflecting on it a bit, I really feel like the program is sort of dangerous for certain types of people - anyone who is highly unstable as it is. I just feel like it's not really the setting to have a highly unstable person (of which there seemed to be a handful) do 6-8 cups of medicine or whatever... I feel like it’s just asking for bad things to happen.
Last thing I’ll say is that it was abundantly clear to me that this program was meant to be some cookie-cutter thing. They don't have any real 1-on-1 support available. I talked to the "integration specialist" and it was a joke - just sat there and tried to sell me his books and shit. If you have a bad experience, I think you will be lucky to get any real help on that front.
Shaman Quality
I'm very torn about this aspect of the trip. I will say that I really felt like these people were there for the right reasons. There was only one head shaman I didn't care for out of the four nights (yage night, night 4). Overall, I got pretty good vibes from all the groups and saw numerous people make amazing connections with some of the healers that helped them throughout the week. That being said, all but 1 of the shaman groups seemed to have a lot of trouble keeping watch over our group. And we only had 45 people, rather than the usual 70-80. The thought of having that many people is terrifying to me.
Both night 1 & 2 got very hectic, and included them shutting down the "bar" early in the night. Multiple staff commented on how "fucked up" we must be the next day. I just felt like the shamans lost the rooms on those days. However, Day 3 - the divine feminine night - was absolutely amazing and the energy was entirely different. Some of the shares from that night were just incredible.
I've read reports on what is going on with rythmia and the shaman "industry" and how they've pushed out a lot of good ones and now it's all inexperienced people that don't really have a connection to the lineage. I could definitely see that. I do feel like they did a great job at other aspects of the ceremony though, like cleaning up and just responding to people that needed help. I'm not sure they always knew how to help but the vibe I got was that they were there to genuinely help.
I also felt very connected to the shaman's approach to the medicine - which seemed to differ immensely from Rythmia's approach - and I was saddened by the fact we don't really get to interact with the shaman or healers much throughout the program. Only when we are in a fucked up state at the end of the night do we get any sort of real wisdom from them. That side was a little disappointing. I wish the shaman were more involved in the program itself.
The Ceremony
There were parts of the ceremony I loved and thought were really cool, but overall I would say it was ruined by the number of random, traumatized people you're forced to do this with. Love all you guys, but damn that was horrifying at times. I can't imagine doing it with 80 people. The energy in the maloca was so dark come midnight, especially on the male side. I think if you can find a solid group to go with, it wouldn't be so bad, but I would not want to go solo, especially if I was a woman. I can't exactly describe it but there was just a lot of bad energy coming from the male side and the women there seemed so vulnerable. I've already heard one story of sexual assault from the week I was there and I heard of multiple people sleeping together during this retreat, which I just feel like is a terrible idea on something like this. So yeah, that weird sexual energy is there and worth watching out for.
Beyond that, I did actually have a pretty incredible experience. First, I want to say that I was totally into the music. I thought they did an amazing job curating the music and it was obviously very intentional at certain times of the night. I had a tough time telling what was being played live and what was on the speakers at times, but I think that points to how good of musicians they had there. The weird thing is you could definitely tell certain songs agitated the room. The harmonica in particular seemed to rile up the bad spirits. But yeah, overall I really enjoyed the music.
I also really liked the ritual aspect of it all. I thought the shamans really gave it an authentic feel. I’ve obviously never done it with a super legit well known shaman, but it definitely beats doing it in some guys apartment off the freeway. There was something special about the ritual itself. I found myself, throughout the process, imagining being in some maloca in a jungle 1500 years ago, and what that might have looked like or felt. I also felt like they had enough healers/facilitators to manage the room, which was nice. I’d say it was probably 2.5-3:1. If they didn’t exactly have experience, at least they had numbers and overall did a fantastic job given how crazy the scene was at times.
My Personal Experience
I want to preface this by saying I don’t consider myself a deeply troubled person. I have my fair share of “normal” traumas - past drug/alcohol abuses, toxic romantic relationships, parent traumas, etc. But I feel like I’m at a really great point in my life and feel very at peace with many of my past experiences. Also, I didn’t really buy into what Rythmia was pushing as far as their process and approach. Not that I think it was inherently bad, I just didn’t feel like it was right for me. As a result, I think I had a much different experience than most people.
First off, I didn’t really purge on the same level that most people did. Most nights I pooped once, and I only puked once in the 4 nights. They kept the bathrooms surprisingly clean. According to rythmia, I wasn’t “purging my traumas” but for the most part I didn’t have to fight it. I just focused on relaxing and trying to stay calm when I felt sick and most of the time it subsided. And a lot of the trauma stuff I wanted to work on going in, seems so insignificant now.
On average I did 2-3 cups per night. Of course, each night's brew seemed to be different. I had my most beautiful experience on just 1.5 cups (day 2). I didn’t appreciate all the pressure to consume so much, but I suppose it might make sense for some people.
Day 1, I had 3 cups and nothing really happened. I would equate it to taking about 3 grams of shrooms in terms of the body high. And then I just basically had pretty chill conversations with myself all night. Little did I know that most of those conversations would come back up in night 2 with much more significance.
The main theme for me day 1 was just managing my own energy in a room full of very fucked up energy. The energy was DARK and there was a very palpable sense that things were just barely in control of the shamans.
Day 2 was very nerve wracking for me. I was confused and frustrated with my lack of results the night before but I focused on just trying to stay centered in my own energy, and to surrender fully to whatever the medicine wanted to show me. Early in the night I had a mantra - “you are loved, you are protected, you are safe”. I pulled on the unconditional love from my mother and my beautiful girlfriend and this gave me an incredible sense of peace to start out the night.
Ultimately I was able to stay centered and received a full download from the universe that night. It was revealed to me what my purpose was in life, and the meaning/nature of life in general. I was shown my previous life as a healeshaman, and the medicine taught me to focus inward in order to project my positive energy into the world. I had visions about my girlfriend and our relationship. I had the most incredibly spiritual experience, where I felt like I was communicating directly with god (I’m not religious in the slightest). It was honestly amazing. I felt the deepest sense of gratitude and self love I had ever felt in my life.
That lasted probably half the night and then I was bitten by some bug and had to seek help. Through that sequence of events, I ended up connecting with an amazing healer who was working there and she was able to help me break down what I had just experienced and put it into perspectives for me. The last 3-4 hours of the night I just spent outside on a blanket staring up at the stars. Partly because I was called to nature, but partly because the maloca was a fucking horror show and I couldn’t focus on my own shit while in there lol.
Day 3 was interesting. I got no pintas, and no consultations. The best way I can describe it is I got to know myself more intimately and I experienced the most amazing sense of peace & joy. The energy inside and outside the maloca was beautiful. I got some downloads from the universe on how to live my life, and mainly spent the night in a hammock integrating my experience from the night before. I did 4 cups that night and had an amazing time.
One thing I do want to bring up is the number of people that were just calmly walking around outside, staring into nothing, touching trees, etc. I saw such a deep appreciation that night for nature and it was a beautiful thing.
Day 4, again, nothing much happened. It was a slightly more difficult night in terms of the physical discomfort. I also just didn’t feel connected to the medicine at all. I think part of this was the fact they didn’t really play music most of the night and a lot of time was spent on these group blessings which I just felt were kinda useless. By the time they got to me, even the shamans didn’t seem that interested. I was not a fan of how the day 4 shamans ran things, even tho I think they were the most experienced group of the week. Personal preference.
Overall, I’m incredibly happy with my personal experience. It seemed like most of my peers were going thru hell and back, and I felt pretty lucky to have had such a beautiful experience. As much shit as people seemed to be going thru in ceremony, I have to say I could really feel the healing in the room, especially on the 3rd night. A lot of people seemed to have breakthroughs by the end of it, which was a beautiful thing to see.
Final Thoughts
- Rythmia is one of the nicer options out there, but there does seem to be a disconnect between the support staff & healers vs. leadership. I didn’t really care for the vibes of the place, but I do feel like a lot of the healers and what not really did have the best intentions for you.
- I would personally never go here alone, especially if I was a woman. I really feel like you need some sort of support on this journey.
- While I did see a lot of healing going on over the last couple days, I wouldn’t necessarily suggest this for people who haven’t done a significant amount of work before their first ceremony. It just doesn’t seem like the right thing to do if you’re unstable as is.
- I’m very interested in the shaman tradition and what they believe. Just from hearing them talk a bit each night, I could sense they took a little different approach to it than Rythmia. They talked about it in much different ways. I would have loved to hear more from them throughout the week.
- To me, the medicine is about connecting with your true self (not “who you’ve become”). It’s about realizing your purpose, your special gift on this earth. It’s about finally realizing all the small joys we miss out on by being in our head. It’s about connecting to the deepest sense of self-love, peace, compassion, etc. - all of the higher level energies. It’s about forgiveness, not just for others but for yourself. It’s about letting go of this person you think you are and accepting that there is better out there for you. It’s about feeling worthy. It’s about connecting to nature on an entirely different level. It's about understanding what’s sacred in your life and worth fighting for. I can totally see why they focus so much on trauma, but I feel like you miss out on this much deeper experience. But that’s just my perspective…
2024.05.18 20:30 Ultim8_Lifeform Featuring the Penguins of Madagascar! (Madagascar)
The Penguins of Madagascar
"Just smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave."
Fast forward a few years, and the Penguins of Madagascar have grown into a skilled group of elite commandos, partaking in various missions that have taken them all over the world, from New York to Madagascar to Africa to Europe. Over the course of their dangerous careers they have accumulated a wide variety of friends and allies. These range from the residents of the Central Park Zoo to the members of the spy agency North Wind. However they have also made no shortage of enemies, including Hans the Danish puffin, the Red Squirrel and the maniacal Dr. Blowhole.
Respect Threads
Skipper
"Cute and cuddly, boys. Cute and cuddly."Skipper is the leader of the group, devising tactics and gives orders. He is calculating, strict, paranoid, short-tempered, stubborn, and has a great disdain for hippies. Skipper's raving paranoia and tendency to view even the most ordinary activities as a military operation, combined with his experience in covert ops, has driven him to prepare for nearly any situation, no matter how bizarre or unlikely. While his antics do tend to alienate other animals outside of his commando team, more often than not his paranoia is proven justified, as he and his team have saved the world on multiple occasions.
Strength
- Slides into a metal door with enough force to dent it
- His punches shake a tree
- Forces open a giant alligator's jaws
- Crushes a golf ball with his flipper
- Throws a plastic unicorn toy with enough force for it to get stuck in a brick wall
- Repeatedly breaks himself out of a block of ice that was "Antarctic cold"
- Dodges a multitude of darts from a booby trap
- Dodges a large missile multiple times
- Dodges multiple lasers while charging towards an experimental laser turret
- Slides fast enough to stay ahead of Officer X's combat van
- Jumps over 1 1/2 stories onto a rising platform
- Bounces and flips around several lamp posts, rocks, and trees, eventually knocking out some pins with an explosive dive kick
- Gets kicked into a brick wall by Joey the kangaroo, cracking it
- Gets kicked high into the air by his evil android doppelganger, who was strong enough to crack concrete
- Kowalski's Nexto Skeleton knocks him through a bench with a rocket kick
- Gets pounded into the concrete by Bada
- Gets slammed into a concrete wall by Roger, creating a penguin shaped indention
- Falls through the roof of a plane mid flight
- Gets blasted into a stone wall by an explosion
- Gets shocked by the Zoo's new electric field
- For a short while, he walks across pavement that was hot enough to turn an egg to ash in 3 seconds
- After being buried alive, gets blasted through the dirt with a piece of dynamite and is perfectly fine
- Even while unconscious, his reflexes always keep him ready to fight
- Fends off the other penguins with relative ease
- Throws a playing card with enough accuracy to cut a four ropes keeping the penguins suspended in the air as well as a rope holding up a chandelier
- Throws a coin, which cuts two ropes and frees Maurice, bounces off a wall, cuts another rope and frees Mort, and finally bounces off another wall and turns off a light switch
Kowalski
"Okay Kowalski, wow me."Kowalski is the brains of the operation. He is a brilliant inventor, creating a multitude of different inventions and gadgets to help the penguins on their missions. If given enough time, there are few things that he couldn't invent. Unfortunately, most of the time his inventions cause serious trouble for the team, either falling into the wrong hands, turning against Kowalski, or just exploding. Not to mention, despite his intelligence, he cannot read (although he still carries around a clipboard to record drawings of their plans). He tends to over-analyze situations, trying to perfect every minute detail of a plan before he acts. This often causes the team more harm than if he would just act. That being said, he is still an invaluable member of the Penguins. Without him, they would simply be a couple of ordinary penguins that can do flips and karate chop people.
"Behold, a portal to times past. The Chronotron!"
"So, its a time machine?"
"Well, yes."
"So why not call it a time machine?"
"Sure, yeah. And while we're at it, let's call the Great Wall a fence, the Mona Lisa a doodle, and Albert Einstein Mr. Smarty Pants!"
Strength
- Slides into a metal door with enough force to dent it
- Kicks a bowling ball with impressive velocity into Private's face
- Pulls down a bill board
- Digs through solid concrete with nothing but a plastic spoon
- Jumps over 1 1/2 stories onto a rising platform
- Dodges a multitude of darts from a booby trap
- Dodges several laser beams from the Penguins' lair security protocol
- Slides fast enough to stay ahead of Officer X's combat van
- Wall jumps several times to climb out of King Julian's fake volcano
- Dodges and weaves around several spotlights
- Gets pulled by Rico with enough force to dent a steel door
- His Nexto Skeleton knocks him through a bench with a rocket kick
- Gets crushed by a swinging wrecking ball and is fine moments later
- Gets crushed under a large boulder
- Gets blasted into the air by Rico's rocket launcher
- Gets shocked by 5000 volt electrical cables twice
- Gets his face torched by the Penguins' flamethrower
- After being buried alive, gets blasted through the dirt with a piece of dynamite and is perfectly fine
- Flips and dodges around several attacks from chameleon tongues while being blindfolded
- Throws his abacus, which bounces off of both Badda and Bing and then returns to him (similar to Captain America's shield)
- Invents a machine that can remove someone's intelligence and store it in a cardboard box
- Invents a fully functioning time machine, which he uses twice to travel back in time. When three Kowalskis exist in the same space it rips a hole in the fabric of the universe
- Built a thermo fusion reactor within the penguin's base
- Invents the Helmet, which allows the user to move object with their mind, as well as summon any object they think of to them at a moment's notice
- Builds an invisibility ray
- Makes a laser gun that can revert things to their younger, fresher state, which turns Skipper into a baby and eventually back into an adult
- Creates a device that can stop time, (anyone that is touching the device at the time he activates it will experience the stopped time)
- Builds a mech suit, which he dubs the nexto skeleton, that can fly, shoot missiles, is strong enough to life a large boulder over his head, and can even rebuild lost limbs out of seemingly nothing
- Builds a machine that can clone an exact replica of any living organism, as long as it has their DNA (which he uses to bring a dodo bird back to life)
- Built an anti gravity gun
- Hacks into a traffic light with relative ease
Rico
"B-but that shouldn't have worked! It breaks all known rules of science!"Rico is the group's weapons and explosives specialist who mainly communicates through grunts and squeals. With a stomach that defies reality, Rico swallows a plethora of useful tools and weapons and regurgitates them when needed, including ones that appear to be too large to have been swallowed in the first place. Rico has a few screws loose, so the other Penguins need to keep him on a tight leash lest he lose his mind in a dynamite filled frenzy. That said, Rico's love for explosions and destruction is an asset that Skipper has no problem letting lose on their enemies or any problem that the team may be facing.
"And that's why we call Rico a maverick. He makes his own rules."
[BLEH BL-BLAH BL-BLUH BLAH BLEH]
Strength
- Breaks a fairly large hole through a brick wall
- Pulls Kowalski with enough force to dent a steel door
- Lifts an anvil over his head
- Bites through a lock
- Digs through concrete at an incredibly fast with two plastic spoons
- Jumps over 1 1/2 stories onto a rising platform
- Dodges several laser beams
- Dodges one of the Red Squirrel's missiles
- Kicks Kowalski into the air, and by the time he falls back down, Rico had already got into, started, and drove the penguins Buggy next to their base to catch him
- Cuts up a fish into perfectly sized bites of sushi in just over a second
- Climbs over the zoo's main gate in seconds
- Slams into a brick wall, cracking it
- Falls directly onto a rhino's horn
- Gets crushed by a falling elephant
- Falls through the roof of a plane mid flight and is completely unharmed
- A bomb explodes inside of his stomach and he barely reacts
- Is right next to where Kowalski shot his newly acquired plasma blaster on turbo setting, which caused an explosion powerful enough to blow a hole in their concrete ceiling (that same plasma blaster on medium setting was able to disintegrate a lamp post in a single shot
- Gets hit by a static shock that is strong enough to knock out the power in the Penguin lair
- For a short while, he walks across pavement that was hot enough to turn an egg to ash in 3 seconds
- After being buried alive, gets blasted through the dirt with a piece of dynamite and is perfectly fine
- Fends off both Skipper and Kowalski with nothing but a doll as a weapon
- Throws Marlene like a boomerang, bouncing her off of both Bada and Bing's heads and then catching her
- Shoots 3 fish out of the air with a crossbow
Rico is able to regurgitate whatever Skipper needs as long as he has it locked away in his intestines. As soon as an object, weapon, or tool is needed he can produce it almost instantly.
- Spits up a stick of dynamite with a lit fuse and immediately regurgitates a flash light
- Spits out a grenade filled with knock out gas
- Regurgitates a massive missile which is far larger than he is
- Continuously regurgitates hook shots so he can swing from buildings like Spider-Man
- Spits a small anchor into the air with enough velocity to strike him in the head a couple seconds after it leaves his mouth
- Regurgitates a chainsaw with enough velocity to fly into the air and cut through a sewer pipe
- Fires screws fast enough for them to secure a metal door in place and keep Jiggles the slime contained
- Throws up a cinder block with enough force to send a leopard seal flying backwards
Private
"Private, options."Private is the emotionally sensitive, British-accented rookie of the Penguins of Madagascar. Though younger and less experienced than the other penguins, he is the most down to earth and compassionate. Private tends to offer simpler, more commonsense solutions in response to Skipper and Kowalski's complex strategies, often in an understated tone while those strategies are falling apart. He also has an affinity for unicorns.
"Hello? I'm the options guy!"
"But not when it comes to matters of the heart. That's where young Private here shines."
Strength
- Slides into a metal door with enough force to dent it
- While underwater, he kicks a baby leopard seal which flies into an adult leopard seal, reversing its momentum
- Stops a massive leopard seal from falling off an icy cliff
- Hangs onto his golf club as he uses it to swing their golf cart around a tree
- Jumps over 1 1/2 stories onto a rising platform
- Dodges several darts shot out from one of Kowalski's booby traps
- Dodges several lasers from the Penguins' security system
- In the flash that Dave's monster ray is fired, he frees himself from his bindings and hides beneath a piece of machinery without anyone noticing
- Out swims a leopard seal for a short while
- Deflects a golf ball with his club
- Wall jumps multiple times to get to the top of the zoo's gates
- Gets karate chopped by Skipper to the ground
- After covering one of Rico's bombs with a bucket, he gets blasted through the roof of the zoo's security building
- Gets crushed between Skipper and a concrete wall after an explosion blasts Skipper into him, leaving a Private shaped indention in the wall
- Falls from the outskirts of the Earth's atmosphere and crashes to the ground below
- Gets dropped onto an electric fence by Savio
- For a short while, he runs across pavement that was hot enough to turn an egg to ash in 3 seconds
- After being buried alive, he gets blasted out of the ground by a piece of dynamite and is fine
- Falls into a pit of rusty bear traps, which mildly injures him
- Defends himself from Skipper's strikes and disarms him while blindfolded
- Defeats over a dozen of Dr. Blowhole's minions with ease
- Fires a dart gun, which bounces off of several objects and walls before eventually hitting the light switch and turning off the lights
- Unlocks what Kowalski calls "quantum hyper cute", which causes anyone who sees him to faint because their brains are overloading from the cuteness
- By using himself as a power source, his cuteness is able to reverse the affects of Dave's monster ray
Teamwork
- Push an elephant into a cage
- Using Rico as a battering ram, they destroy a brick wall
- Forming a penguin chain, Kowalski, Rico, and Private support the weight of an elephant
- Kowalski, Rico, and Private manage to hold Officer X's van in place while it tries to drive away
- Incapacitate Capitaine DuBois and her men, tying them up and launching them out of a canon
- Take on a small army of Dr. Blowhole's lobster minions
Gear
- Grenades
- Rocket launcher
- Flamethrower that is hot enough to melt a lamp post
- Laser pen which can cleanly cut through stone
- Grappling hooks
- Jetpacks gifted to them by the North Wind spy agency
Using the Penguins on WWW
While it may vary from episode to episode, the penguins are all around the same ballpark in stats and skill. They're pretty well rounded, being able to withstand blows that damage stone and metal walls and can dish out those same kinds of hits. On top of that, most have dealt with minor esoteric damage types like heat, electricity, and cold. While they're not too crazy speed wise, they're all capable of aim dodging lasers and can avoid slower projectiles like darts. Combine that with their absurd agility and small size and these four will be extremely difficult to hit for opponents that are on their physical level.However, it's the areas outside of physical stats that let the penguins fight above their weight class. They're all capable in close quarters combat, with Skipper being the clear standout (though Rico and Private have both shown to be able to hold their own against him under the right conditions). Rico is a walking armory that will give them access to any weapon in their arsenal at any time, Kowalski has plenty of inventions that most opponents won't have resistances too, and Private's hyper cuteness could certainly catch their opponents off guard.
The best way to beat these four is to split them up and fight them individually. They've shown many times that they are far greater than the sum of their parts, engaging in hit and run tactics or using one of their various haxes to battle opponents above their weight class. Kowalski and Private in particular are vulnerable to losing their composures if things aren't going their way in a fight (though I wouldn't exactly call that a strength for Skipper and Rico either).
2024.05.18 20:01 pwnr_bonr I love you and I'm worried
Kisskiss,
I am worried about you. You would probably say you're fine, if you're safe and don't need a friend's shoulder..then good.
Do you feel stuck? I can be there for you...I'm going to buy a plane ticket and get a hotel room.. you don't have to visit me, or even talk to me if you don't want to, I won't show up and try to be some kind of retarded hero - just keeping a promise to the most important woman that isn't in my life . If you choose not to come see me, it's ok too I won't be upset. The important thing is that you're safe and you dont need anything No need to feel pressured. If you reach out, you reach out..if not..I'll assume you don't need me..
I have to say if you present yourself - wow I will be so Fn happy.
You're a grown independent woman and I know you are fully capable of solving issues for yourself...but everyone needs a safe space where they can be themselves. I promise, I wont try to fix unless you tell me you need fixing, deal? I'm making myself available for your emotional support cause I care about your silent, non responding butt..lol. I hope you come and use my shoulder to cry on and my arms to feel safe in, because you are my purpose for being there, let me help you!!
I'm coming in case my intuition is right. I can support you much easier there for a little while than I can from this F'n state. It's up to you to take advantage of it.
If you decide to come see me...trust that you will be safe with me..i understand it's been a long time and you don't really know me anymore. I promised action and I feel this is right.
We can hang out, talk go get food, groceries, or whatever..I want to be clear so you don't think I'm trying to have sex with you, I care about you more deeply than that. If our relationship was built on sex, well, I'd be better at it and I would not feel what I've felt during I'm our long years apart. I'm there for you as a friend - it's not a boundary, just my intent. Its where I'm at right now..I don't think I can handle my hopes getting sky high from something between us only for us to hurt each other again, it would probably kill me.
Are you putting your vibes into the void??When I think of you, I feel overwhelmed, I feel empty, I feel sad, I feel alone, I feel anxious about something. And this worries me because I think those are the feelings you may be experiencing. I can't say why, though...very strange.
I swear..I don't really believe in a lot of the mystical things out there but after today, I am convinced, more than before, that you and I are connected. And I'm being urged to act so I am doing so.If you need me sooner than mid-next week..you need to let me know..otherwise I will assume it's fine. It's prob fine since you're not really expecting me to show any follow-through.
You are a priority for me all the time..not only when it's convenient for me -just try me.
No more preaching from me on reddit..I've served my purpose for being here..I will pop in from time to time.
Maybe a love letter or 10 for my love <3
I would love to see you. I've got the Dad bod going on but I am a handsome fucken devil ask any of the people whom I consider friends that have supported me through some of the craziness, they think the same thing..i have to beat them off with a stick...like they've all fallen in love with my letters and they're very jealous of you.
Jk..just trying to make people smile
I truly hope we can reconnect this time..if not, then next time, it's unconditional.
You will not be rid of me so easy, because I love you GD much!
<3<3
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I am worried about you. You would probably say you're fine, if you're safe and don't need a friend's shoulder..then good.
Do you feel stuck? I can be there for you...I'm going to buy a plane ticket and get a hotel room.. you don't have to visit me, or even talk to me if you don't want to, I won't show up and try to be some kind of retarded hero - just keeping a promise to the most important woman that isn't in my life . If you choose not to come see me, it's ok too I won't be upset. The important thing is that you're safe and you dont need anything No need to feel pressured. If you reach out, you reach out..if not..I'll assume you don't need me..
I have to say if you present yourself - wow I will be so Fn happy.
You're a grown independent woman and I know you are fully capable of solving issues for yourself...but everyone needs a safe space where they can be themselves. I promise, I wont try to fix unless you tell me you need fixing, deal? I'm making myself available for your emotional support cause I care about your silent, non responding butt..lol. I hope you come and use my shoulder to cry on and my arms to feel safe in, because you are my purpose for being there, let me help you!!
I'm coming in case my intuition is right. I can support you much easier there for a little while than I can from this F'n state. It's up to you to take advantage of it.
If you decide to come see me...trust that you will be safe with me..i understand it's been a long time and you don't really know me anymore. I promised action and I feel this is right.
We can hang out, talk go get food, groceries, or whatever..I want to be clear so you don't think I'm trying to have sex with you, I care about you more deeply than that. If our relationship was built on sex, well, I'd be better at it and I would not feel what I've felt during I'm our long years apart. I'm there for you as a friend - it's not a boundary, just my intent. Its where I'm at right now..I don't think I can handle my hopes getting sky high from something between us only for us to hurt each other again, it would probably kill me.
Are you putting your vibes into the void??When I think of you, I feel overwhelmed, I feel empty, I feel sad, I feel alone, I feel anxious about something. And this worries me because I think those are the feelings you may be experiencing. I can't say why, though...very strange.
I swear..I don't really believe in a lot of the mystical things out there but after today, I am convinced, more than before, that you and I are connected. And I'm being urged to act so I am doing so.If you need me sooner than mid-next week..you need to let me know..otherwise I will assume it's fine. It's prob fine since you're not really expecting me to show any follow-through.
You are a priority for me all the time..not only when it's convenient for me -just try me.
No more preaching from me on reddit..I've served my purpose for being here..I will pop in from time to time.
Maybe a love letter or 10 for my love <3
I would love to see you. I've got the Dad bod going on but I am a handsome fucken devil ask any of the people whom I consider friends that have supported me through some of the craziness, they think the same thing..i have to beat them off with a stick...like they've all fallen in love with my letters and they're very jealous of you.
Jk..just trying to make people smile
I truly hope we can reconnect this time..if not, then next time, it's unconditional.
You will not be rid of me so easy, because I love you GD much!
<3<3
2024.05.18 18:16 aph90210 Custom/Couture Dress in NYC
Hi! And congratulations to all recently engaged!
I’ve been to a lot of dress appointments now, both bigger stockists and flagship stores, and still haven’t found a dress I love wearing yet (or at least one that I would love without significant “custom” alterations). I’m also finding I’m picky about fabric and construction in a way that makes it hard to shop (whyyyy so much polyester and itchy linings?). So I think that means it’s time to consider custom.
My dream dress is relatively classic, with internal corsetry for structure and high-quality silk or lace as the wow factor. See: Philippa Lepley! But my priority is an NYC-based designer because I can’t be flying to London for fittings in even my bougiest dreams lol. Budget is max $15k.
Anyone have any recommendations? I feel like going custom for The Dress is such a leap of faith and I don’t know how to begin!
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I’ve been to a lot of dress appointments now, both bigger stockists and flagship stores, and still haven’t found a dress I love wearing yet (or at least one that I would love without significant “custom” alterations). I’m also finding I’m picky about fabric and construction in a way that makes it hard to shop (whyyyy so much polyester and itchy linings?). So I think that means it’s time to consider custom.
My dream dress is relatively classic, with internal corsetry for structure and high-quality silk or lace as the wow factor. See: Philippa Lepley! But my priority is an NYC-based designer because I can’t be flying to London for fittings in even my bougiest dreams lol. Budget is max $15k.
Anyone have any recommendations? I feel like going custom for The Dress is such a leap of faith and I don’t know how to begin!
2024.05.18 17:59 xtremexavier15 TMA 8
The episode faded back in to a shot of the Gaffers' platform being raised up to the roof by Scott, Ripper, and Chase as MK watched and Izzy walked over, wiping slime off herself.
"Uh, not to sound lazy," Scott said as he left the chain, "but I'm not feeling so good."
"You probably just have a cold," Izzy told him.
"Since when do colds have sores like this?" Scott followed up as he lifted his right arm and pointed to a round, reddish-brown spot on his elbow.
Izzy looked at him attentively and put her hand on his forehead. "Your body temperature is high, but it's possible that-" she was interrupted by a sudden burp from her teammate that caused her to cringe and take a step back. "Why does your breath smell like lemons?"
"Are you trashing my burps?" Scott asked in confusion.
"Hold on," Justin interrupted as the camera cut to him. "Red sores, fever, lemony burps? Aren't those symptoms of one of the diseases in the book?"
"Page 753," Millie exclaimed. "Mortatistical Crumples Disease!" She gasped. "And it's fatal!"
Everyone gasped. "Mortatistical Crumples is also highly contagious!" MK added, eliciting another gasp from most of the cast.
"Okay, looks like it's quarantine time!" Chris said, backing towards the door with barely-hidden panic. "See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!" He gave them a quick wave, then dashed out the double door between the two vats. Both teams went over to it with shock on their faces as the sounds of power tools were heard on the other side.
The camera cut to Chris as he pounded a nail in with a hammer. It was one of many holding up a red banner with an orange skull-and-crossbones on it, set over several long pieces of wood that had been nailed up to bar the exit. "There's more to this disease than either team knows," he told the camera with an impish grin before walking away with a dark chuckle.
Another shot of the numbered studios was shown. "Hold on," Anne Maria spoke up as the shot cut back to the ten castmates in the challenge set. "How did Dirt Boy catch a fatal disease?"
“I'm sure it's just a twenty-four hour kind of fatal,” Scott hoped.
"We have to quarantine Scott! Stat!" Izzy said in a panic.
The camera showed Ripper furiously inflating a plastic bubble with a bicycle pump; the bubble had a yellow-and-black biohazard symbol on it. "Get inside now!" the bully shouted before Scott threw himself head-first into the bubble.
"Oh no!" Jasmine cried. "Brick has a sore too!" She pointed at the soldier boy's upper left arm, who took one look at the sore and began to wave his arm in a panic.
"It has to be a mistake!" Brick exclaimed.
"Hey!" Scott exclaimed from inside his bubble, another one getting inflated nearby. "Is there an exit to this thing?"
"There isn't one!" Ripper shouted as he continued to pump and Brick got into his bubble.
"Why didn't anyone tell me that before I jumped in?!" Scott griped.
“Okay, everyone just calm down!" Chase said.
"Agreed," Jasmine spoke up sternly. "We should make sure no one else is infected. Symptoms of Mortotistico Crumple's Disease include explosive diarrhea..."
"Oh no!" The camera cut to Chase as his bowels began to groan and he ran into a nearby portable toilet with a panicked look on his face.
"Itchy lips," Jasmine continued as the shot cut to Justin, who suddenly bit his lip.
"My… my lips," he moaned. "They're on fire!" He began to frantically rub and scratch at them, leaving them swollen and red.
"Sudden hot flashes," Jasmine listed off as MK began to sweat profusely and tug at her jacket. "Sea sickness," Ripper turned green and vomited. "Speaking in tongues," Izzy was the next to be affected as she babbled incoherently and indistinguishably with her eyes rolling upwards, which continued even as Jasmine listed the final symptom, "and temporary blindness."
"Everyone can see, right?" Jasmine asked as she checked over the castmates’ current states. "That's good to know," she said in relief before walking forward and bumping straight into Brick's bubble. "Oh no," she said in newfound panic. "I'm the one who's blind!"
Confessional: Anne Maria
"I know this is a reality show," Anne Maria told the confessional camera in a serious tone, "but I doubt that Chris would allow us to actually die on national television!"
Confessional Ends
The scene cut to Chris himself watching from his control room, leaning back in his chair with his legs propped up on the desk in front of him. "You'd think we wouldn't," he told the camera, "but, just imagine the ratings!"
Back in the quarantined set, the camera panned across the room to show that everyone except for Anne Maria, Millie, and the bubbled Brick and Scott were now laying on top of stretchers, groaning and moaning.
“This is super bad,” Millie said. “We have to do something.”
“Do you mean taking their temperatures, because we only have rectal thermometers, and I'm not in the mood to joke around with them,” Anne Maria responded.
“I wasn't even thinking about that at all,” Millie stated. “Joking with diseases is not funny at all.”
“Obviously, but have you noticed we're the only ones who didn't take part in the studying all-nighter, and we're the only ones who haven't been infected?” Anne Maria asked while looking over everybody.
“I'm not so sure about this supposed disease,” Millie mused. “We need to get our hands on one of those textbooks. There has to be something they missed.”
“I’d do it if Chris didn’t seal off the only exit,” Anne Maria argued.
"There’s another exit over there," Millie pointed to the Grips' platform, which was now sitting on the floor empty of body parts. The chain still led up to a hole in the ceiling where the reel was situated.
"Oh yeah. How in the world did I not notice that?" Anne Maria droned sarcastically before the two made a dash for the platform.
"I still haven’t forgotten you pushing me off the diving board a few days ago, so don’t think I’m scared of pulling the platform as high as possible," Millie informed as they stepped onto the platform and pulled down on the chain, making them ascend.
The footage flashed forward to the outside of the studio as the two girls jumped down from a ladder on the wall of the building. “You grab a textbook, I'll look in the kitchen,” Millie instructed before they split off in opposite directions.
Confessional: Millie
"I really hope that the disease is fake," Millie explained in the make-up trailer. "There were some diagnoses and symptoms in the textbook that I've never heard of before, but I've studied a lot about diseases to be familiar with a selective few."
Confessional Ends
Back inside, Scott was shown to be rolling around in his bubble. "How long has it been since I got in this bubble?" he groaned.
"I don't want to hold onto my bladder for more than an hour!" Brick cried while covering his groin with both hands.
"My lips," Justin groaned on his stretcher. "Of all places, why my lips?"
"I'd kiss them to make you feel better, but I'm not a princess and you are not a frog," MK said, sitting up on the stretcher next to him; Jasmine and Chase were visible in a row behind them. "And even then, I am not an animal kisser."
Ripper was sitting against one of the walls, writing something on a piece of paper with a bucket of vomit next to him. “To my parents; don't let my brothers keep the money I've taken from weaklings in the past.” He paused to throw up into his bucket before writing again. “To my brothers; don't even think about stealing my stash from me, especially you, Wolfgang! From your best son, Richard Kennedy.”
The double doors between the vats were thrown open by Millie and Anne Maria. The camera pulled out as the other cast members moaned, and the two young women stepped into the room – the Jersey girl holding a textbook, and the author with some kind of canister.
"Who's there?" Jasmine asked.
"Simmer down, everyone," Anne Maria said. "We're just here to expose the truth about these textbooks, which are actually bogus." She held the book she'd brought up, and easily tore the cover off it. "The book covers are just cereal boxes." Her bowels started to growl, and with a panicked look, she dropped the book and ran towards the portable toilet. "I'll be right back!"
"It can be a crock," Jasmine sat up on her stretcher. "Nobody's faking the sickness!"
“No, but it's still untrue,” Millie interjected. “I just went to Chef's kitchen, and I found this "cheese". The camera focused in on the canister in her hand as she held it up, showing that it had an image of a cheese wedge on the label.
"Uh, what is in that parmesan?" Brick wondered innocently.
"It is not cheese, but it is," Millie tore off the label to reveal a second beneath it with an image of scratching hands on it, "itching powder and laxatives!"
"Chef!" Brick muttered under his breath. "Why did he not inform me?"
It was then that Anne Maria burst back out of the portable toilet followed by a cloud of foul odor. "That explains the diarrhea and itchy lips."
"And I didn't get sick since I'm the only one who didn't eat the pizza," Millie added.
"What about the sores on Brick and Scott?" Chase asked.
"As for those," Millie laughed lightly, walking over to her quarantined teammate. "They're just pepperoni pieces that got stuck on you when you likely fell asleep."
Brick reached over to touch his sore, and it peeled off easily. "She's right!"
Scott also touched his own sore and it also peeled off quickly. "I was suckered! Now can somebody let me out of here now?"
"So wait," MK spoke up, "the disease is fake?"
Jasmine was the first to react, sitting up and blinking. "By golly. I'm not blind anymore!"
"And I can talk normally!" Izzy cheered.
"And I'm not gonna throw up anymore!" Ripper added. "We've been cured!"
"Could I be let out now?!" Brick pleaded. "I have some urgent business to take care of!"
"I'm comin’," Anne Maria rushed over to the bubble and simply popped it with her fingernail. Both of them winced as the bubble burst, and Brick immediately rushed over to the portable toilet.
"And don't forget about me as well!" Scott spoke up, rolling his bubble into the middle of the room.
Izzy took out a pin, popping her teammate's bubble. “This was all first year med school syndrome!” she said. “Too much studying and too little sleep can make you think you've got every disease in the book!”
"Congratulations, Killer Grips!" the voice of Chris McLean came suddenly, the camera pulling out to show the host descending from the ceiling on another chain. "You just won the challenge!"
The five Grips began to cheer and celebrate. "Brilliant diagnostic skills, Anne Maria and Millie. Way to suss it out. And, for your reward," Chris continued, frowning and looking down at his empty hands. "Knew I forgot something. Just a sec!" he said before stepping back onto the chain's foothold and raising back out of the room.
Confessional: Anne Maria
"This challenge was certainly… something," Anne Maria confessed. "I can't believe that I had to play the role of doctor just to tell everybody about the so-called disease being a lie. Who knew tainted pizza could make you have hot flashes and sea sickness?”
Confessional Ends
"One thing's for sure. I'm double checking my food from now on if I want to prevent temporary blindness or having to speak in tongues," Jasmine told the Grips as the footage cut back to them.
“Once again, the pizza was too good to be true,” Brick commented. “You made a good call not eating any slices, Millie.”
“I had no idea that there were laxatives put onto it,” Millie claimed. “If I wasn't so invested with the book, I'd probably eat the pizza and fall victim to the sickness just like you guys.”
It was then that Chris returned, descending down on the same chain as before but now carrying a covered platter. "As I was saying," he said as he walked towards the Grips, "for your reward!"
He removed the cover and the camera zoomed in on what lay beneath – five picture frames, three in back and two in front, each containing a photograph of a different person. The first on the left was a light purple cat. The second was a confident-looking Hawaiian woman with black long hair wearing a yellow tracksuit and red hoop earrings. In the middle was a teenage girl, pale with brown hair tied in a bun and a beige tank top. Fourth was a smiling white man; he had no hair, had golden dog tags around his neck, and was dressed in a dark green military outfit. And on the right end was an elderly black man with white curly hair, a white mustache covering his mouth, and a dark orange collared long-sleeved shirt.
"That's my cat Whiskers!" Jasmine said excitedly as the shot panned across the photos.
"And that's one of my girlfriends Vanessa," Anne Maria declared.
"Yup!" Chris told them. "One of you gets a whole spa night away from this cruddy studio lot, with your very best friend! So, who's the lucky stiff?"
“I'd kill for a spa day, even if it's with my mom, so how about letting me have it?” Justin smiled widely at his team.
“I have some things I want to talk about with my father,” Brick suggested.
“Now wait just a minute…” Jasmine interrupted as she, Brick, and Justin started to argue over who should get the prize.
“Can all of you shut up!!” Anne Maria ceased the fight, causing everyone to look at her. “As much as I would love to be away from this trashy film lot, I say we should let Millie have the reward.”
"Wait, me?" Millie asked in astonishment. “How come?”
"Clearly, you did the most research out of all of us, and you won the challenge for us," Anne Maria answered.
“You did say that the person who contributes the most should claim the reward,” Brick brought up.
“And with you also not eating that pizza, you've certainly earned that spa night,” Jasmine smiled.
“I don't want to be left out, so okay then,” Justin agreed with a shrug.
"Chris, the Killer Grips came to a decision," Anne Maria said before giving Millie a light shove forward.
"W-wow," Millie said softly as she began to tear up. "This is really generous!"
“Just accept the offer before I trade places with you,” Justin said.
"Eeeuuughh," Chris said in disgust. "Clean up on aisle two!" he called, and moments later, a pair of young white men in white work outfits walked through the open door, one of which carried a push broom. They disappeared off-screen for a moment, then reappeared with one pushing Millie towards the door and the other sweeping up after.
"Thank you for allowing me to take the reward!" Millie said as she allowed herself to be escorted out, wiping away her tears with her hands.
The scene cut outside as Millie walked up to the beaten-down Lame-o-sine. The door opened, and she smiled and stepped inside.
"Granddad!" the writer said happily as the shot moved inside to show her hugging the white haired old man who had been seen in one of the pictures. "I've really missed you!"
"I missed you too, Millie," the man said as he hugged his daughter. "Don't get my favorite shirt wet now. I got it dry cleaned."
"Sorry," Millie said as they broke their hug. "I have a lot to talk to you about ever since I competed in the first season."
Her grandfather smiled proudly. "Spill the details. I can tell you had a ball, but don't blame me if I start to doze off more than I do while writing best selling books."
"I'm not that boring!" Millie laughed cutely. "So it all started when I was dropped off on the dock..."
"Sheesh," Chris cringed as the scene cut to him in his control room. "Talk about a loving family! Hopefully they'll get their dullness smoothed while they're at the spa." He pulled a lever on the desk, cutting the monitor feeds to static, and stood up. "So, will the Grips' winning streak last? Or will they fall apart and lose their teamwork? Find out next time, on Total! Drama! Action!"
(Roll the Credits)
(Bonus Clip)
“That spa night was amazing!” Millie told the camera while in the trailer. “The manicures and pedicures were to die for, and the facials and mud bath really smoothened the rough parts of my skin. Granted, this spa night wasn't as fun as the two-day resort back in Camp Wawanakwa, but thankfully, I didn't have to eat any disgusting food this time, so that's an upside. Want to know something interesting? Granddad was more into the spa treatments than me, but don't tell him that I said that to you,” she added with a giggle.
Eva - 14th
Geoff - 14th
Izzy - RETURNED
Trent - 12th
Sky - 11th
Killer Grips: Anne Maria, Brick, Jasmine, Justin, Millie
Screaming Gaffers: Chase, Izzy, MK, Ripper, Scott
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"Uh, not to sound lazy," Scott said as he left the chain, "but I'm not feeling so good."
"You probably just have a cold," Izzy told him.
"Since when do colds have sores like this?" Scott followed up as he lifted his right arm and pointed to a round, reddish-brown spot on his elbow.
Izzy looked at him attentively and put her hand on his forehead. "Your body temperature is high, but it's possible that-" she was interrupted by a sudden burp from her teammate that caused her to cringe and take a step back. "Why does your breath smell like lemons?"
"Are you trashing my burps?" Scott asked in confusion.
"Hold on," Justin interrupted as the camera cut to him. "Red sores, fever, lemony burps? Aren't those symptoms of one of the diseases in the book?"
"Page 753," Millie exclaimed. "Mortatistical Crumples Disease!" She gasped. "And it's fatal!"
Everyone gasped. "Mortatistical Crumples is also highly contagious!" MK added, eliciting another gasp from most of the cast.
"Okay, looks like it's quarantine time!" Chris said, backing towards the door with barely-hidden panic. "See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!" He gave them a quick wave, then dashed out the double door between the two vats. Both teams went over to it with shock on their faces as the sounds of power tools were heard on the other side.
The camera cut to Chris as he pounded a nail in with a hammer. It was one of many holding up a red banner with an orange skull-and-crossbones on it, set over several long pieces of wood that had been nailed up to bar the exit. "There's more to this disease than either team knows," he told the camera with an impish grin before walking away with a dark chuckle.
Another shot of the numbered studios was shown. "Hold on," Anne Maria spoke up as the shot cut back to the ten castmates in the challenge set. "How did Dirt Boy catch a fatal disease?"
“I'm sure it's just a twenty-four hour kind of fatal,” Scott hoped.
"We have to quarantine Scott! Stat!" Izzy said in a panic.
The camera showed Ripper furiously inflating a plastic bubble with a bicycle pump; the bubble had a yellow-and-black biohazard symbol on it. "Get inside now!" the bully shouted before Scott threw himself head-first into the bubble.
"Oh no!" Jasmine cried. "Brick has a sore too!" She pointed at the soldier boy's upper left arm, who took one look at the sore and began to wave his arm in a panic.
"It has to be a mistake!" Brick exclaimed.
"Hey!" Scott exclaimed from inside his bubble, another one getting inflated nearby. "Is there an exit to this thing?"
"There isn't one!" Ripper shouted as he continued to pump and Brick got into his bubble.
"Why didn't anyone tell me that before I jumped in?!" Scott griped.
“Okay, everyone just calm down!" Chase said.
"Agreed," Jasmine spoke up sternly. "We should make sure no one else is infected. Symptoms of Mortotistico Crumple's Disease include explosive diarrhea..."
"Oh no!" The camera cut to Chase as his bowels began to groan and he ran into a nearby portable toilet with a panicked look on his face.
"Itchy lips," Jasmine continued as the shot cut to Justin, who suddenly bit his lip.
"My… my lips," he moaned. "They're on fire!" He began to frantically rub and scratch at them, leaving them swollen and red.
"Sudden hot flashes," Jasmine listed off as MK began to sweat profusely and tug at her jacket. "Sea sickness," Ripper turned green and vomited. "Speaking in tongues," Izzy was the next to be affected as she babbled incoherently and indistinguishably with her eyes rolling upwards, which continued even as Jasmine listed the final symptom, "and temporary blindness."
"Everyone can see, right?" Jasmine asked as she checked over the castmates’ current states. "That's good to know," she said in relief before walking forward and bumping straight into Brick's bubble. "Oh no," she said in newfound panic. "I'm the one who's blind!"
Confessional: Anne Maria
"I know this is a reality show," Anne Maria told the confessional camera in a serious tone, "but I doubt that Chris would allow us to actually die on national television!"
Confessional Ends
The scene cut to Chris himself watching from his control room, leaning back in his chair with his legs propped up on the desk in front of him. "You'd think we wouldn't," he told the camera, "but, just imagine the ratings!"
Back in the quarantined set, the camera panned across the room to show that everyone except for Anne Maria, Millie, and the bubbled Brick and Scott were now laying on top of stretchers, groaning and moaning.
“This is super bad,” Millie said. “We have to do something.”
“Do you mean taking their temperatures, because we only have rectal thermometers, and I'm not in the mood to joke around with them,” Anne Maria responded.
“I wasn't even thinking about that at all,” Millie stated. “Joking with diseases is not funny at all.”
“Obviously, but have you noticed we're the only ones who didn't take part in the studying all-nighter, and we're the only ones who haven't been infected?” Anne Maria asked while looking over everybody.
“I'm not so sure about this supposed disease,” Millie mused. “We need to get our hands on one of those textbooks. There has to be something they missed.”
“I’d do it if Chris didn’t seal off the only exit,” Anne Maria argued.
"There’s another exit over there," Millie pointed to the Grips' platform, which was now sitting on the floor empty of body parts. The chain still led up to a hole in the ceiling where the reel was situated.
"Oh yeah. How in the world did I not notice that?" Anne Maria droned sarcastically before the two made a dash for the platform.
"I still haven’t forgotten you pushing me off the diving board a few days ago, so don’t think I’m scared of pulling the platform as high as possible," Millie informed as they stepped onto the platform and pulled down on the chain, making them ascend.
The footage flashed forward to the outside of the studio as the two girls jumped down from a ladder on the wall of the building. “You grab a textbook, I'll look in the kitchen,” Millie instructed before they split off in opposite directions.
Confessional: Millie
"I really hope that the disease is fake," Millie explained in the make-up trailer. "There were some diagnoses and symptoms in the textbook that I've never heard of before, but I've studied a lot about diseases to be familiar with a selective few."
Confessional Ends
Back inside, Scott was shown to be rolling around in his bubble. "How long has it been since I got in this bubble?" he groaned.
"I don't want to hold onto my bladder for more than an hour!" Brick cried while covering his groin with both hands.
"My lips," Justin groaned on his stretcher. "Of all places, why my lips?"
"I'd kiss them to make you feel better, but I'm not a princess and you are not a frog," MK said, sitting up on the stretcher next to him; Jasmine and Chase were visible in a row behind them. "And even then, I am not an animal kisser."
Ripper was sitting against one of the walls, writing something on a piece of paper with a bucket of vomit next to him. “To my parents; don't let my brothers keep the money I've taken from weaklings in the past.” He paused to throw up into his bucket before writing again. “To my brothers; don't even think about stealing my stash from me, especially you, Wolfgang! From your best son, Richard Kennedy.”
The double doors between the vats were thrown open by Millie and Anne Maria. The camera pulled out as the other cast members moaned, and the two young women stepped into the room – the Jersey girl holding a textbook, and the author with some kind of canister.
"Who's there?" Jasmine asked.
"Simmer down, everyone," Anne Maria said. "We're just here to expose the truth about these textbooks, which are actually bogus." She held the book she'd brought up, and easily tore the cover off it. "The book covers are just cereal boxes." Her bowels started to growl, and with a panicked look, she dropped the book and ran towards the portable toilet. "I'll be right back!"
"It can be a crock," Jasmine sat up on her stretcher. "Nobody's faking the sickness!"
“No, but it's still untrue,” Millie interjected. “I just went to Chef's kitchen, and I found this "cheese". The camera focused in on the canister in her hand as she held it up, showing that it had an image of a cheese wedge on the label.
"Uh, what is in that parmesan?" Brick wondered innocently.
"It is not cheese, but it is," Millie tore off the label to reveal a second beneath it with an image of scratching hands on it, "itching powder and laxatives!"
"Chef!" Brick muttered under his breath. "Why did he not inform me?"
It was then that Anne Maria burst back out of the portable toilet followed by a cloud of foul odor. "That explains the diarrhea and itchy lips."
"And I didn't get sick since I'm the only one who didn't eat the pizza," Millie added.
"What about the sores on Brick and Scott?" Chase asked.
"As for those," Millie laughed lightly, walking over to her quarantined teammate. "They're just pepperoni pieces that got stuck on you when you likely fell asleep."
Brick reached over to touch his sore, and it peeled off easily. "She's right!"
Scott also touched his own sore and it also peeled off quickly. "I was suckered! Now can somebody let me out of here now?"
"So wait," MK spoke up, "the disease is fake?"
Jasmine was the first to react, sitting up and blinking. "By golly. I'm not blind anymore!"
"And I can talk normally!" Izzy cheered.
"And I'm not gonna throw up anymore!" Ripper added. "We've been cured!"
"Could I be let out now?!" Brick pleaded. "I have some urgent business to take care of!"
"I'm comin’," Anne Maria rushed over to the bubble and simply popped it with her fingernail. Both of them winced as the bubble burst, and Brick immediately rushed over to the portable toilet.
"And don't forget about me as well!" Scott spoke up, rolling his bubble into the middle of the room.
Izzy took out a pin, popping her teammate's bubble. “This was all first year med school syndrome!” she said. “Too much studying and too little sleep can make you think you've got every disease in the book!”
"Congratulations, Killer Grips!" the voice of Chris McLean came suddenly, the camera pulling out to show the host descending from the ceiling on another chain. "You just won the challenge!"
The five Grips began to cheer and celebrate. "Brilliant diagnostic skills, Anne Maria and Millie. Way to suss it out. And, for your reward," Chris continued, frowning and looking down at his empty hands. "Knew I forgot something. Just a sec!" he said before stepping back onto the chain's foothold and raising back out of the room.
Confessional: Anne Maria
"This challenge was certainly… something," Anne Maria confessed. "I can't believe that I had to play the role of doctor just to tell everybody about the so-called disease being a lie. Who knew tainted pizza could make you have hot flashes and sea sickness?”
Confessional Ends
"One thing's for sure. I'm double checking my food from now on if I want to prevent temporary blindness or having to speak in tongues," Jasmine told the Grips as the footage cut back to them.
“Once again, the pizza was too good to be true,” Brick commented. “You made a good call not eating any slices, Millie.”
“I had no idea that there were laxatives put onto it,” Millie claimed. “If I wasn't so invested with the book, I'd probably eat the pizza and fall victim to the sickness just like you guys.”
It was then that Chris returned, descending down on the same chain as before but now carrying a covered platter. "As I was saying," he said as he walked towards the Grips, "for your reward!"
He removed the cover and the camera zoomed in on what lay beneath – five picture frames, three in back and two in front, each containing a photograph of a different person. The first on the left was a light purple cat. The second was a confident-looking Hawaiian woman with black long hair wearing a yellow tracksuit and red hoop earrings. In the middle was a teenage girl, pale with brown hair tied in a bun and a beige tank top. Fourth was a smiling white man; he had no hair, had golden dog tags around his neck, and was dressed in a dark green military outfit. And on the right end was an elderly black man with white curly hair, a white mustache covering his mouth, and a dark orange collared long-sleeved shirt.
"That's my cat Whiskers!" Jasmine said excitedly as the shot panned across the photos.
"And that's one of my girlfriends Vanessa," Anne Maria declared.
"Yup!" Chris told them. "One of you gets a whole spa night away from this cruddy studio lot, with your very best friend! So, who's the lucky stiff?"
“I'd kill for a spa day, even if it's with my mom, so how about letting me have it?” Justin smiled widely at his team.
“I have some things I want to talk about with my father,” Brick suggested.
“Now wait just a minute…” Jasmine interrupted as she, Brick, and Justin started to argue over who should get the prize.
“Can all of you shut up!!” Anne Maria ceased the fight, causing everyone to look at her. “As much as I would love to be away from this trashy film lot, I say we should let Millie have the reward.”
"Wait, me?" Millie asked in astonishment. “How come?”
"Clearly, you did the most research out of all of us, and you won the challenge for us," Anne Maria answered.
“You did say that the person who contributes the most should claim the reward,” Brick brought up.
“And with you also not eating that pizza, you've certainly earned that spa night,” Jasmine smiled.
“I don't want to be left out, so okay then,” Justin agreed with a shrug.
"Chris, the Killer Grips came to a decision," Anne Maria said before giving Millie a light shove forward.
"W-wow," Millie said softly as she began to tear up. "This is really generous!"
“Just accept the offer before I trade places with you,” Justin said.
"Eeeuuughh," Chris said in disgust. "Clean up on aisle two!" he called, and moments later, a pair of young white men in white work outfits walked through the open door, one of which carried a push broom. They disappeared off-screen for a moment, then reappeared with one pushing Millie towards the door and the other sweeping up after.
"Thank you for allowing me to take the reward!" Millie said as she allowed herself to be escorted out, wiping away her tears with her hands.
The scene cut outside as Millie walked up to the beaten-down Lame-o-sine. The door opened, and she smiled and stepped inside.
"Granddad!" the writer said happily as the shot moved inside to show her hugging the white haired old man who had been seen in one of the pictures. "I've really missed you!"
"I missed you too, Millie," the man said as he hugged his daughter. "Don't get my favorite shirt wet now. I got it dry cleaned."
"Sorry," Millie said as they broke their hug. "I have a lot to talk to you about ever since I competed in the first season."
Her grandfather smiled proudly. "Spill the details. I can tell you had a ball, but don't blame me if I start to doze off more than I do while writing best selling books."
"I'm not that boring!" Millie laughed cutely. "So it all started when I was dropped off on the dock..."
"Sheesh," Chris cringed as the scene cut to him in his control room. "Talk about a loving family! Hopefully they'll get their dullness smoothed while they're at the spa." He pulled a lever on the desk, cutting the monitor feeds to static, and stood up. "So, will the Grips' winning streak last? Or will they fall apart and lose their teamwork? Find out next time, on Total! Drama! Action!"
(Roll the Credits)
(Bonus Clip)
“That spa night was amazing!” Millie told the camera while in the trailer. “The manicures and pedicures were to die for, and the facials and mud bath really smoothened the rough parts of my skin. Granted, this spa night wasn't as fun as the two-day resort back in Camp Wawanakwa, but thankfully, I didn't have to eat any disgusting food this time, so that's an upside. Want to know something interesting? Granddad was more into the spa treatments than me, but don't tell him that I said that to you,” she added with a giggle.
Eva - 14th
Geoff - 14th
Izzy - RETURNED
Trent - 12th
Sky - 11th
Killer Grips: Anne Maria, Brick, Jasmine, Justin, Millie
Screaming Gaffers: Chase, Izzy, MK, Ripper, Scott
2024.05.18 17:28 VVWWVWVWVVWVWVWVWVVW Remix from a new player perspective: opinion (and some questions at the end)
As a new-ish player I love MoP Remix. Many veterans are giving their opinion, so I wanted to offer a fresh perspective (maybe it’s the same as the veterans’) as a noob.
Things I like: (I don’t repeat everything that has been said already, but only offer 3 ideas from a new player perspective)
Things I don’t understand (questions) - I got some appearance set from the bazaar but I can’t use it (wrong class). What is the point of that? Only for other alts?
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Things I like: (I don’t repeat everything that has been said already, but only offer 3 ideas from a new player perspective)
- An event that makes me relieve the story: one of the main issues I have with WoW is that I don’t understand the story. I started as a blood elf that for some reason got sent by warchief Sylvanas to stay with the Zandalari trolls, and suddenly I get called back to Orgrimmar, everyone is fighting sylvanas, something shadowlands, no idea what was going on there, and then on to the Dragon isles (where at least the story was linear, even if I couldn’t understand the connection to everything else that had happened before). This is to say that MoP remix is great for me to experience pandaria and its story. I wish they’d make more events like this one for other expansions too!
- Power level: I tried classic and I was dying from mobs at lvl 5. I tried retail and I couldn’t die even if I tried to. Here they got everything right: challenging enough to make it interesting, but enjoyable.
- I like the fact that I’m able to collect mounts and mogs from the past, with one currency. I had no idea how to do it before, but now everything is clear: kill bad guy or help with a quest a good guy, get bronze, use bronze in one single place to buy cool stuff.
Things I don’t understand (questions) - I got some appearance set from the bazaar but I can’t use it (wrong class). What is the point of that? Only for other alts?
- I’m a Pandaren, but we just discovered Pandaria? They treat me as an outsider but I’m one of them? Why?
- I want to do quests and also dungeons. Is it ok to mix? What if I hit max lvl? Can I still enjoy the campaign to learn the story? Sometimes it’s perfect to quest and do some dungeons to break the routine.
- of all the threads I collected, I have on average +5 for each stat, but I have +90 stamina… why?