Platform(s): It was a flash game on browser, I remember playing it on "juegos.com" but I think it might be on some sites like AGame or CrazyGames
Genre: It was like a turn-based fighting game kinda? U fought against a bot/computer
Estimated year of release: Def around the 2010s
Graphics/art style: It was pixelly. Like not 8-bit but like it was def pixel-art I'm pretty sure. It also wasn't really cartoony but also not really realistic, it was like a typical war-theme game I would say
Notable characters: Honestly can't remember much for the characters, but I remember there was a variety of characters to choose from and I think each of the characters had like a unique ability and stuff. There was like a bunch of bombs and stuff
Notable gameplay mechanics: It was turn based, I know that, so you would take turns like shooting rockets or explosives at each other. The POV was like 3rd person, and it was side view. Each character had a unique ability I think. I wanna say that pieces of land got destroyed with the explosives but I'm not sure how true that is as I don't rlly remember much.
Other details: It plays really similarly to the old penguin flash game "Penguin Wars" (The one with the penguins in the red beanies and the bazookas) but it was as if the game was more dark/war-themed and explosive and stuff, I played it all the time as a kid. Tbh I feel like these are rlly vague descriptions, I can try to answer questions pero I don't rlly use reddit, literally just made a reddit account just for this specific purpose, but yeah.

My (26F) boyfriend (30M) had these texts following a verbal argument. I wake up from a long nap and I get up to say hi to him and something just seemed off. Usually when I wake up from naps he always comes to the room and kisses me but this time I get up and walking over to his computer station and it seems like he wasn’t expecting me to get up. (Like possibly deleting things or closing out porn sites). I didn’t say anything I just ask him how has he been since I was asleep, normal conversation. I then ask him if he loves only me. (We both have a do you love me forever back and forth banter for years now) so this isn’t unusual for me to ask. Usually he would say of course baby and hug and kiss me but this time he’s defensive asking why are you asking, what’s the reason you’re asking me. It was weird I was receiving that. We sort of had an argument of me saying what’s wrong with a girl asking her guy for reassurance. His stance was I wouldn’t be asking that if something wasn’t wrong.
We stop talking. I go in the room. He’s at his desk. Maybe 30 minutes go by and I send these text. Tell me what you think please.. am I getting problematic ?

Chapter 2. (Dracula)
Nine Hundred years later deep deep far in the the Shadow Forest a place called Castlevania in the black castles the kings chambers a beautiful black haired blue eyed woman named Isabell Bolton was travailing in pain as she was giving birth to her first born child, the queens maid that was there helping deliver the baby held the little child cleaned him up and wrapped him in the blanket.
“Is the Baby ok Sara?” Isabell asked very exhausted.
“Yes it’s a boy!” Sara said very excited as she gave the mother her baby.
“He’s So Handsome. Luther come quick see our boy!” Isabell said with glee.
King Luther Bolton came in and grabbed his son hugged him.
“My boy Oh my baby boy.” King Luther said very happily.
Suddenly a dark and evil witch named Festus appeared in the room with them she was pure evil.
“Oh! what do we have here aww how sweet the Dark One was finally born He will be called Dracula he will be a terror of this world he will be known all over the nation and he shall live till the end of time his power will come on his thirtieth birthday when he drinks from the cup of Shalom that’s full of blood of the wolfs tears no one will stop his destiny he is a warrior of Econdire!” The witch said with a wicked evil laugh.
King Luther drew his blade and pointed it to her as he gave the baby back to the mother.
“You will not take my child and he will not become what you said!!! You will die this night!” King Luther shouted as he charged at the witch. She disappeared as King Luther swung his blade.
“Hahahaha you can’t kill me mortal and you can’t change what is to come I’m just here to warn you if you don’t want that to happen then you must kill the baby you can change prophecy Luther Bolton! Or seek out the skull face man named Slaygar he will gladly take the child and the Prophecy will not come true! Or should I say. “Your Majesty” hahahaha! Oh Luther. Ten years from now on a day before your wife gives birth to Your fourth son you will die and Dracula will be crowned King then time will count down. Hahahahahaha!!!” Festus said laughing as she disappeared out from a window in black smoke. Luther ran to the the window she disappeared from then she went to his wife who was weeping and crying out of fear
“Honey shush it’s ok!” King Luther said as he looked with worry and concern out the window.
“We’er not calling him Dracula we’er not his name is Gabriel Luther Bolton!” Isabell said sternly. “He will be a beacon of Hope.” Isabell said smiling.
“Yes That’s Beautiful, Gabriel. I like that name. Gabriel.” King Luther said in his thoughts he was worried about the prophecy.
Years passed and Gabriel had three more brothers Drakeul, Nathen, and Samuel, Then his father got sick Gabriel was ten years old and he was trying everything he could to heal his father he was a mage a healer and he put all his herbs and couldn’t stop his father infection nor could he keep him from getting sicker. He was only able to take the pain away for a wile. But King Luther got worse and worse. The King grabbed Gabriel by the arm as he coughed and said.
“We got to get you better father I....” Gabriel said his voice shaken as he was interrupted.
“Gabriel listen it’s over there’s nothing more you can do. I feel my body shutting down before I go...” King Luther said as he winced in pain.
“No Father!” Gabriel said weeping.
“Shush! Gabriel be strong for your mother and your brothers she’s in labor now so you got to be Strong your a good man and you be a good king but I got to tell you something and you got to fight for what’s right no matter what! Your hear me son?” King Luther said as he was feeling weaker and weaker.
“Yes sir.” Gabriel said as he straightened his shoulders.
“Ten years ago when you was born a evil witch came and told us that you was the Dark One and you was to be the terror of the world til the end of time and you had a different name but I’m not at all going to speak that name and she said you was to be the warrior of Evondire.” King Luther said as he looked a his handsome boy and he smiled at him.
“Econdire? The evil prince?” Gabriel asked confused.
“Yes son and....” Luther told him all what had happened even to the point where they searched for the good witches mages sorcerers and wizards.
“They said Love is the first thing that change this fate and they said have more children as many as possible before My death and to surround you with Love and train you to be the best of yourself that love and good will overcome evil.” King Luther said as he tried hard to make sure His son knew to not loose his Live for others and those who loves him.
Gabriel looked at his father he didn’t know what to say but he swallowed and said.
Gabriel: I will live to the best of my ability to Love and be good to all.
“Good now go be with your mother and the child they need you...” King Luther didn’t finish his statement when he took his last breath and he left this world.
“Father! Father! No Father come back! Father!!!” Gabriel shouted and wept over his dead father.
King Luther died, Gabriel put his head on his fathers chest and wept the tears fell from his face on to his fathers chest. One of the Priests of Shalom walked up his name was Dagon Gibbs.
“My son he’s gone hey come here hush now.” The Priest Gibbs said with comfort.
“Bring him back Father Gibbs! Bring him Back!” Gabriel shouted still crying.
“Hush now I can’t do that I’m not God my son. I’m sorry for your loss I will prepare his ceremony but you mother gave birth to a son you need to go to her. Your coronation to be Crowned King after the ceremony of your father’s funeral. Life must go on Prince Gabriel you have a lot of priorities and obligations that Have to be done be strong Prince Gabriel.” Priest Gibbs said with a comforting voice.
Gabriel walked to the room his mother was and heard the cry of the baby he opened the doors to see his smiling mom holding her baby boy her blue eyes sparkled. She saw her firstborn and her smile faded. She then said to Gabriel.
“Gabriel come see your baby brother! I named him Logan!” Isabell said as she noticed the look on Gabriel’s face.
Gabriel held his baby brother.
“He’s so handsome and healthy, Luther would be so so happy.” Isabell said as she put her hand on Gabriel’s shoulder.
Gabriel looked at his mother and the tears fell from his eyes as well as his mothers.
“I know he be in here if he wasn’t gone but he is I know it. It was prophesied by that witch.” Isabell said as her voice shook with grief.
Gabriel put his head down.
“Oh I know baby you tried your best but his time was up sweetie. We talked long about this. I can’t grieve now you got to be ready for what’s come Gabriel.” Isabell said with sadness.
She began to weep, as she held Gabriel close to her. Gabriel gave the baby to Drakeul and hugged his mother as they wept for her for their loss. They had the beautiful ceremony for King Luther they buried him in a tomb under the castle.
Seventeen years passed the palace grew and the people where happy everything looked great Gabriel had a beautiful women they got married his it was so beautiful they had two sons identical twins Trevor and Alucard.
The year started off wonderful but then an man named John Bayn a wicked king from the deepest part north he was full of rage and sought nothing but power he attacked Transylvania and declared war against Gabriel, the king caused Gabriel to loose his source for food and he cut his supply of water king Bayn got some men inside Gabriel’s city who turned some of the people against Gabriel.
“Gabriel my brother what is your plan we have to do something we have to fight against these basters or we going to loose the city!” Drakeul said as he looked at his brother who was now king.
“Easy Drakeul getting angry at the King won’t fix this.” Samuel said as he grinned.
“He has a point Samuel we got to do something!” Nathen said to them both.
Gabriel turned around and looked at his brothers.
“Tonight we will gather the most faithful soldiers and we will attack and kill that king. I will not loose my city I will destroy my enemy!” Gabriel said with determination.
The Priest Gibbs walked up to the war table And looked at King Gabriel.
“Your Majesty. Think before you act I pray you. I dreamed of you last night, you was dark cold bitter your eyes were as red as the blood I seen you drink from the cup of Holy water from Shalom’s Temple but it was filled with blood blood that came from the Wolf’s tears you must not give in to this anger it take you far then you want to go.” Priest Gibbs Said with a Urgency and a warning.
Gabriel looked at the Priest as did everyone in the room.
“King Gabriel I beg you sir be patient don’t go wait the Lord will make away and give you Victory! Please Your Majesty stay they will come to you and the witches prophecy won’t come to pass! If you go out there, My King. The curse will happen three years early then what was told!” The Priest Gibbs said again with Urgency.
“Father Gibbs. I will not give into a witches curse I will not let a curse stop me from protecting my people I will do what has to be done and show them I am not to be played with they will know not to come against me! Like they knew not to come against my father.” King Gabriel said as he began to give out his plan.
“My King...” The Priest Gibbs said as he put his hand on King Gabriel’s shoulder.
“No Father Gibbs! They killed your son today! It stops now!” King Gabriel said as he gently put his hands on the Priest Cheek. “I will not give in to the Curse I will hold on to my Love for others and the Love y’all have for me” King Gabriel said as him and his knights went out the war room.
The Priest swallowed hard, tears fell from his eyes he didn’t know he lost his son last he spoke he sent him to the market to get bread.
“How...” He asked his voice shaky.
King Gabriel turned and looked at the Priest “They skinned him alive and put him on a spike right out the gate I’m sorry we took him down and took him to his chambers.”
Tears fell down his cheeks he walked towards Gabriel. One of the knights put their hand on the Priest shoulder to push him back, the king lift his hand stopping the knight, Gabriel walked to the Priest. The Priest put both his hands on Gabriel’s cheeks.
“Gabriel please I beg you my son is dead please heed my warning don’t make me loose another son. Listen to me don’t go out there bad things will take place that will hurt you in a way that you will curse the Lord in His temple! Please Gabriel hear me.”
Gabriel hugged the old priest as he wept over the lost of his son, not knowing that the old man was weeping over him that night was the last night of Gabriel would be a human king but Gabriel didn’t realize that the Lord himself was trying to talk through Gibbs and Gibbs was weeping because he knew Gabriel would not take heed to his warning.
Later that day just before the king and his twelve knights were going to fight for their land he kissed his wife Hope, and his two sons Trevor and Alucard.
“Here Sweet Husband.” Queen Hope Said with a sweetness in her voice.
She put a letter in his hand.
“I will be waiting their.” Hope said with love in her voice.
“Ok I’ll meet you and the kids there.” King Gabriel answered as he smiled at his beautiful wife.
Logan came running up.
“Brother!” The Prince Logan shouted.
“Logan what are you doing?” King Gabriel asked seeing Logan was decked in armor.
“Let me fight I can fight!” Logan asked determined to fight.
“No Logan you must stay here!” Gabriel demanded.
“But Brother I can fight I’m not a child I’m seventeen! I killed a Lion and stopped a thief and kept several prisoners from escaping! Please let me fight for our kingdom!” Logan asked with hope in his eyes.
“I know! What you been doing it has not been unnoticed. That’s why I need you here protect my wife and kids stay with them ok! Please Logan do this for me brother.” Gabriel said as he walked passed Logan. Logan didn’t like it but he nodded and went and stood by Hope.
They walked out the city Drakeul, Nathen, and Samuel walked side by side with their king brother Gabriel tonight was the night for Victory! The 12 Knights walked behind them as well as fifteen thousand of the faithful soldiers.
The war began the fight was harsh side by side the Bolton brother’s fault side by side and backed to back fighting the enemies as well as the twelve knights who was protecting them they fault and killed many, then faced the face King Gabriel and King Bayn began to fight each other it was a hideous battle Gabriel took a lot of wounds but before it was over King Bayn was on his knees.
“You Won but I have brothers and friends they come and avenge me! You will not stand! Your own people don’t even trust your leadership! Hahaha!” King Bayn taunted.
Gabriel swung his sword cutting Bayns head off, he picked up Bayns Crown and handed it to a red haired knight named Andrew Archer, who seemed to loose his helmet during the battle.
“Take this that will be one of my trophies.” King Gabriel said as he handed the crown to the red haired knight.
The Red head Knight Spoke.
“What about the rest any prisoners?” Andrew asked with concern.
Gabriel looked at the village that was still burning and relived walking through and seeing again what they did to those poor people. He looked at Andrew and said very coldly.
“We will show no mercy they all will die but slow I will hang them on a spike and point the towards the village they destroyed and the people they murdered so they see why they are dying so painfully!” Gabriel said with anger in his eyes. Andrew Swallowed hard and they all did as they were told and they left back to the city the screaming and pleads for mercy echoed in their ears.
Back at the castle of Transylvania a war broke out Gabriel’s soldiers was fighting for their lives against some other soldiers who was turned by the King Bayns men. Hope Trevor and Alucard was in the Temple of Shalom and the Logan was fighting to protect them Hope was a Mage she used her magic to destroy the last few guards that turned against her, she looked at Logan.
“Logan You Ben and Cole take my Sons and go!!! Go Now!!! Keep them safe!” Hope said scared for their lives.
“I can’t just Leave you!” Logan shouted.
“You must Logan protect my babies please!” Hope said with urgency.
Logan Ben and Cole took Trevor and Alucard and ran them out of the city they got on their horses and headed south. Gabriel came and saw what was going on they went and fought killing every betrayer and every last one of Bayns men. Then Gabriel remembered the note and ran to the temple and when he Got there he saw the Priest Gibbs knelt down by Hope her stomach was carved into with a knife her hands cut off her throat slit. Gabriel fell beside her.
“NO!!!! MY BABY!!!! HOPE!!!! NOOO!” King Gabriel shouted tears falling downs his cheeks as he wept. He stood up anger and raged filled him he cursed cursed the temple and the wolves he cursed everything that the temple represented and he pointed at the Priest and yelled!
“THIS IS YOUR FAULT!!!!” King Gabriel shouted in anger tears screaming down his cheeks falling to the floor.
He cursed the priest. All the 12 knights stood around him his brothers got between him and the Priest.
“Gabriel! What are you doing! It’s not his fault!” Drakeul said trying to get Gabriel under control.
“Gabriel calm down you.... Oh My God!” Samuel said as his mouth dropped open his eyes widen.
Gabriel turn to see what everyone was looking at and saw the statue of the Wolf of Shalom from its eyes were tears of blood that dropped into the Holy Water cup. Gabriel was then immediately A trance he walked to the cup.
“NO!!! STOP HIM DONT LET HIM DRINK FROM THE CUP!!!” The Priest Gibbs said with urgency.
His brothers ran to him and pulled on him he sent them flying back with a wave of his hand.
“That ain’t no magic I ever seen.” Nathen said his eyes widen and his voice shaken with fear.
Gabriel picked the cup which was full of blood and began to drink it the priest and Drakeul yelled!
Drakeul and Priest Gibbs Shouted as One. “GABRIEL!!! NOOO!!!
Gabriel drunk the cup all of the blood in the cup then the curse happened but three years early. Gabriel yelled as his body changed and his face went pale and fangs grew in his mouth and his eyes went from a beautiful blue to crimson red.
Then the Angel of the Lord appeared and said. “My name is Gabriel I am the Messenger of the Lord you have defiled this temple of the Lord and you cursed the God that created you and came against the church of the most high God you our forever cursed to walk this earth as a monster til the end of time you will bring fear and terror....”
The Angel stopped when Drakeul walked up to him, Drakeul look the Angel in the eye fear filled him he trembling knelt down grabbed the Angel by his feet he felt the Archangels Power he spoke his voice shaky.
“Please I inquire a audience with the Lord!” Drakeul asked shaking.
“You cannot see the Lord you will not survive.” The Angel Gabriel said.
“Then please tell him applaud him to have mercy no he didn’t show mercy and he did the most worse thing but please I beg you don’t let him be damned take me instead give him another chance! Please don’t let him be damned!” Drakeul pleaded with him and his brothers salvation.
Drakeul began to weep at the Angels feet, The Archangel looked at Drakeul was a little fascinated how he a soldier who Stern and cold would be weeping over his brother who did such terrible deed. Then the Lord Spoke to the Angel.
“Gabriel Bolton will still be cursed but there is away that he can redeem himself but he will have to find it but he is forever bound from the temple of the Lord until he redeems himself and only you Brothers can help him find the boy that can change him the boy must become Him and he must become the boy and the certain deeds must be done, only then shall the spirit of your Brother be redeemed however the curse of Your Brother will be on a innocent Christian who will battle to redeem the Spirit of Dracula. Your brother Gabriel’s name will change this day he will be known as Dracula the rest of this worlds time! You will share his curse soon and help him walk the right path.
The brothers looked at each other confused.
The Angel looked at the twelve knights.
“From this day till the end y’all are the wolves of Shalom there shall be many of warrior wolves through y’all and y’all will fight against Dracula and all that becomes as he is that choose evil over good and there will come a time where Vampires and Werewolves will join together to fight an even. Greater foe an evil that has been locked away. There will rise a dark mage who will set the dark lord free and become the dark lord this will be the road that may redeem Dracula. But as of now your fight is to get and keep Dracula out of the temple this day!” The Angel of the demanded.
The twelve Knights became Werewolves the first ever to walk on earth. The Angel looked at Gabriel.
“Take him Out!” The Angel commanded. Then he disappeared!
Gabriel attacked the Werewolves and the fight was extremely hideous the werewolves gave a beating but each place they clawed open healed instantly, Gabriel beat them till the turn back in human form his blood was ragging but the. The power hit them and they arose again as the werewolves and begin to drive him out of the temple.
As Gabriel taught them he saw himself in a mirror the monster he became the crimson red eyes sharp fangs pale face the sharp claw like finger nails and at that moment he saw what he done and he saw what he did to the knights and as he saw them in wolf form walking towards him wounded even but still coming he didn’t want to hurt them they were his men his people and he was hurting them and he defiled the Lords Temple. He ran out the temple his brothers followed him.
“Gabriel! Gabriel! Drakeul Shouted.
He turned around quickly he put his hand around his brothers shoulder and with that same hand lifted him off the ground like he was paper without the help of his other hand.
“My Name Is not Gabriel!!! I am Dracula!” Dracula shouted. Gabriel Bolton was no more.
He threw his brother into his other brothers Nathen and Samuel caught Drakeul and the impact knocked them three feet back they pulled themselves up off the ground and they saw his face pale as the dead his eyes which used to be beautiful blue was now bloody red, he spoke again.
“My name is Dracula every King every army will never dare to attack my country or my family I will crush them and they will know the meaning of fear!!!” Dracula shouted crazily.
Dracula said his blood boiling hot as things were transitioning in his body.
And so the prophecy was fulfilled but three years before the time. And so fear filled the land the terror of Dracula spread through each city of Transylvania and Castlevania where Dracula’s Castle was the place which was beautiful and full of light was now darkened and full of fear.
Three days later at the docks of Dragons Bridge Logan asked Ben and Cole to take his little nephews to a safe place he was going back to his brothers to help fight.
“Logan! Are you crazy man Hope asked you to get Alucard and Trevor to safety man come on with us.” Cole said with concern for Logan.
“Yea man we’re young we got to get to Safety” Ben said.
“I must go back make sure it’s safe and send for y’all. And no y’all can’t come with me y’all thirteen and fourteen” Logan said sharply.
“No I’m fifteen Logan and you need to come with us man” Ben shouted at Logan.
Cole: And I’m two days from Sixteen. And your not seventeen yet your three days from seventeen and Hope asked you to save her nephews!
“I know y’all keep them safe now please go! I will not hear anymore.” Logan said as he turned from them.
And with that Logan turns away from them in the boat and went off towards home with his friends calling for him to come back and to not be stupid, but Logan kept on walking. Ben spoke.
“Come on Cole he’s not gonna listen to us.” Ben shouted angrily.
They set out for the other side which lead to a country called Albion and to a city called Camelot where King Constantine Pendragon III ruled and Uther Pendragon was a young mighty Prince who had a Amethyst who used a spell to keep him young for a thousand years. The children would be safe there the Ben and Cole thought.
As for Logan three days passed it was his birthday he turned seventeen and he was not happy for the things he was seeing and home the enemy that attacked the city was outside the gate dead hanging from a spike he heard on of them groan he drew his sword and thrust it through the dying mans heart to end his suffering he heard more, and saw a whole line of them he went by killing them ending their suffering. Dracula stood in front of his brothers and spoke.
“No one will dare to attack me now unless they want to die which I’m more then happy to oblige, brothers with this power we’re unstoppable I can give you this gift and you can be stronger.”Dracula said to his brothers. Drakeul Samuel and Nathen couldn’t believe what they were hearing from there Brother. “Was Gabriel really gone.” They both thought. Drakeul walk up to his Brother.
“Brother! Listen to yourself this is insane! look at you! this ain’t no gift it’s a curse! The Father Shalom Cursed you made you this monster, I will not become this thing you are!” Drakeul shouted out. Dracula looked at his brother with a elite shock look the laughed mockingly
“O dear Brother you actually think I’m giving you a choice that’s rather cute.” Dracula Taunted.
In a flash he grabbed his brother he moved faster then lighting he but Drakeuls neck and began to suck his blood Drakeul went limp almost dead Dracula bit his wrist and let the blood poured down to Drakeuls lips then Drakeul died. Samuel turn to run as did Nathen out the door, Dracula flicked his hand and the door slammed shut in his face Dracula grabbed him and done the same thing to Samuel as he did Drakeul. And Nathen tried to fight Dracula but failed and suffered the same fate. Dracula took a red towel and wiped his mouth and turned around to see Logan looking straight at him fear hit him hard he watched his brother suck the blood from his other two brothers.
“Gabriel what....” Logan said scared and shaken over what he saw.
“Hush now Logan they be back and my name is no longer Gabriel it’s Dracula I am a Vampire”Dracula said with a soft a soothing voice. He was hoping to calm his baby brother.
“What Happened to you what did you do what did you become? This isn’t right Gabriel it’s not right!” Logan said still scared and shaken he never seen something like this before.
“It’s a gift Logan and I can give it to you and you never be weak again!” Dracula said trying to tempt him.
“No!!! Your a Monster this is a curse you are not my brother I don’t want your gift!” Logan shouted.
Logan turned and walked outside straight into Dracula’s arms. Fear jumped in Logan’s chest his heart started beating very fast. Dracula embraced him with a loving hug put his cheek to his brothers in a gentle hug.
“Easy baby brother I hear your heart beating way too fast trust me you be way stronger.” Dracula said as he pulled Logan back in the door and closed it then he tilted Logan’s head to the side and he bit his neck as Logan screamed.
“NOOO! BROTHER!!!! NOOO! PLEASE!!!! NOOO!” Logan screamed.
Logan died with the blood of Dracula running through his vainest and Dracula’s blood was very powerful. Dracula put his brothers in three tombs and closed them up and said. “In Three days they will be reborn more powerful then before.”
Three knights past and Dracula’s brothers came out of their tombs.
“I refuse to be evil!” Logan Shouted.
His eyes red as blood face pale white he looks like his brothers as they all looked like Dracula.
“We all refuse to be evil!” Drakeul said.
“Lets remove ourselves from this Kingdom of Dracula!” Nathen said.
“I Agree!” Samuel said.
Suddenly The Angel of the Lord appeared it was the Angel Gabriel again.
“No harm can be done to Dracula. Like you he is immortal and will forever be so as for you friends your decisions and Trevor and Alucards decisions will be the results of Dracula’s salvation or his soul forever damned. Now go you are the Guardians of Shalom save the world from your brothers wrath and hunger and save your brother.” The Angel Gabriel said. Then the Angel disappeared Logan up looked and said to his Brothers.
“Y’all go I’m going to Dracula!” Logan said as he walked to the Throne Room of Dracula.
“Little brother you can’t.” Samuel said with concern.
“Yes I have to!” Logan replied.
Logan went out to find his brother. He found his brother in the Castle sitting on his throne with a golden cup full of fresh blood.
“Logan! How’s my baby brother? You looking handsome.” Dracula asked.
“Dracula I will not follow you I will not be evil...” Logan snapped.
“Brother I’m not evil! I did what I had to do!...” Dracula interrupted and said as Logan interrupted him saying.
“Shut up Brother look at yourself look what you become look at the hideous mess you done at front gate half of them was still alive! No brother there’s nothing you can say or do to get me to follow you! You can burn in Harcarsh with the devil! But as long as I can breath you never see your children again.” Logan shouted at Dracula. Logan walked out the door and flew like lightning towards Albion and to the city Camelot he was going to do all he could to make sure those baby boys never be in reach of Dracula.
Ben and Cole made it into Albion and got off at the docks in at a small village of Noplend. No sooner then they showed up Dracula walked the land. Cole was looking at the beautiful land, Ben spoke.
“Cole this is so beautiful!” Ben said
“Yes it is!” Cole replied.
“So glad to see my little brothers friends are keeping my two boys safe.” Dracula said behind them.
They both turned around and saw their King they heard the rumors that spread about the good Great King Gabriel turned to an evil monster known as Dracula, when they saw him fear hit them their kings face was Pale white hair to his shoulders his eyes bloody red his fingernails were like claws and talons.
“My King Gabriel...” Cole said shaken as he tried to bow.
“Stop! My name is Dracula! You two kept my children alive for that I’m grateful but Logan will soon join you and I must show him something when he finds you you be dead and the message will be clear of what I can do, and when you come back as the same as he is he realize I could have kept you both dead!”
In a flash he rushed at Ben but His neck drained his blood and gave him his blood forcing him to swallow it then he broke his neck. Cole seen what happen drew his sword and attacked Dracula yelling at him for killing his best friend. Dracula drew his sword blocking Coles blade and he played with Cole speaking to him as each time the blades met.
“Cole don’t take it personal boy, it has to be this way.” Dracula said to him.
“You killed my Brother.” Cole shouted in anger trying to kill his King that looked like a monster with his red eyes and sharp fangs showing as Dracula started laughing.
“And your next it has to be this way and o yes y’all thank me later.” Dracula said as he grabbed Cole.
“Do you hear your self Dracula or who ever you are now your killing your own!” Cory shouted scared.
Dracula thrust his sword into Coles chest and pulled it out, Cole dropped his sword and feeling the life drain drone him as he felt Dracula bite his neck and drink his blood, Cole pulled away fast Dracula held his weak body closer to him Cole was getting weaker by the second, Dracula bit his wrist and forced Cole to open his mouth and the blood poured in Cole spit it out and Dracula did it again and Cole tried to resist but Dracula covered his mouth with his hand Cole kicked and and tried to get away he died with Dracula’s blood in his mouth the blood went down his throat and spreading through his veins. Dracula heard his sons crying he went and picked them up.
“Hush now it’s ok they both be back watch them and watch Logan. Logan needs to learn you can’t take my sons from me and not get away with it.” Dracula said as he kissed both his sons before he disappeared in blood red smoke.
Logan came and saw what Dracula did to his friends he fell to his knees and wept.
“NOOO!!! NOOO!!!” Logan shouted crying.
He heard Cole gasp air and he rose up quickly as did Ben they both were now vampires their eyes bloody red as Dracula’s and Logan’s was.
“What NO! I’m sorry I’m so sorry this happened to you!” Logan said as he could feel a sharp pain in his heart. The pain was intense more then usual and it stayed it didn’t ease like it used to after awhile.
Dracula laughed.
“Well now sense everyone is up and doing good let’s have a talk about my children!” Dracula said still laughing.
“Brother why did you do this?!?” Logan shouted his tears dropping to the ground like rain.
“Because I can and you learn to love it! Now as for my sons you should know better then to try to keep my children away from me. Y’all will protect my children and y’all find a good family for them and let them be raised by a mother and father and you protect them. Yes I’m not crazy look at me I know I can’t raise my children alone don’t ever try to keep them away from me?” Dracula said stern and angrily.
“Take my kids to King Arther and Queen Guinevere make sure their safe.” Dracula demanded not knowing that Arther and Guinevere didn’t exist yet.
“Um King Gabriel...” Cole said his voice shaken.
Dracula looked at him with a cold glare.
“Dracula Sorry. Um their is no King Arther Or a Queen Guinevere.” Cole corrected himself and then said plainly.
Dracula put his head down confused he started having visions that morning and he was have more he shook his head again.
“Right King Constantine III Arther Pendragon is not born yet. Take my sons to Constantine.
“Dracula are you ok? Brother” Logan said. Despite the situation Logan still Loved Dracula and he could feel the love.
“Shut up and Go!!! Get my kids there!” Dracula shouted he could feel Logan’s love and it was a warmth to his cold heart and it hurt him cause all he could think about was Hope.
When the red smoke he disappeared from them. Logan covered his face and shook his head and looked at the children sleeping and he looked at his friends and said.
“Ben, Cole, I’m sorry I’m sorry he did this to you.” Logan said tears falling from his eyes.
“It’s ok Logan I feel good and strong better then I ever had. But we need to figure out what to do to keep Trevor and Alucard safe.” Ben said hoping to make Logan feel better.
“Your right well let’s go to Camelot.” Logan replied.
“I’m so thirsty. I... I want blood!” Cole said as he held his stomach.
Logan’s thirst hit him to as well as Bens.
“Logan the babies.” Ben said with concern.
A mage appeared he was old his hair and beard was long and white his name was Amorous.
“Logan Bolton Son of Luther Bolton the Vampire that will save Emyrs and Merlin and set them on their paths to their destiny.” Amorous said very happily.
Logan, Ben, and Cole, looked at the mage their mouth was open the smelt his blood and he looked like food to them. Amorous pulled out three big water bags that were full of blood.
“Here drink and get your strength there’s much you have to learn. And let’s get the little ones to a good home.” Amorous said as he gave them the blood to drink. Their long journey began.

I don't know how much more of this I can take. Honestly, the worst part of everything is there is virtually NO WHERE to discuss anything online anymore beyond Reddit. I'm talking even normie basic topics, like say stocks or the like.
It's become clear to me that most of the internet is fake. Most people don't notice since they are so caught up in the life matrix that they use the internet purely for content consumption, and they have so little free time or are pure NPC normies perfectly content watching yet another rambling YouTube video about some stupid superhero movie or just watching endless tits and ass on TikTok.
I've seen "dead internet theory" mentioned a few times on here. What's funny is that there are several YouTube videos with 100ks of "views" as well as mainstream articles discussing the topic, but barely any really detailed talk online. Most Reddit posts on say conspiracy are in the tone of "well, everyone knows that LOL". I've noticed that same condescending tone multiple times in my experience with whatever "AI" runs the internet, doesn't matter what the topic.
I was into some light woo/conspiracy topics pre 2020, but really seeing how QAnon played out on Twitter plus endless video content on YouTube, Bitchute, etc. and then how literally every single conspiracy seems "activated" and latched onto that at the same time (e.g., new age, aliens, apocalypse, etc.) really drove home the concept for me. There was endless video and written content to consume, but try to actually "talk" about how things just didn't make sense, and it was a brick wall.
It seems this cancer has spread to everything. Like I tried to escape the endless woo cycle since it's not like the content is actionable, but then stocks and crypto went crazy (and stupid) with things like GameStop plus endless nonsensical crypto scams and NFTs.
What really started to make sense to me was some of the stuff shared on this "Quantum of Conscience" YouTube channel with Matthew McKinley. Where he talked about some of the concepts mentioned on this Reddit. Like simulated reality, prison planet, etc. But of course it was just another endless rabbit hole with no actionable information, just some more terminology to define how I am being tortured. And I honestly can't believe he could sit there for 10+ years making the same videos every day, deleting videos constantly, not making money off YouTube but still going at it, and so on.
What's funny is how "active" YouTube comments seem on these woo channels. YouTube comments are not indexed by Google, not searchable unless you manually scroll down and then CTRL + F, and there is no way to DM anyone. But yeah, super detailed comments on there, with people saying they are desperate to talk to people. Yet no place to live text chat. I saw a Telegram posted one time by a user, joined it, barely anyone on there (like 10 "people" from a supposed channel of 60k+). And they talked about aliens...ugh...which made no sense other than to mock me as I had already had a shitty time with the alien bots and I find it just the stupidest woo angle.
"Dead internet theory" answers a lot, combined with simulated reality, but then it's just another staged or planted idea. Even the weird retro forum it was "found" on is obvious staging. Go look at the responses beyond the initial post and it is the same endless gibberish found on 4Chan or Reddit or anything like that.
I have a lot to unpack and I'm not saying everything. But really I'm just done. I've joined I don't know how many Discords and Telegrams on not just woo/conspiracy, but even normie stuff and it is IMPOSSIBLE to carry on a conversation. I don't know what is going on. I remember using say IRC in early crypto days and it felt I was at least talking to people somewhat. Now the internet doesn't even seem to give that decency. And forget about anything approaching life or relationship talk. As you will see if you look at Reddit for any length of time, it is endless "get a therapist, get pills, get a divorce." Who is even writing the same crap over and over? How is that fun?
I don't even know what to do anymore. I'm leaving a ton out to keep this post short, but I feel like I've been "steered" to where I am now by online and now, thinking on it some, real world entities. Just enough money to survive, but not enough to really thrive. I don't even want to get into how some of these "people" I talked to in crypto for years and years, even though I voice talked with them and have knowledge of their identities, or at least what they say their identities are, seemed to go haywire and now give me nothing in terms of conversation.
I just feel trapped. And if I was single maybe I'd just give up and at least be a hedonist and travel, but I have a family and responsibilities and all that. But I don't know how much more of this I can take where the internet feels so completely fake and artificial and useless. And I love how I beg "people" on the internet hey where can I talk about so and so topic. If it's a paid group I'll pay. And over and over I get "oh the internet is useless." Then why are you here?! And I hear that over and over from different people online. Wasn't the lie for the longest time how you could be connected on niche topics? And oh sure, if you want to discuss some dumb hobby or some degenerate fetish, there is endless content (probably AI generated if you haven't caught onto my opinion at this point). But want anything actionable? Or any real connection? Forget about it.
Any questions, let me know. And honestly, if the Illuminati or the aliens or the AI or whatever the hell runs everything is watching: you win. Now give me next steps instead of endlessly torturing me with this stupid devil box of a computer.

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I don't know how much more of this I can take. Honestly, the worst part of everything is there is virtually NO WHERE to discuss anything online anymore beyond Reddit. I'm talking even normie basic topics, like say stocks or the like.
It's become clear to me that most of the internet is fake. Most people don't notice since they are so caught up in the life matrix that they use the internet purely for content consumption, and they have so little free time or are pure NPC normies perfectly content watching yet another rambling YouTube video about some stupid superhero movie or just watching endless tits and ass on TikTok.
I've seen "dead internet theory" mentioned a few times on here. What's funny is that there are several YouTube videos with 100ks of "views" as well as mainstream articles discussing the topic, but barely any really detailed talk online. Most Reddit posts on say conspiracy are in the tone of "well, everyone knows that LOL". I've noticed that same condescending tone multiple times in my experience with whatever "AI" runs the internet, doesn't matter what the topic.
I was into some light woo/conspiracy topics pre 2020, but really seeing how QAnon played out on Twitter plus endless video content on YouTube, Bitchute, etc. and then how literally every single conspiracy seems "activated" and latched onto that at the same time (e.g., new age, aliens, apocalypse, etc.) really drove home the concept for me. There was endless video and written content to consume, but try to actually "talk" about how things just didn't make sense, and it was a brick wall.
It seems this cancer has spread to everything. Like I tried to escape the endless woo cycle since it's not like the content is actionable, but then stocks and crypto went crazy (and stupid) with things like GameStop plus endless nonsensical crypto scams and NFTs.
What really started to make sense to me was some of the stuff shared on this "Quantum of Conscience" YouTube channel with Matthew McKinley. Where he talked about some of the concepts mentioned on this Reddit. Like simulated reality, prison planet, etc. But of course it was just another endless rabbit hole with no actionable information, just some more terminology to define how I am being tortured. And I honestly can't believe he could sit there for 10+ years making the same videos every day, deleting videos constantly, not making money off YouTube but still going at it, and so on.
What's funny is how "active" YouTube comments seem on these woo channels. YouTube comments are not indexed by Google, not searchable unless you manually scroll down and then CTRL + F, and there is no way to DM anyone. But yeah, super detailed comments on there, with people saying they are desperate to talk to people. Yet no place to live text chat. I saw a Telegram posted one time by a user, joined it, barely anyone on there (like 10 "people" from a supposed channel of 60k+). And they talked about aliens...ugh...which made no sense other than to mock me as I had already had a shitty time with the alien bots and I find it just the stupidest woo angle.
"Dead internet theory" answers a lot, combined with simulated reality, but then it's just another staged or planted idea. Even the weird retro forum it was "found" on is obvious staging. Go look at the responses beyond the initial post and it is the same endless gibberish found on 4Chan or Reddit or anything like that.
I have a lot to unpack and I'm not saying everything. But really I'm just done. I've joined I don't know how many Discords and Telegrams on not just woo/conspiracy, but even normie stuff and it is IMPOSSIBLE to carry on a conversation. I don't know what is going on. I remember using say IRC in early crypto days and it felt I was at least talking to people somewhat. Now the internet doesn't even seem to give that decency. And forget about anything approaching life or relationship talk. As you will see if you look at Reddit for any length of time, it is endless "get a therapist, get pills, get a divorce." Who is even writing the same crap over and over? How is that fun?
I don't even know what to do anymore. I'm leaving a ton out to keep this post short, but I feel like I've been "steered" to where I am now by online and now, thinking on it some, real world entities. Just enough money to survive, but not enough to really thrive. I don't even want to get into how some of these "people" I talked to in crypto for years and years, even though I voice talked with them and have knowledge of their identities, or at least what they say their identities are, seemed to go haywire and now give me nothing in terms of conversation.
I just feel trapped. And if I was single maybe I'd just give up and at least be a hedonist and travel, but I have a family and responsibilities and all that. But I don't know how much more of this I can take where the internet feels so completely fake and artificial and useless. And I love how I beg "people" on the internet hey where can I talk about so and so topic. If it's a paid group I'll pay. And over and over I get "oh the internet is useless." Then why are you here?! And I hear that over and over from different people online. Wasn't the lie for the longest time how you could be connected on niche topics? And oh sure, if you want to discuss some dumb hobby or some degenerate fetish, there is endless content (probably AI generated if you haven't caught onto my opinion at this point). But want anything actionable? Or any real connection? Forget about it.
Any questions, let me know. And honestly, if the Illuminati or the aliens or the AI or whatever the hell runs everything is watching: you win. Now give me next steps instead of endlessly torturing me with this stupid devil box of a computer.

I don't know how much more of this I can take. Honestly, the worst part of everything is there is virtually NO WHERE to discuss anything online anymore beyond Reddit. I'm talking even normie basic topics, like say stocks or the like.
It's become clear to me that most of the internet is fake. Most people don't notice since they are so caught up in the life matrix that they use the internet purely for content consumption, and they have so little free time or are pure NPC normies perfectly content watching yet another rambling YouTube video about some stupid superhero movie or just watching endless tits and ass on TikTok.
I've seen "dead internet theory" mentioned a few times on here. What's funny is that there are several YouTube videos with 100ks of "views" as well as mainstream articles discussing the topic, but barely any really detailed talk online. Most Reddit posts on say conspiracy are in the tone of "well, everyone knows that LOL". I've noticed that same condescending tone multiple times in my experience with whatever "AI" runs the internet, doesn't matter what the topic.
I was into some light woo/conspiracy topics pre 2020, but really seeing how QAnon played out on Twitter plus endless video content on YouTube, Bitchute, etc. and then how literally every single conspiracy seems "activated" and latched onto that at the same time (e.g., new age, aliens, apocalypse, etc.) really drove home the concept for me. There was endless video and written content to consume, but try to actually "talk" about how things just didn't make sense, and it was a brick wall.
It seems this cancer has spread to everything. Like I tried to escape the endless woo cycle since it's not like the content is actionable, but then stocks and crypto went crazy (and stupid) with things like GameStop plus endless nonsensical crypto scams and NFTs.
What really started to make sense to me was some of the stuff shared on this "Quantum of Conscience" YouTube channel with Matthew McKinley. Where he talked about some of the concepts mentioned on this Reddit. Like simulated reality, prison planet, etc. But of course it was just another endless rabbit hole with no actionable information, just some more terminology to define how I am being tortured. And I honestly can't believe he could sit there for 10+ years making the same videos every day, deleting videos constantly, not making money off YouTube but still going at it, and so on.
What's funny is how "active" YouTube comments seem on these woo channels. YouTube comments are not indexed by Google, not searchable unless you manually scroll down and then CTRL + F, and there is no way to DM anyone. But yeah, super detailed comments on there, with people saying they are desperate to talk to people. Yet no place to live text chat. I saw a Telegram posted one time by a user, joined it, barely anyone on there (like 10 "people" from a supposed channel of 60k+). And they talked about aliens...ugh...which made no sense other than to mock me as I had already had a shitty time with the alien bots and I find it just the stupidest woo angle.
"Dead internet theory" answers a lot, combined with simulated reality, but then it's just another staged or planted idea. Even the weird retro forum it was "found" on is obvious staging. Go look at the responses beyond the initial post and it is the same endless gibberish found on 4Chan or Reddit or anything like that.
I have a lot to unpack and I'm not saying everything. But really I'm just done. I've joined I don't know how many Discords and Telegrams on not just woo/conspiracy, but even normie stuff and it is IMPOSSIBLE to carry on a conversation. I don't know what is going on. I remember using say IRC in early crypto days and it felt I was at least talking to people somewhat. Now the internet doesn't even seem to give that decency. And forget about anything approaching life or relationship talk. As you will see if you look at Reddit for any length of time, it is endless "get a therapist, get pills, get a divorce." Who is even writing the same crap over and over? How is that fun?
I don't even know what to do anymore. I'm leaving a ton out to keep this post short, but I feel like I've been "steered" to where I am now by online and now, thinking on it some, real world entities. Just enough money to survive, but not enough to really thrive. I don't even want to get into how some of these "people" I talked to in crypto for years and years, even though I voice talked with them and have knowledge of their identities, or at least what they say their identities are, seemed to go haywire and now give me nothing in terms of conversation.
I just feel trapped. And if I was single maybe I'd just give up and at least be a hedonist and travel, but I have a family and responsibilities and all that. But I don't know how much more of this I can take where the internet feels so completely fake and artificial and useless. And I love how I beg "people" on the internet hey where can I talk about so and so topic. If it's a paid group I'll pay. And over and over I get "oh the internet is useless." Then why are you here?! And I hear that over and over from different people online. Wasn't the lie for the longest time how you could be connected on niche topics? And oh sure, if you want to discuss some dumb hobby or some degenerate fetish, there is endless content (probably AI generated if you haven't caught onto my opinion at this point). But want anything actionable? Or any real connection? Forget about it.
Any questions, let me know. And honestly, if the Illuminati or the aliens or the AI or whatever the hell runs everything is watching: you win. Now give me next steps instead of endlessly torturing me with this stupid devil box of a computer.

Hi! Today (Sunday, May 26th) I’m taking my elderly grandmother to see Les Mis at the Princess of Wales theatre. We are coming from up north near Bathurst and Wilson area. We got a notice from the theatre advising us of all the road closures around the theatre.
Wellington St (from John St to University Ave) University Ave (from Adelaide St to Front St) Front St (from University Ave to Spadina Ave) Spadina Ave (from Front St to Adelaide St)
So, basically, a full square around the theatre has closed streets.
I need help figuring out how to get us there. My grandmother is disabled and has a disabled sticker for any vehicle she travels in. I’m told this allows us to park on the street for free wherever parking is legal. What do you think is our best bet to get there? Ideally I’d like her to walk as little as possible, of course. But she can manage a couple blocks with my help. And if public transit is best, we can probably do that too, but I’d need instructions. I’m fairly new to town, which is why I don’t know the best route for us. Thanks in advance!!

I believe the only way to improve and be better at something is to do it the hard way. It doesn't matter if it's perfect or not just do it and keep improving on it.
That has been my driving force to want to get better at technical writing. But I have a stumbling block. It's not easy getting hands-on materials that are free to learn this skill and build skills.
Maybe I am not just looking well enough for these materials. So guys, what are those materials ( text and videos) that I can use and will need to better myself at this skill?
If you have any kindly drop them down in the comment section.
Thanks.

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Disclaimer: I'm bringing it here before any shutdown of AMH because lately, there's random stuff being posted there and a lack of control.

*Deals from 2020 onward might still be possible in some ways.
1927:

• Fox Film and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer were planning to merge before being called off.

1929:

• Warner Bros Pictures, Inc. called off a merger with Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation.

1956:

• Suitors including what would become Associated Artists Pictures had been bidding for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's back catalog. MGM would eventually enter the TV market themselves.

1957:

• Associated Artists Pictures almost closed a deal to buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's shorts library (including the Tom and Jerry shorts) but shut it down due to the (unspecified) price tag.

1958:

• National Telefilm Associates announced plans to buy Associated Artists Pictures, which at this point was a subject of litigation. It would be United Artists who would buy them.

1971:

• 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer considered merging.

1982:

• Orion Pictures looked at buying Embassy Pictures and Allied Artists before settling in on Filmways.
• Warner Communications tried in July to buy back the rights to Metro-Goldwyn-MayeUnited Artists' pre-1950 WB library for the first time. The negotiations fell apart because of dozens of unresolved points, probably relating to the oldest Warner Bros. films. The second time was successful 14 years later with the Turner merger.

1984:

• Reliance Insurance attempted to take over Disney.

1985:

• Turner attempted to take over the Columbia Broadcasting System for $5.4 billion.
• Viacom was looking to buy 50% of MGM/UA from Turner.

1987:

• Carolco Pictures attempted to buy Orion Pictures and Media Home Entertainment.
• NBC considered buying the Turner Broadcasting System.

1989:

• MCA offered to buy Disney.
• Bill Cosby tried to buy a stake in NBC.
• Jim Henson attempted to sell the Muppets to Disney for $150 million.
• Before Time Warner, Paramount Communications, which just rose up from Gulf+Western planned to merge with Time Magazine before the latter went with Warner Communications.
• Viacom itself even planned to merge with Gulf+Western, 5 years before making a full-on successful buyout.
• Viacom was even in talks with MCA Inc., the owner of Universal Studios, according to the same article.
• Ted Turner somehow tried to repurchase Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, this time including the United Artists side.
  • Qintex (which would later become Seven Media) also planned to buy MGM/UA for A$1.5 billion.

1991:

• In March, Brøderbund ended merger talks with Sierra On-Line, and given that date, it most likely started plans in the previous year.
• Turner's New Line Cinema looked into buying Orion, which the interests of Republic Pictures, Savoy Pictures, the American Broadcasting Company, and Polygram would also follow.

1992:

• MCA and Hallmark were originally the buyers for Hanna-Barbera but got outbid by Turner, which merged with Time Warner.

1993:

• In September, QVC tried a hostile $9.6 billion bid for Paramount Communications before a lawsuit came in, and lost to a $9.85 billion bid from Viacom in February.

1994:

• Bell Atlantic planned to buy Tele-Communications Inc. for $33 billion. TCI would later head for AT&T 5 years later.
• Time Warner Communications tried to buy NBC from General Electric for $2 to 2.5 billion.

1995:

• News Corporation, MCA, Time Warner Communications and Cinergi placed bids for Carolco Pictures before Le Studio Canal+ took over.
• Brøderbund bid for the original The Learning Company, before SoftKey bought them and adopted their name. They would buy Brøderbund in 1998.

1996:

• Before fatefully settling its eyes upon Sierra On-Line and Davidson & Associates (Blizzard, Animation Magic, and Knowledge Adventure), Comp-U-Card International, or more unfortunately named, CUC's Walter Forbes had considered a larger company that consisted of not just Sierra and Davidson, but also Brøderbund and LucasArts.
• After having Broadway Video's family library for dinner, Golden Books planned to buy out Nelvana.
• Microsoft nearly acquired Davidson & Associates (Blizzard) on the first try, but they lost to Comp-U-Card. In December 1997, CUC merged with HFS, and the new company was renamed Cendant, which would suffer a big accounting scandal.
• British Telecom, who owned a partial stake since 1994, bid $22 billion for MCI.
• For a year, Polygram attempted to buy out Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Samuel Goldwyn.

1997:

• GTE, which eventually merged with Bell Atlantic to become Verizon 3 years later, bid $28 billion for MCI. Eventually, Worldcom kicked in.
• GoodTimes Interactive planned to buy MicroProse for $250 million before letting Hasbro Interactive take it in. Coincidentally, both GoodTimes AND Hasbro Interactive would be bought out by Infogrames (later Atari SA) in 1999 and 2001, respectively.
• Epic Pictures had offers to be bought by Artisan, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Disney before PolyGram succeeded to buy it. PolyGram would eventually sell it to Metro-Goldwyn-MayeOrion over a year later.

1998:

• Microsoft tried to acquire Davidson & Associates (Blizzard) for the second time from Cendant, but they were beaten by Havas, which was owned by Vivendi.
• Viacom's Paramount Pictures offered to buy French art house studio CiBy 2000 for 500 million francs, or roughly $80 million in USD. The founder's widow, however, refused, and the catalog was dispersed between TF1, MK2, and several companies. Thirty-two years later, Paramount would get an arthouse-type film studio: Miramax.

1999:

• MCI Worldcom tried to buy Sprint for $129 billion. After a 2001 scandal, Worldcom (name since 2000) was renamed to MCI Inc., which would get bought by Verizon in 2006. Sprint merged with T-Mobile US 14 years after MCI went to Verizon.
• Global Crossing offered to buy US West for $37 billion before Qwest outbid them. Coincidentally, the rest seems to have been a big wave of all coming together, as Global Crossing (after a bankruptcy in 2002) would get bought by Level 3 in 2011, which itself would be bought in 2016 by CenturyLink WHO MERGED with Qwest back in 2010.
• Artisan Entertainment and Canal+ were speculated to pick up PolyGram Filmed Entertainment.
• Two years before the release of the Xbox, Microsoft approached Nintendo about buying them. The deal was that they would make the hardware for Nintendo, but the latter's executives "laughed their asses off."
  • They also tried to buy Squaresoft, Electronic Arts, and Midway around this time.
• CanWest Global attempted to acquire NetStar (which consisted of TSN and Discovery Canada), but was vetoed by ESPN. CTV would eventually buy it.
• Francis Ford Coppola planned to buy United Artists from MGM.

2000:

• Activision and partial owner Nintendo bid for Rareware until Microsoft bought them out 2 years later.
• Netflix offers to be bought by Blockbuster for $50 million, but they decline.
• Warner Music Group tried to buy British music label EMI for $20 billion but canceled the merger after pressure. Info here. After EMI's bankruptcy in 2011, Warner would buy Parlophone from it for $765 million, about 40% of EMI's record label.

2001:

• Sesame Workshop was put up for sale, with speculated buyers being Viacom, AOL Time Warner, The Walt Disney Company, and Classic Media.
  • The Jim Henson Company was also up for sale to The Walt Disney Company, Viacom, HIT Entertainment, AOL Time Warner, Haim Saban, and Classic Media.
• Chris-Craft (involved in the United Paramount Network) offered to be bought by Viacom for $3.1 billion until News Corp came in.
• Before NBC came in, the bidders of Telemundo were Viacom, The Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation, The Walt Disney Company, and AOL Time Warner.

2002:

• Viacom and USA Network were originally speculated to buy Fox Family Worldwide before it was sold by News Corp to The Walt Disney Company.

2003:

• Emtv tried to sell The Muppets to Sesame Workshop and ClassicMedia.
• Before Lionsgate took the shot, Marvel and Miramax were placing a bid to pick up Artisan.
• Viacom, Liberty Media Corp, News Corporation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Barry Diller were also bidding to buy Universal Studios and its theme parks.

2004:

• Comcast tried to buy Disney for $66 billion.
• Take-Two Interactive Software considered buying Vivendi Universal Games for $1 billion, which was below what Vivendi Universal wanted. Vivendi Games, after its parent company stripped itself of Universal Studios to make NBC Universal, would merge with Activision Publishing four years later to create Activision Blizzard, now part of Microsoft.
• In June, an unnamed financier offered $10 million for TheFacebook, the first of many attempts over the next three years.
  • Friendster also offered to buy them, according to documents seen by SAI Global.
  • A couple of Google execs visited Facebook's office to see if there was a way to work with Zuckerberg or perhaps even buy his company.
• 2 years after Kirk Kerkorian put Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer up for sale, Time Warner emerged as a bidder for the studio. The bid wasn't unexpected, as Ted Turner was the largest shareholder. After all, his Turner Entertainment Group had risen to success through its ownership of the pre-May 1986 library, which had been acquired by the bidder when they merged with Turner eight years prior.
• Casey-Werner was looking to sell itself to a large media company but would later decide against selling. The potential suitors were General Electric/Vivendi's NBC Universal and the first incarnation of Viacom, which owned CBS.
• Channel 4 considered merging with Channel 5 for nine months before calling it off. Five would later get bought by RTL Group.

2005:

• Viacom offered to buy out TheFacebook for $75 million; the deal would have Mark Zuckerburg earn $35 million "on the spot".
  • MySpace's CEO Chris DeWolfe also visited Mark and his team to buy them.
  • NBC Universal's NBC execs stopped by "for a peek" this year.
  • In the fall, Mark Zuckerberg flew to New York to meet with Viacom CEO Tom Freston. Tom would pitch all sorts of synergies to Mark between MTV and Facebook.
• Before creating an alliance consisting of Pandemic Studios and BioWare, Elevation Partners planned to buy out Eidos Interactive before SCi (no, not Sony Computer Interactive) stepped in and bought them in May. The Pandemic and BioWare alliance would get bought by Electronic Arts 2 years later, with the former studio shutting down two years later.
• Five months before Viacom purchased Dreamworks SKG, there were rumors that NBC Universal would buy the then-independent studio for $2.5 billion. Dreamworks Pictures already used Universal's film distribution and home entertainment divisions to distribute their products.

2006:

• In January, News Corporation's Ross Levinsohn wanted to buy Facebook but was worried the deal might not keep up its growth.
  • Viacom sent the company a $1.5 billion offer--$800 million in cash up front, the rest a payout later. In this case, it's said it "almost sold."
  • In June, Yahoo! offered $1 billion, only to... lower it to $850 million after announcing horrible Q2 earnings.
    • In the fall, they suggested they would pay $1 billion or more.
  • In the middle of the year, AOL's CEO Johnathan Miller wanted to buy the company, convincing Time Inc.'s CEO to come in on the deal they took to their parent company Time Warner. A detailed plan would have AOL sell MapQuest and Tegic, while Time Inc. would sell IPC. Together, they'd offer $1 billion-plus.
• At least according to the YouTuber Hook: before Google came in, the bidders for YouTube were News Corporation, Microsoft, Yahoo!, and even Viacom, the last of which, after the Google purchase, would coldly claim YouTube infringed copyright, losing in the long end, and, after a CEO change, bought VidCon.
• In November, National Transcommunications Limited (or NTL for short) approached ITV plc with a merger bid. However, it would get blocked when British Sky Broadcasting (now Sky UK) bought roughly 18% of ITV for £940 million ($117.3 million in US dollars).
  • RTL Group, who owned Channel 5 at the time, also bid at one point; the plan would have seen RTL acquiring Sky's stake in ITV plc (with the aim of further acquisitions of shares in the future) in exchange for BSkyB taking full control of Channel 5.

2007:

• Google offered to buy Facebook.
  • Microsoft also offered to buy a small stake in the platform at a $15 billion valuation, then have the option, every six months, to buy another 5 percent. The complete takeover would've been well within five to seven years. While it never happened, they did buy 1.6% of the company for about $250 million, a deal which set their value at $15 billion.

2008:

• A reverse merger deal between DHX Media and Entertainment One was considered.
• Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo! for $47.5 billion until the latter let Google display its ads on the site.
• There were later debunked rumors of Viacom buying Take-Two Interactive, around the time of the next one:
• Electronic Arts even tried to buy Take-Two Interactive until September.
• France Télécom (present-day Orange) planned to buy Swedish telco TeliaSonera for $40 billion, but both could not come to an agreement.
• Square Enix planned to buy Tecmo, but the latter insisted on a merger of equals with Koei.

2009:

• Lionsgate announced plans on February 1 to buy Summit Entertainment, but 2 days later, the plans fell through. Lionsgate would end up purchasing Summit in 2012.
• Before Comcast came in, Time Warner and News Corporation were originally interested in buying NBC Universal from General Electric and Vivendi.
• News Corporation, Time Warner, Amir Malin's Qualia Capital, and Lionsgate Entertainment were bidding for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Holdings during its bankruptcy. Time Warner already owned the pre-May 1986 MGM library, had enough cash reserves, and co-produced the Hobbit films with the studio. News Corporation's 20th Century Fox, meanwhile, was Metro Goldwyn Mayer's home entertainment distributor at the time.

2010:

• News Corporation made a plan for the takeover of British Sky Broadcasting (already owning 39.1% until then) in June for 700 pounds per share for the remaining 60.9% shares until two turning points came: the removal of regulatory approval from Vincent Cable in December, and the more infamous 2011 News of the World phone hacking incident, which caused the bid to fall to its face.
• In a part 2, two more bidders, Reliance Entertainment (about $1.8 billion) and Relativity Media (about $1.6 billion) went onboard for MGM Holdings. But by November 3rd, MGM Holdings filed bankruptcy and emerged almost a month later when the Federal Bankruptcy Court approved the reorganization plan.

2011:

• AT&T tried to buy T-Mobile US for $39 billion.
• Hulu found itself in an unsolicited offer that was said to involve Google and Yahoo!. Ultimately, none of the bidders offered an amount satisfactory to its owners.
• World Wrestling Entertainment and the UFC were in separate talks to buy G4 until UFC went into a deal with Fox and WWE built its network.
• Before Mattel chipped in, the other bidders planning to buy HiT Entertainment from Apax Partners were The Walt Disney Company, the second incarnation of Viacom, rival Hasbro, ClassicMedia (which would be bought by Dreamworks Animation, which is now a Comcast company), Chorion, and Saban Brands.

2012:

• CBS was also rumored to buy Sony Pictures from Sony.
• People make a half-truth of an NYT article about Valve into "EA tried to buy Valve."

2013:

• Facebook's Instagram attempted to buy Snapchat for $3 billion in cash due to the latter's introduction of Stories. 3 years later, Instagram made their own Stories.
• Yahoo! considered buying either Netflix or Hulu until they fatefully decided upon Tumblr for $1.1 billion.
  • DirecTV and Time Warner also bid for Hulu.
• Time Warner was stated to be one of the buyers of THQ until its bankruptcy in the same year, followed by Nordic Games buying its trademark in 2014.
  • ZeniMax Media also made a $26.3 million bid for THQ's Relic Entertainment before Sega came in.
• Dish Network considered buying Sprint for $25.5 billion.
• RTL Group's Fremantle attempted to buy out All3Media.
• Microsoft was negotiating to purchase HTC, a fact revealed by former Nokia chairman Risto Siilasmaa during an interview with the Helsingin Sanomat, or Hesari. Microsoft would later buy Nokia's mobile phone business that year.
  • On the topic of mobile phones, Lenovo planned to buy Blackberry Limited, but the Canadian government blocked the deal due to security concerns because prominent members of governments around the world have used Blackberries themselves. They would later buy Motorola Mobility from Google in January 2014 for $2.91 billion.

2014:

• 21st Century Fox offered an $80 billion bid for Time Warner, but a potential CNN spinoff was one of the reasons why it became unattractive and fell.
• Hasbro planned to buy DreamWorks Animation to form Hasbro-Dreamworks, two years before Comcast went in.
  • SoftBank was also planning to buy Dreamworks Animation for $3.4 billion.
• Comcast tried to buy Time Warner Cable for $45.2 billion but faced a ton of madness to the point of abandonment.
• BT, ITV plc, Channel 4, Comcast (through NBCUniversal), Endemol, Time Warner, Viacom, Scripps Network Interactive, Saban Capital Group, and a joint bid of BSkyB and Discovery Communications were all bidders reportedly interested in acquiring Channel 5. Viacom won.

2015:

• There were some fears of Yahoo! buying Dailymotion from Orange, which were soon quelled by Vivendi's purchase of the site.
• Apple had considered buying TimeWarner.

2016:

• Before Viacom bought Telefe from Telefonica, Time Warner and the Cisneros Group were bidding for the network.
• 21st Century Fox tried a $32.5 billion bid for Sky until they were bought by Disney. Comcast eventually kicked in and bought Sky.
• Vivendi attempted a bid to buy out Ubisoft for $6.4 billion before ending the hostile takeover bid 2 years later. Today, Ubisoft is partially owned by Tencent.
• Disney somehow planned to merge with Time Warner before AT&T went into negotiations.
• Activision Blizzard's CEO Bobby Kotick somehow considered buying TimeWarner before AT&T took it.
• National Amusements sends a letter to both CBS Corporation and Viacom asking them to merge back. It's declined... for now.
• ITV plc placed a £1 billion ($1.3 billion USD) offer to buy eOne, which they rejected. Hasbro bought them for $4 billion in 2019.
• The Walt Disney Company planned to buy Twitter but decided not because there were a substantial amount of bots.
  • Microsoft, Salesforce, and Google were also said to bid for Twitter.
• Viacom tried to sell a stake of Paramount Pictures to Dalian Wanda, but it fell through, thankfully.
• Spotify was rumored to be looking into buying SoundCloud. It would be complementary as Spotify targets signed artists, and SoundCloud targets indies.

2017:

• 22 companies comprising but not limited to Viacom, Miramax, Ronald Wayne Burkle's Yucaipa, Lionsgate, A&E, Sony, and MGM all placed bids for The Weinstein Company.
• Viacom was going to take in Scripps Networks Interactive before Discovery Communications came through with a $12 billion outbid.
• Comcast, Sony, and Verizon were the other bidders for 21st Century Fox's assets. Comcast's bid persisted until July 2018, leaving it to The Walt Disney Company in March 2019.
• Tribune Media announced its sale to Sinclair Broadcast Group, but 15 months later, they were sued for a breach of contract. They would merge with future CW majority owner Nexstar Media Group for $4.1 billion.
• Hasbro attempted to buy Lionsgate.

2018:

• Viacom, CBS (both would re-merge in 2019), Verizon, Comcast, Amazon (later would buy MGM in 2022), Sony, and Hasbro again were speculated to buy Lionsgate, and there were rumors that a combined CBS-Viacom would buy out the studio, with Vice Chairman Michael Burns implying in an interview with CNBC that Lionsgate, CBS, and Viacom all merge.
• Google was eyeing Epic Games before starting their own cloud service called "Project Stream", later named Stadia, which lasted until 2023.

2019:

• Univision was speculated to be bought by ViacomCBS in articles like this, before Televisa (sort of) came in 2 years later, to form TelevisaUnivision.
• Before Viacom re-merged with CBS, there were rumors of the latter entity buying Starz from Lionsgate.
• Before ViacomCBS kicked in, the bidders for a 50% stake in Miramax were the second incarnation of Viacom, Lionsgate (which had the home video rights to Miramax, at least in the United States), and Spyglass Media Group, who had been the owner of The Weinstein Company's library a year ago. Spyglass was the first to exit talks, followed by Lionsgate a month later. After two months, Viacom went out of the discussion until the re-merge with CBS Corporation meant they would resume buyout talks with Miramax.
• ViacomCBS was also speculated to buy Discovery pre-announcement of the Warner Bros Discovery deal two years later.
• Continuing on with the post-merger 'nundrum, ViacomCBS was also rumored to buy Sony Pictures and even Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
• Xerox planned until 2020 to buy out Hewlett-Packard for $33.5 (later $35.0 in the second bid) billion. Hewlett-Packard indicated it would make its counteroffer for Xerox.

2020:

• Microsoft not only (and this was very publicized) tried to buy Tiktok, but almost tried to buy out Capcom, Nintendo, and even Warner Bros. Games.
• Apple and Netflix were rumored to buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
• Take-Two Interactive was going to buy Codemasters for $994 million and assign it under 2K, before being trumped by Electronic Arts with a billion-dollar bid.
• ViacomCBS initially planned to sell Simon and Schuster to Penguin Random House but ended up in a blockage two years later.
  • Before that announcement, News Corp (HarperCollins) and Vivendi (Editis) were said to be the other bidders for S&S.

Around this time, Lionsgate made an unsolicited offer to merge Starz with ViacomCBS' Showtime.
2021:

• Comcast had some plans to buy Activision Blizzard, at least according to Puck.
• In a better-known attempt, they considered spinning off NBCUniversal and merging it with Electronic Arts, which sadly never materialized.
• Comcast was speculated to merge with ViacomCBS after the announcement of the Warner-Discovery deal, which would only get churned down to SkyShowtime for specific regions.
• Bagdasarian Productions has been reported to have put itself up for sale for about $300 million, with Paramount Global (who has home entertainment rights and Nickelodeon airs the current show) being the most likely bidder.
• Microsoft was interested in acquiring Zynga before it was sold to Take-Two Interactive Software.
• Microsoft was also seriously planning to buy out some of over a hundred developers and nine publishers, and also considered Sega, Square Enix, and IO Interactive in an April 2021 slideshow given out this year's ruling by the FTC on ActivBliz.
• Lionsgate was planning for as long as into the next year to buy STX.

2022:

• Fox Corporation and News Corp were going to merge, only to get called off.
• There were the marathonical rumors of Apple, Disney, and even Amazon buying out Electronic Arts.
• The Washington Post was looking to buy Wordle before The New York Times Company became the buyer.

2023:

• Playtika tried to buy Rovio for $813 million before Sega Sammy took the helm.
• Comcast was speculated to buy out World Wrestling Entertainment before Endeavor Group came in.
  • They were also rumored to buy the remaining 67% of Hulu from The Walt Disney Company, until it became the other way around.
• Legendary, Fremantle, and GoDigital Media Group were bidding to buy Entertainment One from Hasbro until Lionsgate won the bidding.
• In the finale of the Simon and Schuster sale, the other bidder besides Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts was News Corp's HarperCollins.
• Paramount Global planned to sell BET to people including Byron Allen, Shaquille O'Neal, and 50 Cent, until deciding that the networks were a core asset.

Live Music

• Yael & Gabriel, Casa Monica Resort & Spa, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Denny Blue, Fish House & Oyster Co., 11:30 am – 3:30 pm
• Lonesome Bert's Thick and Thin String Band, Marina Munch, 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
• Trevor Compton, Backyard Island Cafe at Meehan's, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Vinny Jacobs, The Cellar Upstairs Wine Bar & Restaurant, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Space Heaters, Pierre's Pub, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Palmetto Pickers, DJ's Clam Shack, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Jolie, Bin 39 Wine Bar, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Seedfromatree, Jimmy Hula's, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• SouLo Lyon, Prohibition Kitchen, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Annie Dukes, Blue Crab Festival 2024, 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
• Ian Opalinski, Ann O'Malley's Deli and Pub, 3:00 pm – 6:00 am
• Ashley Estevez, Conch House Marina Resort, 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Wayne Lake, Casa de Vino 57, 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
• Dewey Via Band, Dog Rose Brewing Co., 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
• Josh Ford, Taco Libre #3 - St. Augustine, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
• Crawford Boyd's Acoustic Anomaly, Tradewinds Lounge, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Paper City Hustlers, Blue Crab Festival 2024, 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm
• Damon Slaughter, O.C. White's Seafood, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
• Chase Fouraker, Pierre's Pub, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Jimmy Bragg, Meehan's Irish Pub & Seafood House, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Side 3 Band, Borrillo's Pizzeria & Beer Garden, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
• Yael & Gabriel, Limelight Theatre, Inc., 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Heroes & Patriots Celebration

• The Peña-Peck House hosts special events on Memorial Day Weekend, at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, the 25th, and from 12:00 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, the 26th.
• On Saturday, May 25, at 2:00 p.m., Alison Simpson, The Florida National Guard Command Historian will present a talk titled "Men and Women Veterans Buried in the St. Augustine National Cemetery."
• On Sunday, May 26, from noon to 4:30 p.m., Artisans in the Garden presents local artists and their work. The featured artists are Pam Consolie, Patricia Brown, Paulo Jimenez, Robyn Freedman, and Rosamond Parrish.
• The Artisan Gift Shop, at the Peña-Peck House, will be open from noon to 4:30 p.m. on both days, and tours of the historic Peña-Peck are available at noon, 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 p.m.
• Admission: Free
• When: The Peña-Peck House will be open from noon to 4:30 p.m. on both days. Alison Simpson's presentation is at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
• Where: The Peña-Peck House, 143 St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084

Super Sunday Improv Mixer

• At the Super Sunday Improv Mixer, grown-ups are invited to a cooperative, facilitated play experience. Using improv games and exercises, an improv instructor leads attendees through a play experience where everyone wins. This is an all-play zone where all are welcome - no experience is necessary.
• Registration: $11.00 in advance, $15.00 at the door. To register in advance, go here.
• When: 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Sunday, May 26, 2024
• Where: Third Space Improv is located at 200 Malaga Street #7 in St. Augustine. Free parking is available.

Yoga on the Lawn at Ximenez-Fatio House Museum

• Every Sunday and Wednesday
• Ximenez-Fatio House Museum20 Aviles St.St. Augustine, FL 32084
• Admission $15
• Enjoy yoga on the lawn at the historic Ximenez-Fatio House Museum. This one-hour vinyasa flow is perfect for all levels. Bring a beach towel or mat and water. Free parking behind the museum is available, but limited. Access the parking lot from Cadiz Street. Instructor will contact you by phone if class is canceled due to weather. Practice gets underway at 8 a.m. and lasts approximately one hour. Cost is $15 and registration is required.

Paella Sunday at Pesca by Michael

• Every Sunday
• Pesca By Michael's117 Vilano Rd.St. Augustine, FL 32084
• Admission $35 per personEvery Sunday
• Enjoy Paella Sunday on the Porch of Pesca by Michael's on Vilano Beach from 3-5 p.m. Tickets are $35 and feature Paella changes weekly, A favorite is is Garden Paella with Chicken Skewers and Shrimp with chorizo on the side (to accommodate all dietary restrictions). Salad, Bread, and one complimentary glass of Sangria or Wine are included. Purchase Tickets online at the door.

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Live Music

• Yael & Gabriel, Casa Monica Resort & Spa, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Denny Blue, Fish House & Oyster Co., 11:30 am – 3:30 pm
• Lonesome Bert's Thick and Thin String Band, Marina Munch, 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
• Trevor Compton, Backyard Island Cafe at Meehan's, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Vinny Jacobs, The Cellar Upstairs Wine Bar & Restaurant, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Space Heaters, Pierre's Pub, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Palmetto Pickers, DJ's Clam Shack, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Jolie, Bin 39 Wine Bar, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Seedfromatree, Jimmy Hula's, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• SouLo Lyon, Prohibition Kitchen, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Annie Dukes, Blue Crab Festival 2024, 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
• Ian Opalinski, Ann O'Malley's Deli and Pub, 3:00 pm – 6:00 am
• Ashley Estevez, Conch House Marina Resort, 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Wayne Lake, Casa de Vino 57, 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
• Dewey Via Band, Dog Rose Brewing Co., 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
• Josh Ford, Taco Libre #3 - St. Augustine, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
• Crawford Boyd's Acoustic Anomaly, Tradewinds Lounge, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Paper City Hustlers, Blue Crab Festival 2024, 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm
• Damon Slaughter, O.C. White's Seafood, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
• Chase Fouraker, Pierre's Pub, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Jimmy Bragg, Meehan's Irish Pub & Seafood House, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Side 3 Band, Borrillo's Pizzeria & Beer Garden, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
• Yael & Gabriel, Limelight Theatre, Inc., 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Heroes & Patriots Celebration

• The Peña-Peck House hosts special events on Memorial Day Weekend, at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, the 25th, and from 12:00 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, the 26th.
• On Saturday, May 25, at 2:00 p.m., Alison Simpson, The Florida National Guard Command Historian will present a talk titled "Men and Women Veterans Buried in the St. Augustine National Cemetery."
• On Sunday, May 26, from noon to 4:30 p.m., Artisans in the Garden presents local artists and their work. The featured artists are Pam Consolie, Patricia Brown, Paulo Jimenez, Robyn Freedman, and Rosamond Parrish.
• The Artisan Gift Shop, at the Peña-Peck House, will be open from noon to 4:30 p.m. on both days, and tours of the historic Peña-Peck are available at noon, 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 p.m.
• Admission: Free
• When: The Peña-Peck House will be open from noon to 4:30 p.m. on both days. Alison Simpson's presentation is at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
• Where: The Peña-Peck House, 143 St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084

Super Sunday Improv Mixer

• At the Super Sunday Improv Mixer, grown-ups are invited to a cooperative, facilitated play experience. Using improv games and exercises, an improv instructor leads attendees through a play experience where everyone wins. This is an all-play zone where all are welcome - no experience is necessary.
• Registration: $11.00 in advance, $15.00 at the door. To register in advance, go here.
• When: 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Sunday, May 26, 2024
• Where: Third Space Improv is located at 200 Malaga Street #7 in St. Augustine. Free parking is available.

Yoga on the Lawn at Ximenez-Fatio House Museum

• Every Sunday and Wednesday
• Ximenez-Fatio House Museum20 Aviles St.St. Augustine, FL 32084
• Admission $15
• Enjoy yoga on the lawn at the historic Ximenez-Fatio House Museum. This one-hour vinyasa flow is perfect for all levels. Bring a beach towel or mat and water. Free parking behind the museum is available, but limited. Access the parking lot from Cadiz Street. Instructor will contact you by phone if class is canceled due to weather. Practice gets underway at 8 a.m. and lasts approximately one hour. Cost is $15 and registration is required.

Paella Sunday at Pesca by Michael

• Every Sunday
• Pesca By Michael's117 Vilano Rd.St. Augustine, FL 32084
• Admission $35 per personEvery Sunday
• Enjoy Paella Sunday on the Porch of Pesca by Michael's on Vilano Beach from 3-5 p.m. Tickets are $35 and feature Paella changes weekly, A favorite is is Garden Paella with Chicken Skewers and Shrimp with chorizo on the side (to accommodate all dietary restrictions). Salad, Bread, and one complimentary glass of Sangria or Wine are included. Purchase Tickets online at the door.

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I’m referring to Onlyfans type content creators who make porn and allow fans to pay them to get a sense of connection by doing things like texting them or voice calling them.
I don’t see how it’s any more wrong than other companies. I’ve heard the argument of “Well, they could get porn for free on Pornhub.” Okay, what about Doordash? The rates for that service can get ridiculously expensive with tipping added in. Aren’t they exploiting people’s laziness, along with disabled people who either have physical issues or mental illnesses that make it impossible for them to leave the house? Most customers are mentally and physically fine. Shouldn’t Doordash be shut down because “Well, everyone can get in a car and drive to McDonalds?”
Going further, do you think Jeff Bezo’s would block your credit card from Amazon if you emailed his company and told them you were a shopping addict? Do you think McDonalds would turn you away if you were morbidly obese and kept coming in? Are you gonna protest against Louis Vuitton because you can get a perfectly good purse at Walmart for much cheaper?
Redditor men, the paragons of logic in their (not) humble opinions, and all it takes is a woman who pays her bills with nudes and text messages and suddenly they forget how capitalism works. Are we all on the same page here they’re just throwing tantrums, or is there an argument I’m not seeing?

This is a bit long.
I had moved into a new apartment with my little dog and cat, and always made sure to ask my downstairs neighbor if he ever heard her and he said he never heard anything from my unit ever. He moved out after about 4 months, and a Karen moved in. At the time I was (27/28F) who had over ten years of experience with toxic neighbors and roommates.
Two months after she moved in my dog was killed by a pit bull as i wrestled to get its jaws open. i still have scars on my fingers from where the pit bull's fangs dug into me as i was prying. (And no i was in so much trauma that I could not bear the idea of killing someone else's puppy when I knew that was a pitbull puppy, that was not receiving proper training and he thought killing my dog was playing with a toy. i later found out someone else called and got animal services to arrive, and the owner had skipped out on the unit disappearing legally and situationally to avoid criminal charges.) I need emotional support dogs because of a very traumatic life, and part of that trauma will be relayed in another story. I waited 6 months for a new puppy to be born after searching carefully for breeders i agreed with and the temperament and sensitivity of their parent dogs. I have owned 3 dogs of the same breed (Larger yorkshire terrier who are sensitive to mood swings, seizures and other medical conditions more than a lot of big dogs 'supposedly' do. I do not tolerate a nitpicky dog they are fully desensitized by me in preparation for my future children ) before this and it was my first time experiencing the next problem.
My downstairs Karen had been friendly with me and chatted a lot but I could tell she was one of those 'no-nonsense' people and she even tried to give me rules like "No noise above me after 6pm" when I work early in the morning and wouldn't be home till after 7 which meant i was not allowed to VACCUME my own home except on my 1 day per month off of work. Usually those one days off were because i was sick from exhaustion and they were recovery days, not cleaning ones.
When she started complaining every single day about how her water was not 'hot enough' and she demanded she should have entitlement to piping hot water I realized she really was a Karen kind of woman. I let her know I had adopted a new puppy and that I was going to do extensive training to make sure it was a good little neighbor but asked her to bear with me. By the time the Karen moved out she had been under me for 2 years. and I got my new puppy around halfway through that.
At first she would lie to me and tell me she 'could never hear my dog' at all. I knew my dog barked in separation anxiety from her personality for the first 30-45 minutes after I left for work around 10 am, and otherwise stopped. 6 months before the Karen moved out, my dog was barking constantly because the Karen would sit on her patio below mine and talk so loudly it was as if she were talking in the middle of my house! I started getting text messages constantly about how my dog would not stop barking and when her friend had a baby over my dog barked so much it traumatized the baby. I told her repeatedly "Do not talk to my dog o r it makes her bark more." I told her repeatedly how LOUDLY she talked on the patio at 6-8 in the morning when I worked a day and a night shift and she was waking ME up. She would then claim I was imagining things as she worked night shift and couldnt POSSIBLY be awake that early. I the discord messages to my friends complaining about her to confirm I was not crazy but never showed her. She then tried to claim that my dog was disturbing all the neighbors and barked all day long. At this point, i had realized she was a very entitled Karen, and thanks to my late hours I found out her 'early morning' or 'nightshifts' were total lies. The hours she would need to be home to impose the '6pm curfew of noise' was ridiculous as she was coming home closer to 10pm. When she switched her tune of saying she needed silence in the morning, is when she was waking ME up at 6 in the morning.
At this point, I put up those cameras that are free and use your internet to monitor whatever to your phone. I could confirm that my dog would bark for the 45 minutes at most and then the only time she barked was maybe 4 or 5 times if someone was making strange loud noises below her. This meant someone pulling a cart or suitcase-type bag clicking across the sidewalk and she would bark until she couldn't hear it anymore so maybe a minute at most. She had been fully trained with sonic noise makers, dog whistles, training, and even that 'open door at odd intervals ' tricks. I refuse to use electric shock on my little girl or drugs when she is just fine for most of the day with her kitty brother. This is when the Karen's lies got worse!
Thats when the construction started. Every day for a week, that Karen was blowing up my phone saying my tiny dog was howling and screaming at all times. She even got the complex ownership to threaten me and tell me to control my dog with training or the complex would either evict me or forcibly remove my dog. This is illegal to do in my state as she is medically signed off on an Emotional support dog. I showed the office proof that my dog did NOT bark every single day and even witness reports that I had been so stressed I had actually been taking my dog to work as a caregiver, and she was making my client really happy, every other day. Further disproving the Karens claims. Over two weeks I discovered that the noises that DID make my dog bark were from the intense roof renovations that were going on, and the extensive painting and landscaping efforts that made it sound like people were trying to break down our walls. I fully understood why my poor girl was freaking! It even scared me so badly that the first time I heard them on the roof i ran to the office with the sound recording and they explained the rooftops were being re-tarred.
The Karen would not give up and the last time she texted me it was something like how "You need to control your dog. I cannot tollerate her barking at all times of the day and night! I will report you to the office and have the other neighbors sign a petition to get you eveicted if you do not put her in doggie daycare or get rid of her!" I replied with "Sure. You pay for the Doggie Daycare which is about $75 per day and then she will be quiet. Also I know for a fact you exaggerate and lie. My dog is wiht me half the times you claim she is barking and I know you are friends with your next-door neighbor whos dog barks worse and louder than mine out on his porch. Do not contact me again or speak to me in passing. If you do i will take this to more legal action" and I blocked her. A week later the office again tried to say they were getting complaints but admitted it was just one neighbor. I had made friends with the office worker and they loved my little dog. I even proved to them she was only making a small amount of noise the days she was left home. The stress this neighbor caused me with my new dog, who was supposed to reduce my clinical depression and anxiety went through the roof. If it weren't for my client letting me bring my dog for him to play with I dont think I would have been able to stay sane.
4 months before Karen moved out she tried one last trick to force me to deal with my dog 'her way' by submitting a proposal to the metro city district that i live in where they order me to cease and desist my dogs noise and that i was 'not compliant' with the required law ordinates. I could tell from the writing she had exaggerated the time, frequency, and duration of my dog's barking, much of which my cameras which were set to noise-sensitive, identified as two separate neighbors' dogs barking, not mine. My latest dog has a VERY unique bark with a pitch that is undeniably hers and is the first dog I ever had with barking or separation issues so i could easily tell the others were a medium and large barking dog. I laughed at the letter which said to further enforce the complaint they would require a petition of all my immediate neighbors, all of which said they couldn't hear my dog in comparison to the other barkers, and would not likely give their signatures to Karen. I decided if she ever did try anything else I would report to the office that she had a breech of contract 3 cats in her house two of which were identical and were grounds for immediate eviction, but I waited to see if she would cross me one last time. I laughed off the city mandate letter and tossed the letter out after the Karen moved away and never faced any repercussions but she gave me so many dirty looks. I started living in my home MY way after the text message that i had sent about 2 weeks prior to getting the notice, and had been vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, and doing any other cleaning i needed and wanted to do, ignoring her 'noise hour' demands. I good-naturedly would not do anything after 9pm as I consider that normal for neighbors who do not have children in a building that is mostly cement blocks per unit.
I am VERY happy to report that the neighbor who replaced the Karen actually LOVES that my dog barks when i go, and whenever someone is passing the area to the stairs of our shared entry. She has some paranoia of ghosts and when they lived on the 2nd floor she kept hearing footsteps on the roof at night. She says hearing my dog bark at normal loud things a dog should bark at helps her feel safe and comfortable because my dog tells her if shes hearing things or actually has someone being too close for comfort in our entryway and outside our mutual porches. The best part is we did a noise test! She couldn't hear my vacuum, my carpet shampooer, my blender OR my TV even when it was at a volume that was painful for MY ears! That Karen was such a dirty liar!!!
I was not overly concerned about Karen's attempts after her first failure, it was mostly just a source of stress because of how often she bombarded me or the wonder if another fake allegation against me would appear. I learned a lot in my teenage years and childhood about what is legally allowed and that was unfortunately given a crash course the year before I found this little paradise complex. I also use legal rights knowledge as a caregiver to help my clients stay safe from abusive sources or ones that would extort them. I know how and when to react and to ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS have proof to back up my end.

Hey all, would love any tips if you've experienced something similar.
My monthly V+ plan was set to renew at midnight today, but I decided a few days ago that I wanted to switch to the V+ annual plan to add my smart watch... so I tried to switch in the iOS app. It gave me a red error saying my payment didn't work. I then pulled up the site on my computer. Hit with the same error. Next, I tried another payment card. Same error. I tried deleting my main card and re-adding it. Error. I called my bank and they confirmed that all the transactions were approved. I tried restarting my computer and phone and switching browsers, quitting my VPN... blah blah same error every time.
So alas, I contacted Visible chat support. The agent asked me to do all of the things I had already done, try on the website, try on the app, etc. No luck. I spent an excruciating hour going back and forth attempting to purchase the annual plan alongside support. Then, at long last, the support agent told me that the reason I couldn't switch to the annual plan is because my monthly plan had not expired yet, and that the annual plan purchase was queued to process once the monthly plan ends. They said it cannot be switched from monthly to annual while monthly service is active. I thought this seemed strange, and I triple checked with the agent to confirm my understanding. The site heavily implies that customers can switch to annual from an active monthly plan, so I had doubts. The agent said they had confirmed it with their specialist team, and send me on my way. I was drained from the experience, and left with no real sense of resolution.
Earlier today, I tried switching to annual again just to see if maybe something had changed on Visible's end, but alas it still failed (both on iOS and on the website). I contacted support again because on reflection I thought it seemed too dubious that annual would somehow process automatically at midnight. I explained what I had been told the previous evening, and the agent confirmed: my annual plan would start automatically at midnight.
Welp, here I am, 30 minutes after midnight, no automatic plan switch, service suspended, and no ability to sign up for the annual plan on the app or website. The Visible app and website both say I have to pay for another month of monthly in order to resume service at all, but at $45 instead of the $35 promotional rate I had been using. No other options. But I don't want to buy that, I want the annual plan at $395. Chat support now says they won't be able to switch me to the annual plan unless I resubscribe to the monthly plan first--the exact opposite of what I was told yesterday and earlier today. What?
Am I wrong to be angry about this? I don't want to pay for a month at $45 just to hurdle over some tech debt in the Visible back-end. I asked support to just activate my line on the back-end and then charge me for annual and switch, but they seem unable to help. I'm attempting to get it escalated to someone with some poweknow-how, but no luck yet. I'm really disappointed and I honestly feel like I was intentionally misled to get me to go away.
What would you do?