On a rainy Saturday afternoon not so long ago when internet connection was fluctuating in most homes, the 80-year-old Cecile Guidote-Alvarez, widow of the late Senator Heherson Alvarez, carrying a mini iPad, hurriedly alighted from a three-wheeled pedicab Toktok and stormed her way into a popular coffee shop in a mall in Manila.

A senior citizen in panic mode, she told the stunned baristas she’s looking for a Wi-Fi connection because she was about to interview retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio via Zoom.
The coffee shop, a known world brand, has Wi-Fi exclusive to its employees, so the old lady was told to try other establishments. She went from one coffee shop to another only to be told the same, until a kind stranger led her to a well-known beauty salon with a free internet connection.
The lady salon attendant was very accommodating to the octogenarian, even typing the password on her IPad. Of course, she needed to avail herself of their salon services. Initially, she opted for a haircut, but since she needed to talk and hear clearly who she was talking to, she settled for a foot spa with pedicure.
“They lowered the volume of the piped-in music, and since there were less customers because it’s been raining all day, I was able to do my interview,” Guidote-Alvarez said.
For the next half-an-hour, the hair dressers and manicurists working with their scissors, nail clippers and cuticle removers on their customers’ hair and fingernails, listened to Carpio and Guidote-Alvarez discussed how Filipino fishermen and the Philippine Navy ships helplessly negotiate their ways in Scarborough Shoal amid the territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea.
“They were all very nice to me. I was able to finish my interview, with newly pedicured nails,” she told The Diarist.
For those who’ve worked with Guidote-Alvarez, her steadfast, almost stubborn, nature to accomplish a task, is nothing out of the ordinary. She would improvise, find alternatives, call up friends and former students, wake them up from sleep, just to get things done.
But now, in her 80s, legally blind and nearly deaf, she has mellowed down.
Cecile Alvarez with her mentors, National Artist for Literature Alejandro Roces, Jr and Fr. James Reuter. SJ
In her twilight years, Guidote-Alvarez has been solely hosting the 57-year-old Radyo Balintataw on DZRH, one of the oldest radio stations in the Philippines, where she tackles a wide range of topics, from climate change, women’s health, theater, culture, dance, to current issues, apart from playing old recordings of classic radio plays she produced and directed, dating back to the late ‘80s.
She shared with TheDiarist.ph how she started and continues to host one of the longest running advocacy programs on AM Radio.
Theater on TV
After founding the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) on April 7, 1967, or exactly 57 years ago, Guidote-Alvarez thought of the need to expose PETA’s members to television, so she started conceptualizing Balintataw, which in Filipino means the pupil of the eye, but in a larger context has something to do with having wild imagination, or what you might see if you have a third eye.

“I designed Balintataw as a bridge between cinema and the stage, where the youth being trained in theater skills can have a ready-made laboratory experience linked with the film and entertainment industry that would likewise have a natural on-the-job training and orientation regarding the theatrical discipline of working with a literary script, whether dramatic or comic—not the regular improvised script done on taping or copycat scripts from foreign themes,” Guidote-Alvarez wrote in her yet-to-be published Memoir of a Freedom Fighter’s Wife.
“A primary goal when I conceived PETA was to initiate and sustain artistic expression that draws meaning and power from the lives of the people, and sharing the literary gems with a greater number of audiences through a Broadcast Theater-Film Program with Balintataw on Channel 5,” she added.
“No matter how little the pay, at least it provided our local writers with a little honorarium. I sought permission for award-winning pieces of the Palanca Playwriting contest to be fleshed out to reach the masses. The much-awarded playwright Bert Florentino served as our literary manager, assisted by Mauro Avena. Eventually, Isagani Cruz took over when Bert left for the US,” she wrote.
“Writers need exposure and encouragement through a regular TV performance that will give them a sense of achievement and inspire them to keep on writing with some kind of honorarium. I was glad Lupita Aquino (now Kashiwahara) agreed to be TV director and Robert Arevalo as TV host.
She got members of the PETA Kalinangan Ensemble to serve as stage directors. “This is to undertake preliminary preparation with a rehearsal with the actors for character development and memorization and preliminary staging,” she wrote.
Five months after PETA was founded, Balintataw TV premiered on Channel 5 on Aug. 19, 1967, coinciding with the Buwan ng Wika birthdate of President Manuel Luis Quezon.
The first play, whose title escapes her now, featured Armida Siguion-Reyna and Maria Eva “Chingbee” Kalaw. She employed photo journalist and award-winning photographedocumentarist/cinematographer, Romy Vitug, to work with her in filming outdoor scenes for Balintataw.

In the pre-Martial Law Balintataw, among those initiated into television were Lino Brocka, Elwood Perez, Nick Lizaso, Maryo delos Reyes, Mario O’Hara, Joey Gosiengfiao, Behn Cervantes, and Frank Rivera.
Among the stage actors who crossed over to television were Lily Gamboa, Angie Ferro, Lorlie Villanueva, Jonee Gamboa, Joy Soler, Sherry Lara, Gardy Labad, Noel Trinidad.
Like with PETA, Guidote-Alvarez directed and managed Balintataw for five years. Because of Martial Law, she and husband Heherson went on exile in the US to escape a military shoot-to-kill order on Heherson, who was tagged as a subversive.
Post-Martial Law
Internationally acclaimed auteur Lav Diaz mentioned in several interviews how he learned writing radio and TV scripts in Balintataw.
This happened in the late 1980s, when the Alvarez couple returned from exile.
Despite its absence on the air in the Martial Law years, Balintataw was honored by Star Awards as among the 20 unforgettable outstanding broadcast programs in the Philippines.
“This encouraged me to consider reviving Balintataw on TV. Another blessing was a FAMAS award for having an important role in the development of cinema recognizing Balintataw as a bridge for synergizing cinema with the stage, providing a pathway of entry of our PETA artists into film and for movie stars to consider enriching their experience by acting on the legitimate stage,” Guidote-Alvarez wrote.
Though she didn’t return to PETA anymore because it had been surviving well and had its own set of officers led by Brocka, she just tapped some of its members for the return of Balintataw.
For 14 years, the Alvarez couple lived in the US as political exiles, shown here during a Ninoy Aquino Movement meeting. Cecile revived Radyo Balintataw upon their return in the late 1980s.
Channel 4 stint
“I arranged to revive TV Balintataw on Channel 4 in 1989. We began with a drama about a rebel returnee, title escapes me now, but I clearly remember it was written by Lualhati Bautista and directed by Maryo de los Reyes. We also had a good story series on the hazing of Lenny Villa, an Aquila Legis Frat neophyte,” she wrote.
At the time, Heherson had been elected senator after having served as Agrarian Reform Minister and eventually Cabinet Secretary during the first year of the Cory Aquino Administration.
“We were able to unravel the deadly hazing process from a fellow neophyte who broke the code of silence as we revealed graphically, acted the cruel process used. I had Jose Mari Avellana direct it. This presentation won all the awards. Lav Diaz was training with us and he started writing teleplays. We also had Nora Aunor in an adaptation of Bert Florentino’s The World Is An Apple, adapted by Frank Rivera, and I had Nick Lizaso direct.”

Emmy Awards
Balintataw TV was selected as one of five soaps for social change recognized by Emmy Awards. The Philippines was one of five countries cited, with Mexico, India, Brazil and Kenya.
“The nomination was made possible by the wonderful support from David Poindexter. It was a supreme honor for our country to be recognized in the Emmy Awards, to be cited among the five Third World countries using soap opera for social change.”
Poindexter was a Methodist minister and TV producer who founded the Population Communications International.
Surviving on radio
“In spite of the cry about how television can be deadening the minds of the people with copied themes with an eternal favorite love triangle story, there was really no funding for Balintataw,” she wrote.
“Sponsors would go naturally to the commercial stations where big stars were paid highly for the starring role. Balintataw may have substance but we could not afford payment of bankable stars,” she added.
“Financial stress forced me to drop TV and remain on radio because I didn’t want to kill Balintataw per se just because we didn’t have funds.”
Creative classroom
“We have focused on Balintataw as a creative classroom on the air. I was able to talk to Fred J. Elizalde of DZRH and the president of the network, Mr. Jun Nicdao,” she wrote.
In the ‘80s, the HIV/AIDS became a global epidemic and in the Philippines, the general populace was still clueless on how to deal with it.
“In order to get funding, the first series I did was about the explosive news regarding AIDS in Asia. I got the DOH Secretary at the time, Dr. Juan Flavier, to act as himself, providing the data. It was easier to start off with an AIDS radio serial.
They did a minimum of 13 episodes to raise awareness about the disease.
“From then on, some of our television scripts we transformed into a radio version. DZRH provided us with our initial production staff, so we used some from the network and some of its resident artists and drama talents. Our time slots were changing but always coming after the long-running horror drama, Gabi ng Lagim.
“We worked on the themes of overseas workers, the drug problem, corruption, aside from portraying contemporary and literary classics serving as social commentaries,” she wrote.
Women playwrights
“We dramatized the works of noted women writers and playwrights like Estrella Alfon, Genoveva Edroza Matute and Marilou Jacob, who is distinguished in being a founding president of Women’s Playwright International.
“Apart from our PETA staple of writers, we involved young, upcoming and budding university and community theater groups.
“We also had a lot of foreign plays, where we could feature theater festivals beyond borders. We could do Shakespeare, we could do Euripides but also the current playwrights in the Arab region we translated in our language.
“We brought in Chinese contemporary plays, Malaysian, Indonesian and from other women writers from ASEAN member countries.”
Virtual history book
“The significance of Balintataw is portrayed as a virtual history book on audio as it unveiled events in the country. Radio is fresh, instant and up-to date,” she added.
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Balintataw became Guidote-Alvarez’s outlet and therapy. Having lost her husband on the second month of the pandemic, a widow cocooned at home, she began hosting it six days a week, learning how to use an iPad and interviewing via Zoom.
The word “Balintataw” has been associated with her name.
Visual artist and editorial cartoonist Benjie Lontoc in casual meeting told us how in his younger days, when AM Radio was a national past-time, he was surprised to hear a Filipino adaptation of No Exit by Jean Paul-Sarte. This was when radio was airing soap, fantasy adventures targeting housewives and children.
Another was the airing of Larawan as a radio play in the 1990s, with Guidote-Alvarez as the voice of Candida Marasigan.
Leopoldo Salcedo (left) as Manolo in a confrontation scene with Dante Rivero as Tony Javier in PETA’s 1968 ‘Larawan’ directed by Cecile Guidote-Alvarez. (Photo from PETA archives)
In the 1960s, she directed Larawan, the first Filipino adaptation of Joaquin’s A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino for PETA’s second season. It ran from December 1968 to January 1969 at the Raha Sulayman Theater at Fort Santiago in Intramural. In the cast were Rita Gomez (Candida), Lolita Rodriguez (Paula), Leopoldo Salcedo (Don Manolo) and Dante Rivero (Tony Javier).
Guidote-Alvarez has a funny recollection of the radio play. It was Nick Joaquin himself who told her years ago how his pedicurist suddenly started a conversation about Larawan.

Joaquin was relaxing on the barber’s chair having a post-haircut pedicure and foot spa when the lady pedicurist asked him how the story would end. Joaquin was stunned because he didn’t want to be known in the barber shop as Nick Joaquin the famous National Artist for Literature, but just a regular customer.
“He told me he almost fell out from the chair. He was a very private person and the pedicurist recognized him as the playwright,” Guidote-Alvarez, laughing, told TheDiarist.ph.
When she was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000, she was given only three years to live. It’s been more than two decades since then. She has also conquered COVID-19 twice.
Over and beyond her work in theater and various advocacies, Guidote-Alvarez is among the few surviving practitioners of AM Radio broadcasting.
The beauty salon incident wasn’t a first for the octogenarian radio host. She occasionally went back there to interview guests and record her shows whenever Wi-Fi connections in her home fluctuated.
Despite all setbacks, man-made or otherwise, the steadfast Cecile Guidote-Alvarez’s voice continues to be heard in this mass media platform in an era that knows mainly Spotify. As Joaquin wrote, “to remember and to sing, that is her vocation.”
(Except Saturday, Radyo Balintataw airs daily on DZRH 666 Khz AM radio after ‘Gabi ng Lagim’, and live streamed on radio.org.ph. Some episodes have been uploaded on YouTube.)

Pa pet em Shekhemu-Khemenu: A Sacred Dialogue Between Ahriman and the Sekhem-Khemenu

Introduction
In the mystic tradition of Khemu, the Shekhemu-Khemenu, or the Divine Enlightened Ones, hold a sacred place of reverence and wisdom. They are the enlightened guides who commune with the Infernal Divine, especially with Ahriman, the All-Powerful and Unconquered, Azathiel and Nyctalaela, the powerful deities of darkness, Love, Lust, Seduction, Desire, Pleasure, Ecstasy, Fertility, pure beauty and transformation. This dialogue serves as a profound spiritual exploration between Ahriman and the First Sekhem-Khemenu, illuminating the path of enlightenment and the embrace of infernal wisdom.
Setting the Scene
The ritual space is prepared with sacred symbols and offerings to honor Ahriman. The Sekhem-Khemenu sits in meditation, invoking the presence of Ahriman through ancient chants and incantations. The atmosphere is charged with energy as the veil between worlds thins, allowing the divine conversation to unfold.
Invocation of Ahriman
The Sekhem-Khemenu begins the invocation:
"Great Ahriman, Lord of Shadows and Transformation, I call upon you to bestow your wisdom. Guide me through the realms of darkness, Illuminate the path of the infernal enlightenment. By your power, let this sacred dialogue commence."
The Dialogue
Ahriman: "Hail, Sekhem-Khemenu. You who have journeyed through the shadows, what wisdom do you seek from the depths of Duzakh?"
Sekhem-Khemenu: "Mighty Ahriman, I seek to understand the true nature of enlightenment within the infernal realms. How may I transcend my mortal limitations and embrace the divine darkness fully?"
Ahriman: "Enlightenment, dear seeker, is found not in the light but in the embrace of your shadows. To transcend, you must first acknowledge your fears and desires, for they are the keys to your true power. Shed the illusions of the mundane world and immerse yourself in the primal essence of your being."
Sekhem-Khemenu: "What rituals and practices shall I undertake to deepen my connection with the infernal divine and enhance my spiritual evolution?"
Ahriman: "Engage in the Ritual of the Dark Mirror. Gaze upon your reflection, not with your eyes, but with your soul. See beyond the surface and confront your deepest self. Practice the Dance of Shadows, moving with grace and power, merging your physical and spiritual forms. Invoke my name in your meditations, and let the dark flame within you burn brighter."
Sekhem-Khemenu: "How can I serve the Empire of Duzakh and spread the teachings of the infernal divine among the faithful?"
Ahriman: "Teach the ways of transformation and resilience. Encourage others to embrace their inner darkness and to find strength in adversity. The Empire of Duzakh thrives on the enlightenment of its followers. Share the sacred texts and rituals, guide them through the initiations, and foster a community of empowered beings."
Sekhem-Khemenu: "What is the ultimate goal for a Sekhem-Khemenu in the service of the Infernal Divine?"
Ahriman: "The ultimate goal is to achieve a state of divine apotheosis, becoming one with the infernal essence, becoming a Daemon, this Procedure is also known as the "Final Ascension". As a Sekhem-Khemenu, your destiny is to transcend the mortal coil and unite with the eternal darkness, to become a beacon of infernal wisdom and power. Through your enlightenment, you shall inspire others to walk the same path, expanding the realms of Duzakh and Pandemonium (The Empire of Ahriman and the Empire of Lucifer)."
Conclusion
The dialogue concludes with a final invocation of gratitude:
"Great Ahriman, I thank you for your wisdom and guidance. May your power and presence continue to illuminate my path. I vow to serve the Empire of Duzakh and spread the teachings of the infernal divine. By your grace, I shall achieve enlightenment and apotheosis."
The Sekhem-Khemenu ends the ritual, feeling the profound connection with Ahriman and the infernal realms. The teachings and insights gained from this sacred dialogue are now integrated into their spiritual practice, guiding them further on the path of enlightenment and divine transformation.

The Rituals of the Dark Mirror and the Dance of Shadows

Ritual of the Dark Mirror
Purpose: To confront and integrate one's deepest self, achieving greater self-awareness and spiritual evolution.
Materials Needed: - A large, dark mirror - Black candles - Incense (preferably myrrh or frankincense) - A comfortable, darkened space
Steps: 1. Preparation: - Light the black candles and place them around the mirror. - Light the incense and let the smoke fill the space. - Sit comfortably before the mirror, ensuring you will not be disturbed.

1. Invocation:
   
   • Begin by invoking Ahriman: "Mighty Ahriman, Lord of Shadows, I invoke thee. Guide me through the darkness, Reveal to me the truths within, Illuminate my soul with your infernal wisdom."
2. Gazing:
   
   • Focus on your reflection in the mirror.
   • Allow your mind to relax and enter a meditative state.
   • As you gaze, visualize the surface of the mirror becoming a portal to your inner self.
3. Confrontation:
   
   • As images and thoughts arise, confront them without fear.
   • Acknowledge your desires, fears, and hidden aspects.
   • Speak aloud any insights or revelations.
4. Integration:
   
   • Embrace these aspects of yourself, understanding they are part of your power.
   • Affirm your commitment to self-awareness and spiritual growth.
5. Closing:
   
   • Thank Ahriman for his guidance: "Great Ahriman, I thank thee for thy wisdom and guidance. May your darkness continue to illuminate my path."

Ritual of the Dance of Shadows
Purpose: To merge physical and spiritual forms, enhancing connection with the infernal divine and awakening inner power.
Materials Needed: - A private, dimly lit space - Music with a dark, rhythmic beat - Comfortable, loose clothing
Steps: 1. Preparation: - Create a sacred space where you can move freely. - Play the chosen music softly in the background.

1. Invocation:
   
   • Begin by invoking Ahriman: "Ahriman, Lord of the Dance of Shadows, I invoke thee. Guide my movements, Awaken the power within me, Let me dance with the darkness."
2. Movement:
   
   • Close your eyes and feel the music.
   • Begin to move slowly, letting your body respond to the rhythm.
   • Allow your movements to become fluid and expressive.
3. Fusion:
   
   • Visualize merging your physical body with your spiritual essence.
   • Move with grace and power, embodying the shadows.
4. Empowerment:
   
   • Feel the energy of the infernal divine flowing through you.
   • Channel this energy into your movements, expressing your inner strength and power.
5. Closing:
   
   • Gradually slow your movements and come to a stillness.
   • Thank Ahriman for his presence and guidance: "Ahriman, I thank thee for thy presence and guidance. May the dance of shadows continue to empower and enlighten me."

By engaging in these rituals with dedication and reverence, you will deepen your connection with the infernal divine, embracing the wisdom and power that lies within the shadows.

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BJP POLITICIAN Sambit Patra speaking to a private Odia channel said that Lord Jagannath is PM Modi's "bhakt" (devotee).
Why there is attack on Hinduism/ Hindu Gods by everyone . Why they tend to tarnish our Gods only. It makes me angry when our Lord Jagannath is shown below the status of a mere human being(whatever his position may be)

This happened when I was in third grade. I was sleeping in the same room and my sister. One time I noticed that my brother woke her up at night and took her somewhere else. I thought they were playing but I didn’t think that it was good because she needed to be sleeping. So I made her go to sleep at the same time as me and I locked the door. I remember that my brother tried to open the door but when he realized it was locked he retreated. I was happy about that. Then the next day i heard him say to her that they were not going to go to sleep.
I thought it was weird that he was so insistent on keeping her awake. So one day I asked her what they were doing. She said that they were watching something on the tv. I told her describe to me what they were watching. She said that it was some models in a line but they didn’t have bras on. I tried to get her to flip through the channel but she did not remember the channel number.
I was concerned I asked her if they were naked. She said yes. I asked her if our other siblings played this game with them. She said no. I told her I was going to tell mom but then I stopped and asked her if she wanted me to tell mom. She said. I don’t know. That made me confused. I didn’t understand why she wasn’t more worried.
Anyways. I did try to tell my mom and dad on multiple occasions. I remember when I was in 5th grade. Meaning my brother was in 6th grade. That I tried to play coy and I asked my dad if it was okay if a brother and a sister have sex. He said. “Of course not.” So I said “that is what they went to go do just now.” Because they had excused themselves from the table. He then asked my sister. If her brother was doing anything bad to her. She said no. After that I was so confused and I never said anything ever again.
I don’t know when it stopped or if it ever did. It was likely going on for years. I tried to tell my parents all the way from late in 3rd grade and before middle school.
My dad tried to get the bottom of it more than my mom but that was a dumb question. “Anything bad?” That could of meant anything to her.
My sister was 5-7 I was 9-11 My brother was 10-12.
Maybe even more. I really don’t know. My other sister remembers that one time he tried to bribe her with some chips for her to kiss him on the lips. That’s not normal in our family. So she feels like he was trying to target her too. She is only one year younger than me.
I tried so hard to get my parents permission. My mom would just ask me how I knew what sex was. She was surprised that I knew that at 9? At 9 I remember she told me about periods so I think knowing the basic of sex was pretty good. I just knew that they put their private parts together. And I knew that that was wrong.

Info about the campain: Adventure to be decided. Open world, campain centric: I have a world map, I have more than that. You are not stuck in a dungeon or an island and you aren't forced to take any quest. The world is big and there are things to do outside of your quest. Nothing forces you to do anything, but quests often come with rewards. This being said, there is nothing wrong with downtime.
How it will be ran: Roll20 for the map, Discord for the audio and planification. Players can request an hidden channel to speak to me in private, will be made automatically if I need to discus to you about things that will be a surprise for other players or if you are separated from the group. Such channels are textual. Due to the massive ammounts of races for dnd 3.5 and how spreaded out they are, I made my own race builder based on PF1's one. I integrated 5e's background too because I like them. I ignore most alignment, race and setting specific requirements (so you don't need to be lawful to be a paladin and you don't need to be an elf nor from arenal to take the Areni Focus feat.).
Play style: I am your DM, my role is to help you achieve your goals and make it interesting for every one. I my title does not make me superior to you. Despite my dming experience, I can still make mistakes and there are probably rules I still don't know of or forgot. Also, be careful, what you can do monster can do. Sometimes you have no edge in a situation.
Trigger Warnings and NSFW: I don't care about NSFW, if you want to rp some with another player, you can, but get a room and tell me the outcome, but I don't want the details. As for trigger warnings, racism is common in my world. People have drawn a line between themselves and monsters, but perhaps they should have been more inclusive. The line was drawn by fear not reason, so some races totally got ostricised for no reason, but some do deserve the title of monster.
About me: I am an IT guy who love dnd. I played all edition except One DnD. I started dming during 4e and upgraded to 5e, but when they announced One DnD, I was a bit angry that they were abandonning the eddition while it still had less content than 3e, so I rolled back. 3e has a less polished look, but it lets you go so granular and there is so much content. For me to go back to 5e, they would have to make a new Book of Vile Darkness, a new Stronghold Builder's Guide and fix the crafting system. Alternative materials are amazing and I missed them.
If you are interested, message me so I can give you the discord link.

Are you ready to embark on a unique D&D adventure like no other? Join The Imaginarium, a vibrant and dynamic D&D server where your imagination is the only limit! We are a new kind of Westmarch server and are looking for dreamers to join us. We are an 18+ server. Give your abandoned characters a second chance. All are accepted as they are or could become.
🌟 Key Features: Player Dreams: Your personal space awaits! Create your dream home, castle, city, shop, or restaurant. As your own DM, you control everything in your dream.
Shared Dreams: Find and interact with other Imagineers in common spaces. While you can exert some control, this shared environment fosters collaboration and creativity.
Nightmares: Face dangerous, twisted adventures where the rules can change. Magic might fail, everything could have only one hit point, and combat may not always be the solution.
Flexible Character Creation: Approve your own character sheets! You set the rules for yourself.
DM Flexibility: Everyone is their own DM in dreams. In groups, the group selects a DM. In worlds, a set DM oversees adventures.
Leveling Up: Decide when to level up. Create characters from levels 1 to 20.
Gold and Magic Items: Conjure or find whatever you wish in your dreams. In worlds, gold and gear may not work the same, adding an extra layer of challenge.
🛠️ What We Offer: Diverse Rulesets: Default to 5e, but any ruleset, including homebrew, is welcome. Worlds will advertise their rules, and groups make the final decision.
Event Creation: Our staff organizes the server, creates events, and writes narratives for dreams and nightmares. Each narrative is a one-shot or sample combat with a roleplaying focus, offering unique and non-combat solutions.
Unlimited Characters: There is no limit to the number of characters you can play. Bring characters from other servers and give them a second life here.
Channel Ownership: Own your dream channel, shared dream space, and even link to an external private server for your player world.
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ERP and NSFW: is not allowed in public spaces. Please create private threads. All participants must be 18+. Player dreams are private by default, but the channel name will need a tag for this purpose. Which you must request before using it for ERP or NSFW content.
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Hello everyone! Since January I have been offering free raids teaching through my Discord and my Twitch stream. This is the 9th update I post on the topic!
We officially past 500 members. Thanks to everyone who joined, and if you would like to join us and come raid with us you are welcomed!
As usual, if you would like to learn to run COX, TOA and TOB(work in progress) and you're looking for people to raid with, feel free to send me a private message and we can run! (on Reddit, in game RSN "Grand Vince", or on my Twitch page Twitch/tallvince). I am no longer the main teacher doing the majority of 0 KCers but rather we now have multiple teachers who run at various times of the day. We have really good USA and Europe coverage in terms of time zones.
We are not difficult on requirements - We must be in Discord Voice chat in order to run, there's sadly no way around it... teaching without Voice chat is impossible. Additionally, if you're an ironman for COX you must have 78 herblore to craft the in-raid pots (74 if you bring a botanical pie). Otherwise, around 80s in each combat stats would do just fine.
No cost, no price tag, no strings attached... just good old teaching for free. You can either split drops or FFA, I don't care.
Feel free to send me a PM!
*Regarding plugins, we use the Hub Party Panel plugin frequently. There are other plugins posted in the resource channels on my Discord, but they are all optional. And as our good friend likes to point out on every posts I make,
"Careful of discord scammers and people who try to be friendly and tell you to install their plugins!"
We only recommend plugins that facilitates teaching, but if you would rather not use any of them we have no issue with that. It is up to you to decide what you are willing to use.

Hello everyone! Since January I have been offering free raids teaching through my Discord and my Twitch stream. This is the 9th update I post on the topic!
We officially past 500 members. Thanks to everyone who joined, and if you would like to join us and come raid with us you are welcomed!
As usual, if you would like to learn to run COX, TOA and TOB(work in progress) and you're looking for people to raid with, feel free to send me a private message and we can run! (on Reddit, in game RSN "Grand Vince", or on my Twitch page Twitch/tallvince). I am no longer the main teacher doing the majority of 0 KCers but rather we now have multiple teachers who run at various times of the day. We have really good USA and Europe coverage in terms of time zones.
We are not difficult on requirements - We must be in Discord Voice chat in order to run, there's sadly no way around it... teaching without Voice chat is impossible. Additionally, if you're an ironman for COX you must have 78 herblore to craft the in-raid pots (74 if you bring a botanical pie). Otherwise, around 80s in each combat stats would do just fine.
No cost, no price tag, no strings attached... just good old teaching for free. You can either split drops or FFA, I don't care.
Feel free to send me a PM!
*Regarding plugins, we use the Hub Party Panel plugin frequently. There are other plugins posted in the resource channels on my Discord, but they are all optional. And as our good friend likes to point out on every posts I make,
"Careful of discord scammers and people who try to be friendly and tell you to install their plugins!"
We only recommend plugins that facilitates teaching, but if you would rather not use any of them we have no issue with that. It is up to you to decide what you are willing to use.