With the new update, trader just got a buff of +2/+3 gems per 15 coins and mavis got a buff to get gems from harvest so I have decided to make little experiment with him and mavis in training.
Results may not be 100% accurate to in game probabilities. For simplicity sake, in all the results below, all Mavis are classic fusion and all traders are super fusion. All full harvest are referring to plots of 4 carrots
After harvesting fully 45 times, I have gained 504 coins, making the average full harvest 11.2 coins.
20 of them were without traders. I have gained 83 gems + 212 coins. Making the average full harvest 4.15 gems + 10.6 coins.
20 of them were with 1 trader. I have gained 150 gems + 234 coins. Making the average full harvest 7.5 gems + 11.7 coins.
Last 5 was with 2 traders. I have gained 51 gems + 58 coins . Making the average full harvest 10.2 gems + 11.6 coins.
I have no idea why I gained about 10% coins average more with traders despite trader not having any descriptions of gaining coins directly. May be just due to RNG but the difference is too big not to highlight.
Using the 20 harvest with 1 traders. 11.7 coins * 6 gems / 15 coins is 4.68 gems per harvest by trader. Deducting that from the average harvest of 7.5 gems makes it that Mavis alone is making 2.82 gems, about 32% less gems produced by Mavis, 4.15, when trader exists.
So I have decided to redo the experiment. Another 20 harvests with 1 trader and 20 harvest with no traders.
For the 20 harvest with no traders, I have gained 218 coins and 80 gems. Making the average full harvest 4.0 gems + 10.9 coins.
For the 20 harvest with 1 trader, I have gained 233 coins and 154 gems. Making the average full harvest 7.7 gems + 11.65 coins.
So my 2nd experiment were very consistent with my first experiment. Mavis somehow produced 6.8% more coins when trader exists but when accounting for gems. 11.65 coins * 6 gems /15 coins is 4.66 gems per harvest by trader. Deducting that from the average harvest of 7.7 gems make it that Mavis alone is making 3.04 gems, about 24% less gems produced by Mavis, when trader exists.
TL;DR
Trader is somehow making Mavis gain 6-10% more coins when harvesting but 24-32% less gems.
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Title.
Since I've started, I've known self care aka self heal is the highest tier survivor perk, as it inpliments an entire, always practical (albeit slow) mechanic, and have run it every game except for when I do gen or sneak themed loadouts. However now, it's pretty much become necessary for me, as I hate finding myself without it.
In addition, I'm sure many people would agree botany, aka +50% healing speed, to be a must have while using self care, not only to speed up self care but also for healing other survivors in a timely manner.
However, the third perk I find completely necessary comes from Jeff: Distortion. Anti wall hacks. What's worse than tunneling? Unearned tunneling right off the bat. The game is deadly hide and seek. Imagine if all games of hide and seek started off with you just knowing where the hiders are. It's the most obnoxious thing in the game (yes, even more obnoxious than trolls/throwers, because at least they can be easily reported with video proof and punished after the fact, where as wveryone pretends instant wall hacks are just "skill" smh). But I digress. Distortion is the third, arguably first, best/most necessary perk in the game. The only downside is that you're gambling on the slot because rhere are a few casual killer players that don't use wall hack perks, but overall I find it much better to be safe than sorry.
Now perk number 4 is actually where I'm having the most trouble, and is the main reason I'm posting this question. What IS the fourth best survivor perk? Obviously there are many valid options. Deliverance is the first to come to mind. After all, who doesn't love a free self unhook? Although not guaranteed if you're the first one to go down or other players keep stealing your unhooks. Calm spirit can be good, like a lower budget version of distortion. Claudette's (she's stacked yall) third perk where you can see injured teammates auras is also very viable. There's also Unbreakable aka free self pick-up, for those obnoxious situations where everyone is left to bleed out, but that's rare. There are also the highly practical gen perks Prove Thyself (+10% speed each on sane gen) and Deja Vu (see 3, +6% speed). That one perk that hides your scratch marks and blood after getting hit is good too. Lastly, there's the infamous Decisive Strike (free wiggle escape after high skill check), but I find it to be a waste unless facing ultra aggressive tunnelers since it only activates once and has a 60 second timer.
But, I guess if I had to pick the fourth best perk, it would ultimately have to go to left behind, bills perk that let's you see the hatch aura within 32 meters. Although throwers will unfortunately make use of this as well, that can't be helped (aside from reporting). As for me, it alleviates my stress when I see all 3 of my teammates are avoiding gens like the plague, but gives me hope that I can still win when we inevitably don't finish all the gens, if im lucky enough to be last one alive.
Let me know your guys' thoughts. Obviously these are opinions/preference, and I'd love to hear your guys' opinions, as long as they're actually yours and not just blind sheep meta regurgitation, lol.

I'm currently a 20 year old university student expected to graduate in 2026. I already max out my TFSA every year, so I was considering contributing to a RRSP & FHSA. I've heard that it almost always doesn't make sense to delay RRSP contributions, but I think in my case there might be some merit to delaying RRSP/FHSA contributions since I already know my expected income for the next few years.
I'd greatly appreciate it if someone looked over my calculations below to check if I'm potentially forgetting anything that may alter my conclusions.
Assuming I continue to work for the same company and don't get any raises...

• My income for 2024 should be approx 55k CAD working 4 months of the year.
• My income for 2025 should be approx 110k CAD working 8 months of the year.
• My income for 2026 should be approx 110k CAD working 8 months of the year.
• My income for 2027 should be approx 165k CAD working full-time year-round.

If we assume federal and Ontario tax rates will stay the same from 2024 to 2027, then using the EY tax calculator, I will pay....

• $8191 in taxes for 2024 tax year
• $25108 in taxes for 2025 tax year
• $25108 in taxes for 2026 tax year
• $49122 in taxes for 2027 tax year

Scenario 1

So if I contribute 18% max to RRSP and max $8000 to FHSA every year, then I will contribute...

• $9900 RRSP + $8000 FHSA = $17900 for 2024 tax year
• $19800 RRSP + $8000 FHSA = $27800 for 2025 tax year
• $19800 RRSP + $8000 FHSA = $27800 for 2026 tax year
• $29700 RRSP + $8000 FHSA = $37700 for 2027 tax year

Altogether, the RRSP & FHSA deductions result in a taxable income of $37100, $82200, $82200, and $127300.
So if I max out RRSP & FHSA contribution & claim it from my income every year, I will pay...

• $4456 in taxes for 2024 tax year
• $16208 in taxes for 2025 tax year
• $16208 in taxes for 2026 tax year
• $32523 in taxes for 2027 tax year

Scenario 2

For 2023, the max possible RRSP contribution is $30780 and the max possible FHSA contribution is $16000 (if I contributed $0 the previous year). So delaying deducting RRSP and FHSA contributions from my taxable income to maximize overall tax savings results in taxable income reductions of...

• $0 RRSP + $0 FHSA = $0 for 2024 tax year
• $24210 RRSP + $16000 FHSA = $40210 for 2025 tax year
• $24210 RRSP + $0 FHSA = $24210 for 2026 tax year
• $30780 RRSP + $16000 FHSA = $46780 for 2027 tax year

Altogether, these RRSP & FHSA deductions result in a taxable income of $47000, $69790, $85790, and $118220 each year respectively.
So if I delay deducting RRSP & FHSA contributions to maximize tax savings, then I will pay...

• $8191 in taxes for 2024 tax year
• $12529 in taxes for 2025 tax year
• $17273 in taxes for 2026 tax year
• $28582 in taxes for 2027 tax year

Conclusion

In Scenario 1, I pay $69395 in taxes from 2024-2027.
In Scenario 2, I pay $66575 in taxes from 2024-2027.
So by my calculations, delaying my taxable income deductions will save me $2820 on taxes over the next 4 years. This is a large enough gap that even after accounting for the time value of money at an interest rate of 10%, I still come out ahead by delaying taxable income deductions. Note that these calculations are meant to be a good approximation, but actual numbers will vary due to changing tax rates and student tuition credits.

My brother married an actual psychopath. My brother (40) married the scummiest scum of the earth. Who can only be described as a whore, a psycho, sociopath and an all around terrible human being. It was against the wishes of EVERYONE. For back story…She had a child by another man… and only had him (in november) to live off the government. he met the stray hoe took care of her and her unborn child. they started dating in september and by christmas she had drained his bank account. He moved in with her days after christmas. Proposed. And got married sometime between march and june i honestly can not be bothered to know exactly when. The night before brother was admitted to the er for staph infection in his berries. After the “wedding” that was in the back yard of some pastor . they had a “reception”. Where i photographed/observed the following. A used tampon on washing machine. Shit filled diapers littering the nursery. A surreal amount of clothing on the bed. I said nah im good. And went home. The wedding was in may and she got my brother to legally adopt her child. Im forever convinced if not for my brother she would casey anthony her child. She Munchausened her kid and my brother. Self diagnosing the kid with autism. Pushed or made my brother fall and get multiple concussions. Drugged him with date rape drugs to keep control of him. She was a frequent flier to the ER going to the emergency room for unnecessary reasons. She refused to parent her child insisting that its the worlds job to teach him the bare minimum. She refused to clean as well. Her cockroaches had cockroaches. Cleanliness was mental illness for her. She kicked my brother out asking for divorce. But realized she had to leave bc he paid the bills. She stayed with whoever the hell would take her. Was forced to walk wherever she needed to go. And uttered the words “well i had to walk in the rain so theres my bath for the week” after growing tired of not having his card and money she came crawling back. She avoided parenting like the plague. Every excuse. Uti. Migraine. Yeast infection. Its a tuesday. When her son was 2 she left to go to another state and go to school for being a truck driver. Had no qualms of leaving her kid behind for weeks. Then she dropped out of 18 wheeler school. It seems the wheels on her bus fell off. For someone who doesnt believe proper hygiene was important she didnt believe bathing him and basic care was important. Feet encrusted in dirt and dirt under overgrown nails. It was so noticeable that when i cut his nails his teacher made comment about it. Her family was just as absent as you would expect. Her mother only went to the first birthday party when the child was 6. And didnt even know her own grandchild. Asked another child at the party if he had the best birthday! My mom looked at her and said “yeaaa thats the wrong kid…” Fast forward when the first born was 6 and she birthed her second. This had no change and her parenting never improved. Another child encrusted in dirt. After the youngest turned a year and a half my brother had knee surgery and stayed with us (me mom dad) to recover because she would have made him cook clean and parent. While he was healing for the week he was there she moved in her boyfriend AND girlfriend. By the way she not only a hoe she is a promiscuous hoe with no moral compass. I promised my mom id never call CPS however when the second was 2 i had a friend call cps. Like a special ops team cops went in at 2 am and gathered the children and brought them to me and my parents. We had the 2 year old and a friend of the hoe had the 8 year old. For 2 weeks my brother agonized over his kids being taken. And she had a vacation. She treated it as if having your kids repo’ed as a right of passage. Told the world. Told the teacher. And had the time of her stupid life. In the 2 weeks i had them i had minions collecting screenshots of statuses of her being a bad mother. Which was super easy bc every thought made it to facebook. Such as. “My dentist suggested i brush my teeth at least once a day” “i guess i was doing (brother) with the wrong meds and made him sick” “why dont grandparents raise our children” i gathered these gems and photographic evidence of the state of the house and cleanliness of children to cps, police and eventually divorce lawyer. During their time together the hoe broke my brother mentally spiritually emotionally physically financially. The food stamps ran out in the first week of every month spent on junk soda and unnecessary nonsense. They had to ask my mother for money that accumulated to the tune of $10,000 over 10 years. She is also a gofundme whore. She would start a gofundme 10-12 times a year for any and everything. She decided at one point to go back to school and did an amazon wishlist for school supplies and a gofundme for “gas food and other expenses”. Being the trash human she is she is friends with people of unsavory character. An actual crack head bought her entire amazon wishlist. Which she put on facebook. Yikes. At one point she found a dog and instead of finding the owner she finders keepers that poor pup. Making yet another gofundme for dog expenses. I told my friends i would paaaay them to claim the dog as theirs so my mother didnt pay for yet another mouth to feed. If youre curious about the gofundmes and if they were ever fruitful… when a bull milks a calf will her gofundme work. The final year of their marriage was no less chaotic. The christmas of 2019 she posted on facebook that its so wonderful that her husband is out working and her boyfriend is sleeping next to her and her girlfriend is cooking. Tagging the aforementioned on facebook. My brother was humiliated because infront of church members family and friends his marriage and all the stupidity that came with it was out in the open for all to judge. My brother was at the time a corrections officers and let his kind nature and naivety get him in trouble. A person asked him to take some taco bell to an inmate and in what could only be called a moment of stupidity (sorry mom) he did so. what he didnt know is they put drugs in it and when it was scanned he was arrested. My mom and dad had to bail him out too him home and around 3 am he called me “they voted me out” beyond confused i asked what the hell does that mean? As it turned out. Hoe boyfriend and girlfriend unanimously voted him out of the house. Mind you. Single wide trailer housing 4 adults 2 kids a dog and cats. June of 2020 he moved back in a month later if the children followed. after the actual breadwinner left the house the unemployed baboons could not pay the rent and were kicked out. The three went down to two with the girlfriend being let go. Hoe and boyfriend moved in with her mother. And boyfriend wrecked the car in my brothers name. Dui and head on collision. Car gone! The children stayed with us. The youngest was 2 at the time and began calling my mom “mommy” which pissed off the hoe. And she never contacted them. At the hearing for the divorce she stated all she wanted out of the relationship was not money or visitation. But her maiden name back. TAKE IT. AND LEAVE US THE HELL ALONE. She also used a photo of her kids on a gofundme to get sympathy and posted that to a fetish website. Seeing as the photo was them shirtless i believe that was on purpose. She dumped boyfriend and found a new love in new hampshire. She was in NH for 8 months with her new boyfriend and he lost his job so they moved back down. After a summer of no contact she called and told the children “when i get home we are going to….” And listed about 10 events places and activities to look forward to. None of which she delivered on. After not spending time with them again and choosing to give up her weekend with them to play video games for 30 HOURS STRAIGHT. She eventually in 2024 decided that her and her boyfriend were moving to Massachusetts. Seeing how she is a practicing witch my only hope is the salem witch trials reconvene. She married the dude she abandoned her kids for. On mothers day the children who no longer give a damn she exists were forced to call and tell her happy mothers day. Where the 6 year old proceeded to tell her the older brother got a phone and didnt wanna give her his number. She assured him that as his mother its quite alright to give mommy dearest the number to which the youngest said yea no he doesnt want to. The mouths of babes. She cried and posted on facebook not only do her children hate her but she had to give up her cats too. And wished the “real mom’s of the world a happy mothers day” shes a shit cat mom too! A week after we had spaghetti for dinner and the 6 year old said “i never used to like spaghetti. I only tried it at… whats her names house? Jordan? Yea her house” With their father engaged to a good Godly woman with morals and standards the worst mother to ever mother has been replaced and so far we are all living happily ever after. The moral of the story is if you lay down with dogs you get up with fleas what if you lay down with whores end up with bedbugs and that was a very costly moral

I apologize in advance for the length of this thread, but by far this is the user that wrote the most comments in the video of our song. At first, he suggested Scepter and Reign, but he debunked this lead by saying: "Scepter and Reign can be crossed off. I have been corresponding with the lady whose name is mentioned in the legal document, Naomi (first name used with her permission, and only her first name) since Thursday. She was legitimately shocked her name was on the document because in all these years NOBODY ever contacted her regarding it. She thinks they may have realized how much money it would cost and probably withdrew. She knew both bands fairly well, scale of 1-10 she answered "6.5 maybe 7'ish". She designed 1 "logo" for each band that was literally just a sketch she made with their band names on them she could print out in the Xerox store she worked at. Scepter's original name was actually "Dungeon Master" but they changed it to fit their name on her design. As for the abandoned demo from Scepter, she said they abandoned it because they couldn't afford to produce it. They didn't even make it far enough to name their 3 or 4 songs. So, on to the big question, are either bands involved with this song? According to her both bands came out in 1985, and according to her this "The Falling King" song predates both bands by a year or 2. This is not Scepter or Reign, this song is older than both bands. According to her, she first heard this song on a Detroit station while visiting family. Even back then, the Detroit station personnel had absolutely NO CLUE who this was. She remembers her father making fun of the singers accent claiming it was a "Posh" accent and also used to think the lyric was "The fall, the fall in the king" lol. I explained how this song was recorded off of several stations in 1987 and she replied "How many songs do you hear on the radio that are several years old?". She was stumped this was played on Z-Rock because this does not sound like an amateur band to her. She is not the only person to make comments that this does not sound like an amateur band, this sounds professionally recorded and produced, something EXTREMELY few amateugarage bands could have done. I thought i had something, but at least i tried. By the way, apparently Reign still performs in the Pittsburgh area under the name "Metallic Thunder"." (THIS IS HIS LATEST COMMENT) If this is true, it means our search will be even more difficult.
In one of his earliest comments he said this: "My 2 oldest sisters (born in 1970 and 1972) actually remember this song being played by garage bands and local talents in the Coatesville PA area. However, they both swear on mom and dads ashes that the first time they heard this song, a local music festival in Exton PA, I was NOT born yet (I was born in 1984). Even back then nobody could say who it was or what the title was. In fact the one band from Downingtown PA used to refer to it as "The Dungeons and Dragons song". And by that i mean, according to my sisters the lead singers girlfriend (or his sister....they could never tell?) would be in the crowd and when they were ready to end their performance she would shout "Play the Dungeons and Dragons song". My sisters also remember the adults thinking this song was somehow a promotional thing for the PA Renaissance Fair. Unfortunately they cannot offer any clues to the identity of this band or songs title, their guess, back then and still today, was Manowar."
At first, he claims our band is Manowar, explaining: "I do not think Manowar is an obscure band, nor do my sisters. The "obscure" bands mentioned in my postings are all the local garage/amateur bands that they remember playing this song and most of those garage/amateur bands even back then, along with my sisters, were under the impression this was a Manowar song. Many people, not just on this post but others feel this is Manowar "pitch" song, other bands thrown around have been Iron Maiden, Overdrive (Or Overkill, i'm not sure if it's the same band?), Blackmane, Axis and Cirith Ungol (spelling?). Keep this in mind, it's not that uncommon for mainstream/well known bands to have unreleased music in their "library". A good example, ask the most diehard Rammstein fans what their first song ever was, they'll probably answer Du Recht So Gut or Rammstein. Most people have never heard their 1992-1993 pitch song, "Tier" (Monster, beast). In fact, Till Linderman himself stated in 2018 he was unaware Tier was ever recorded by anyone, yet alone put up on the internet. Like this "Fall of the King" song, "Tier" was toted as an mystery song for years but was in a group of 4 or 5 other songs that Rammstein did but never released. One of my favorite bands, Corvus Corax, actually had something similar happen, a song they did back in the early 90's, "Vampire", opening for another band was recorded by a fan in the audience and made rounds on the Neo Folk community ages later. Corvus Corax themselves heard it on a radio station in Denmark roughly 2009'ish and called them asking how and when they got that song because they NEVER recorded it for public use. Personally i cannot give a wager who this is? I am not that good with this genre so i go with what people older than me and much better with this music say. To me it could be Manowar, something they never intended to be released publicly, it could be the Z'Rose a bunch of people feel it is, it could be Overdrive/Overkill (i do not know if these names are the same band or 2 separate ones?), it could be me time traveling impersonating my great uncle Fred......ok that last one was just meant to be a joke lol." Then someone says: "has your sister contacted erik to see about the the song?" and he says "OH HELL NO!!! They haven't spoken since they broke up in 1991-1992. I did reach out to his brother probably a year ago and never heard back."
He suggests it's either Manowar or Sarissa (he mispelled them): "@aSome1 There's some confusion, my sisters never said Z'Rose was playing the song in our hometown area. Local teenage to early college yrs bands were playing it. They recognized this song when I was on a family Zoom chat, i had this song on in the background (by accident actually lol) and my oldest sister (#1 born in '70) asked what i was listening to. I turned it up and she shook her head and asked the other sister (#2 born in '72) "Oh my gosh isn't that that stupid Manowar song Erik and his brother used to play all the time?". Erik was the name of her high school boyfriend. They remember hearing it first at an amateur music fest when my brother (born in '82) was still a baby. Mainly they remember mom fitting all of them in her old "Batmobile" station wagon. By the time i was born in '84 that station wagon was gone for at least several months. The band names they specifically remember playing this, and keep in mind these were "Garage bands" from the 80's were: Venomous Vomit, Razors in your Coffee (Erik's band), Ash to Ash, Cauldron Kings, Coven of Metal, Pridesville, South of Hell and Purgatory. They said there were a few more, but didn't remember....or care....to know their names. (Disclaimer: Several peoples associated with those mentioned bands have been contacted by me and several have replied.....the most common reply is "How the hell do you know us!?" lol)
"I have actually been looking at this song for almost 3yrs. I've had some "good leads" and some "bad leads" and i've also had "WTF leads".......but at the end it is still unsolved. So far the biggest contenders, from people way better with this music than me (I'm more a symphonic or extreme metal person) have been: Manowar, Iron Maiden, OverDrive, Overkill, Onslaught of Destruction and Sonic Mahem. My sisters really believe it is possibly an unreleased or "pitch demo" of Manowar but they also said it might be a Greek band from the early 80's called Sarassa or something like that?"
Then he denies it's Z-Rose: "@lostwavefinder587 I have seen that name tossed around a lot on forums and random chats (this being one of them). Most people way smarter and better with this music than myself seem to have the opinion that it is not Z'Rose. They range in reason from: the equipment sound professional and they were not, the dates don't add up, Z'Rose only did covers so even it is them in the recordings it's still not their song.....one individual (a supervisor at work who lived in Texas during this time frame) actually said "Z'Rose wouldn't have been sober enough to finish that song". I have only heard 1 Z'Rose recording, and unfortunately the person who recorded it (I think the date says 1989?) spends the majority of the 5 minute video talking during the performance so all i hear is them and not the singer. I have to emphasize about %99 of this info i'm presenting is NOT from me but people who know this genre of music way better than me....i'm more Symphonic metal and neo folk (Corvus Corax, Heilung, Faun etc."
"Out of curiosity, since a lot people think this might be Z'Rose, has anyone contacted the family/families of Nick or Joe Cavazos? My "team" is looking into a blog page from 2018 of a pretty intense exchange between a blogger and a woman who is believed to be "Rocker Joe's daughter. In this exchange she states this song is NOT her dad and uncle's band. But it gets pretty rough because the blogger keeps pressing and let's just say some NSFW language is exchanged. I will only say this, the woman's name does match one of the names in Julio "Joe" Cavazos obituary, but they can't tell if it is actually HER or someone posing. I also find it interesting that in another posting of this song someone is claiming to be the nephew of both Nick and Joe.....but about a dozen people ask about this song and he does not answer them......but someone else will ask something unrelated to this song and he answers??"
"About a year ago on another posting of this song, someone had a link to a conversation with a woman who was allegedly Joe Cavazos daughter. She very adamantly denied this was her dads band, Z'Rose. They person kept pressing her and she did not budge a single inch, "NO, its not my dad's band". The only thing that could be confirmed was the woman's name did match a name in Julio "Joe" Cavazos obituary as his daughter. But if it was her or not I can't say? Many peoples on other postings and on forums have all claimed to have gotten in contact with Z'Rose and stated they responded "No" to this being theirs.
So the "Kings Fall" song by Bernard Cavazos is actually a completely different song. He is also not related to the Z'Rose Cavazos. Somewhere I read that the "Kings Fall"/"Fallen King" song by Bernard Cavazos is about a corrupt politician or mafia like "king" not an actual king. Again none of this is from me, it's from things I read, not me.
When 'Wang' did a video about several mystery songs he included this one. In his video (I don't know if he made more than one?) he talked about how that Bernard Cavazos has been contacted and has denied this is his Fall of the King song. If my memory is correct Wang read a message from him explaining his "king" was a corrupt politician or gang leader like king. Wang also mentioned there was another Bernard Cavazos who was a doctor and he is sick and tired of people contacting him about this song"
Someone that replied to him said:
"@CharlesMarkward probably this tape recording was an attempt from them to make something of their own, many bands have started this way, an example is the Brazilian power metal band Angra, they were first meant to be an Iron Maiden tribute but as things went by, they have decided to release things of their own...I couldn't find anything about this "Z'Rose" band in metal-archives, neither at Google with a simple research, but the data gathered until this moment make sense: the Z Rock radio is from Texas, the so called "Z'Rose" band is also from Texas, it was the 80's, so, without internet, this was the way bands used to promote their work...but your story adds some drifts from this sensible data available until now...they are/were from Texas, ok...but until then, they weren't any big group, which means they were probably 9 to 5 salarymen whose musician activity was on weekends and the money earned wasn't enough to keep up with, so, a trip from TX to PA is a long ranged one and expensive for their then standards, I can remember when I've read the Mick Wall's Metallica biography, in which they highlight how hard was for them to go all the way from CA to NY to record Kill em' All, well, unless someone sponsored the so called "Z'Rose from Texas" (like the Zazula couple to Metallica) to play in the events you've mentioned in PA...which means they were good and had potential (this "mysterious recording" doesn't let me lie), because it takes a lot for someone at the other eastern extreme of a big country like the USA to call someone all the way from TX to play in an event when probably there were good bands around and without the need of a sponsorship to travel and get some place to sleep and eat..."
Therefore Charles says: "Also, i am not the one saying it's not them. People much better with much more access to metal archives/records are saying it's not them. BUT, everything you said makes perfect sense to me and I have no argument against any of it. It would make perfect sense if it was a possible pitch demo Z'Rose recorded and kept along for a few years before a station played it. My sisters are %98 certain it was a Manowar song, the only other band they mentioned as a possibility is a Greek band i can't find anything about called something like Sarassa??"
Someone told him to contact Erik: "A little bit ago someone in here suggested i contact my sisters ex and ask where he got this song. I could not get a hold of him, but i did get in contact with his brother he played with. According to the brother they got the song from their aunt who lived in Philly (Center City) and would send them tapes of songs to play. This song was on a tape sandwiched between "4 or 5" Manowar songs. He specifically remembered this for 2 reasons: 1, their aunt wrote "Killing of the king by No Name" and 2, the last song on the this tape was labled as a Venom song (he did not recall which) but was actually "Melody of Love" by Bobby Vinton😂. So i think this is why my sisters keep saying it's Manowar, because if it was on a tape with a bunch of their songs that chances are they heard a crapload of times?"
He contacted Erik's brother (Erik is supposedly the ex boyfriend of one of his sisters) and received this reply: "Erik's brother returned another email I sent about this song. I made a post about it about a week ago. The brother says their aunt who lived in Philly included this song on a mix tape of stuff for him and his brother to play. This song was sandwiched between several Manowar songs and the last song on the tape was supposed to be a Venom song but was actually Bobby Vinton's "Melody of Love" 🤣"
Therefore debunking the possibility it's a Manowar song, he also adds: "She (the aunt) passed in 2014. She would record songs off the radio for them. She lived in Philly (Center City) but also had a place in Florida, so he was never sure which cities radio stations she would record from. This song she wrote "Killing the King?" As the title and "???" as the band name, but it was between several Manowar songs. I think this might be why my oldest sisters are so insistent this is a Manowar song because they may have listened to it with Erik and his brother.....it's a theory lol"
He also thought of Iced Earth as the possible band: "lostwavefinder587 I immediately thought of Iced Earth when I heard this song. Although it's likely just a coincidence, it's interesting to note that Iced Earth was originally called "The Rose".
Someone said to him: "if that's any help, the Greek band's name you're talking about is probably Sarissa. I don't think it's them, though: the vox sound kinda different, and their songs are mostly Ancient Greece-themed." And he replied: "Yes, thank you! All this time I've been spelling it wrong. I gave a quick listen to a demo of theirs from '86. In terms of sound and beat and tempo etc, they are pretty close to this song. In terms of vocals, they sound nothing alike." Therefore, he debunked Sarissa himself.
Now here he changed his version and provides a new lead given by his sisters:
"Holy crap for some reason my last post got cut in half and didn't include the following info, sorry! So the individual i spoke to and got the new possible lead is the former singer of the one band my sisters mentioned, Purgatory, (i do NOT have his permission to use his real name but his stage name was Tarantula). He confirmed he played this song "once or twice" but didn't know the lyrics so they just repeated several "blocks" over and over again. He heard it from a band in NJ and when he asked if he could use the song they replied along the lines of "It's not our song, we don't care" but gave no indication who it was or they even knew who it was? He suggested the band "Knightmare" because they were from Texas and he remembers all of their songs being medieval or medieval fantasy related. Supposedly they wore what looked like full on plate armor (he does not know if it was actual metal armor or something made to look like it). He saw them perform a handful of times because he spent summers in Texas on his grandfathers (mistakenly said uncle in my last post, sorry) ranch and would sneak off at night to "the metal scene" (i do not know if that was a club name or if he just meant that in general?). He began visiting his grandfathers ranch in 1980 and stopped when his grandfather retired in 1992. He gave an estimated timeline for "Knightmare" of 1981-1989."
He corrects himself by saying they are not called "Knightmare": Interestingly, my supervisor at work lived in Texas during this timeline (roughly mid 70's to mid 90's from what i can gather?) and when I asked him about Knightmare he had no idea. But when i mentioned they dressed up like knights in armor he suddenly looked startled and said "That wasn't their name, their name was Battle Battalion or some s*** like that".
But then he says: "So i posted a few months ago about this song, my sisters remember garage bands in the area playing this… I checked every band called Knightmare on Metal Encyclopedia and it doesn’t look like it’s our band." "Forgive my French.....Damn. I thought maybe it could have been a lead but i guess like dozens of others I've come across, dead end. I did a quick search for Knightmare a few weeks ago and I got all excited i saw one band dressed up like monks or Druids, but that band only came out in 2017. I think it's safe to say the name has been used by many bands."
Then someone asks him: "Does the name "Battle Battalion" show up on any Metal "pedia" sites? That's what my supervisor claims this "dressed up in medieval armor" bands name was?" and another one told him: "I saw some bands with Battalion on the metal encyclopedia and discogs and none of them are our band. I don’t think we should go based on what a band wears as our lead."
Then he debunks the Knightmare (and the Conquest) lead: "So a little bit ago i mentioned a band name "Knightmare" as a possibility for this song. Well the band was actually called "KnyghtBlyde" (Knight Blade) and i got in contact with the daughter of the vocalist last night. I played this song for her and after some confliction/hesitation she said it is NOT her dad. The biggest thing was all of her dads songs were based of Aruthurian lore and filled with references to Camelot, Arthur, Morgana, Lancelot, Excalibur etc. Since this song has none of that, its not them. She has no idea who this is. I did a quick search "Conquest 80's metal band Texas" and found 3 results. Conquest from San Antonio, split in either '85 or '87. Conquest from Dallas, '86 - '90. Khan'quest (possibly same band as Khanquistador?), no location given but split up in '88 then reformed in 2000 then......nothing? I could not find anything about any of their songs or demos or releases or band members. But it's obvious I was thinking of the wrong Conquest bands 😂 Conquest was ruled out. Someone who owns the tape was contacted and told us this isn't them."
And he says the singer of KnyghtBlade is convinced this song is from Battallion:
"So a little bit ago I mentioned getting in contact with KnyghtBlyde singers daughter who states that this is NOT her dad. She contacted me this morning, her father thinks this song might be by a band called Battalion. But her father said Battalion also went by the name AAA, Anti Aircraft Assault (or Artillery) in their early days. According to her father AAA/Battalion were from Texas but at least 2 of their members were originally from Chicago. Has anyone ever heard of either Battalion or AAA, Anti Aircraft Assault? The closest I can say is my one supervisor at work mentioned a band Battle Battalion from Texas when he lived there."
Then someone replies to him: "you are right there is a band named Battalion formed in 1984" He says: "I cannot find a single piece of music from this particular "Battalion"? From what I could find they formed between 1983 and 1985, split, reformed under a few possible names, split, repeat. 2 people I asked did say they remember a band of some sort from "out west" Anti Aircraft A-something, but neither could give any info."
Now here, he suggests it could be a Talon song:
"So here's a potential lead for everyone: I was just playing this song for a friend who is obsessed with all metal music. She asked me "Where did you get that Talon song?" Talon was/is a German heavy metal band from the early 80's that released several demos and full on albums between '83-'89. Almost all of there songs were medieval themed, especially their 2 demos. Herr's the thing, they supposedly have 3 unnamed tracks from both demos, one allegedly called "King Slayer". I listened to a bunch of there songs and I have to say there are several songs where the singer sounds exactly like our mystery singer, but then the next song they sound nothing alike. There was one song called something like "Execution" that the opening guitar sounds like this songs opening only slower? I'm not saying it is Talon, but it is possibly something to look into or at least consider?"
He also claimed the singer sounds like Bruce Dickinson (which has been suggested many times):
"I've said many times that I personally feel this vocalist sounds extremely close to Bruce Dickinson. There is a clip of Bruce singing Tom Jones' "Delilah" on either a talk or game show, and his opening of that song is nearly identical to this Fall of the King vocals! Tone, tempo, cadence, pitch......it's really really on spot. I am NOT saying it is Bruce, I'm just saying whoever it is does a good job singing like him."
He says this song could be made by Eviscerator:
"Hello again everyone, has anyone ever heard of a band from Britain, late 70's through late 80's called "Eviscerator"? Very very long story short: I played this song at a Viking/Pagan/Neo-Folk/Black Metal "bar" about half a mile up the road from my place and the one patron who looked like Elvira and Lilith Bathory had a daughter together (HOT HOT HOT) comes over and asked me to replay it and she sang along with the recording with about %95 accuracy! Oddly, at the end after the 4 or 5 "The Fall of the King"s, she suddenly sang "The evil one now wears the crown, all hail the evil one" and head banged for a few moments. According to her, this song was by a band called "Eviscerator" and they always claimed this song was written as a pitch track for the movie Heavy Metal? I mentioned how this song by numerous accounts was recorded here in the USA in 86-87 from stations in Texas, Chicago, Cleveland, NYC and (by only one account) possibly Florida. She didn't feel there was an issue with that as stations will often play random things just to fill the spot including songs that are several years older. I asked about her added line at the end and she stated "I didn't add s*** bud, whoever recorded it must have cut it off before they got to it". I mentioned how numerous people strongly believe this is the work of Z'Rose, she said they probably covered it a bunch of times but it is not their song and even stated that this particular recording sounds like it could be them covering. She was more familiar with Z'Rose than me, she commented "The 3 Cavlaros brothers from Texas right? The singer was the oldest brother Jeff?" (I know that's not their name, i only included it for aunthenticity per context of our discussion, the last name is Cavazos and there was only 2 of them right?). She also told me Z'Rose had about a dozen other names through their years including "Gypsy Rose". I asked how she knew this British band "Eviscerator" and she answered that she lived in London from 78-85 and this song was played a lot on "amateur hour" on several stations, especially university stations. This kind of took me by surprise because i thought she looked younger than me (I'm 39) but she lived in England for college and her first husband in the late 70's??"
"In my last comments i mentioned a bar i went to was going to have a mini concert featuring bands that specialize in black metal and 80's tribute metal and i would play this song to see if any of the band peoples or concert goers would chime in. I did just that and got a few hits on the radar with a few of the band members. The one band, Inviaat, the singer says he remembers this song being played on a radio station in Philly PA for an entire summer because that station was trying to find the band. He does not remember the specific station but said it was near the Taylor University campus (my understanding is that there is several?) because the station thought it was the students from that university's music program. When i asked him when exactly that would have been he said Summer of 1983 because he was married on Halloween 1983 and was hoping the station would find the band so they could play at his wedding. A member from the local band "inductus Mortis" said he recalls that song being played "somewhere in the mid 80's" but does not remember if he heard it in Chicago or Cleveland because he bounced between them. I asked several bands, include the Venom tribute band Poisonous Whisper if anyone had ever heard of a band name Eviscerator from the 80's. Only one person thought he heard the name but it wasn't a band name it was a compilation album of NWOBHM from roughly '83-'84, but couldn't tell me anything other than that. As for the other concert goers, the #1 response i got from them was along the lines of "Dude you can sing, you should go pro!".....in other words they thought it was me promoting myself (I wish i could sing like that!!). the #2 response was people thought it was Manowar. After those 2 the guesses were the usual ones i have seen here and everywhere else this topic comes up: Blackmaine, Axis, Overkill, Overdrive, Black Sabath, Iron Maiden, Anthrax, Slayer, WitchAxe and 2 people even asked if it was an Ozzy Osbourne demo."
"I asked around, including my oldest sisters I've mentioned in my postings, about Eviscerator. The only person who heard of them, the one from this time-frame not the other 8 or 9 bands from the 2000's with that name, said they were a generic ManowaIron Maiden/Judas Priest tribute or more accurately, ripoff, band who sucked. I am not saying I buy this woman's account, but i'm also not discrediting it or calling her a liar. Her familiarity with this song and her accuracy with the lyrics makes me believe she knows this song from somewhere.....what that somewhere is, i can't comment because i don't know?"
"So far my friends and I have several "pings" to look into, the name Eviscerator has absolutely nothing from the time frame we're looking at. But there is (was?) a "Lee Lesaat" Canadian/British "mercenary" (did not belong to any band but would play for others) drummer who now lives in NYC my friends are looking into.
There is an 80's metal/black metal tribute concert this Saturday at the bar I was at last weekend. After the bands play their sets they have an open mic like set up where you can play your own music (as long as it fits the theme). I'm going to try and play this song and see if anyone, bands or crowd or food vendors etc, have any reaction.
And by "pings" I just mean responses/possible possible long shot leads. The guy or girl claiming to be a psychic vampire who time traveled and wrote this song for The Lost Boys movie is NOT going to be one of them😂"
Then someone asks: "What band is this Eviscerator ? I found a band that was formed in 2012 . Furthermore tthe song is not in the metal archives I searched through lyrics was not found." He says: "Allegedly they were in England in the 1980's, but the woman stated 2 of them had New York accents. If all of her account is true and accurate, they were NOT a professional big name band. I did find several bands with the title "Eviscerator" (in different variations) but all of them were from the 2000's. The only "pro" band with that title I could find was a Hungarian band from the mid 2000's. I asked Satanic lady if she remembered any of the other bands that played alongside "Eviscerator" and she only remembered 3: "Band-Shee" (an all female band....get it?) Gargoyle, and Werewolf Tears."
"I have a very very small update for everyone, but it's still an update nonetheless. The mystery succubus looking woman who said this song was by Eviscerator and sang along to it (even when I "accidentally" muted my phone to see if she was just repeating what she was hearing.....she was not) has been identified by my journalist friend! We are going to try and get in contact with her and see if there is anything else she can remember about "Eviscerator" that could help. I'm not going to get my hopes up, but her familiarity with this songs lyrics and the fact she sang almost in perfect synch with the beat makes me feel she really did know this song from somewhere in her past. That or she is a very good actress? Lol
I found only 1 solid, confirmed band with that name but they were from mid 2000's Hungary. But several peoples now and then tell me they remember hearing that name in the 80's as various things; crappy garage band, NWOHBM compilation album/work, some sort of event space or name, most recently someone claimed he thought it was the stage name of a singer but didn't know who or what band. I'm trying to get in touch with the woman who originally mentioned that name."
He posted this comment that lead nowhere: "2 very small updates for everyone:
1) The Viking/Pagan/Goth/Black Metal themed bar just around the corner from me is having a New Years event tomorrow night. They actually agree to give me a "booth" where i can have a "guess this song" set up. And, it will be right next to where the bands play...I'm going to be between the "stage" and the food truck lol
2) The one radio station i submitted this song to will play it on their "X hour" on 1/8/24. It is not a hugely popular segment, maybe a few hundred listeners, but it's better than nothing.
Here's to the New Year and hope this song and numerous others get solved!"
"So the station played this song Sunday night/Monday morning. They played it 4 times between 2:07am - 3:12am. They received 9 calls about it and about a dozen emails (I seriously didn't know they had an email!?!?!?). Unfortunately the majority of contacts were people either asking for them to replay it or people thinking it was Manowar. There were a few Iron Maidens and one or 2 Ozzy Osborne's. Only 2 people stated they heard this song before. Unfortunately they heard it from "some kilt wearing guy at blank bar plays it, I think it's him self promoting". Yes that's me they referenced and no it is not me singing lol"
He suggest matrixx as a possibility: "There's a band called matrixx that has been giving me interest. They were only around for two years due to financial struggles in their stage. If you look up attaxe and fiinal notice they share two members of matrixx. Their drummer and guitarist sound very similar to the band from this song. It's pretty crazy too because they have a song called defy the king. They also had a label to produce their songs which is called Suma Recording Studios. This may be the reason why the audio sounds too good for a small band. I hope that this is the band! Too many good clues that I found"
He debunks the Steven Lindfield lead: "One of the names thrown about here and there on posts about this song is a Steven Linfield ("Lindi") who bounced between Chicago and NYC in the 1980's. His alleged involvement varries between being the DJ who allegedly played it on a NYC station, to being a Chicago stations record manageclerk etc etc. I got in contact with him yesterday. He denies having ANYTHING to do with the airing of this song and does not know how or why his name came up. While he did work at 2 stations (NYC, then Chicago during the summer) he was an overnight watchman (security). However, he does recall this song being played on "some amateur hour crapshoot" in '86 in NYC a bunch of times. At that point in '86 he claims people were referencing it as "The King Song" or "The song of the King" (drawn out to match the singers "The Faaaalllll, the fall of the kiiiiiing") and it was already 2 or 3 years old at that time. He did explain that at least at the Chicago station there was an amateur drop-off slot that the dj's would pick through and play random "no namers" labeling them as "space filler". Because they would be played, literally just to fill space, they were NOT mandated to keep any records of them. Sometimes the dj's would just make up names to some of these. One of his main duties was to check the drop-off to make sure there were no bad things thrown in there instead of cassettes. Another dead end, but at least we rulled out one theory......silver lining??😂 LINDFIELD, not Linfield. Darn autocorrect on this phone."
He is convinced it's a professional band's demo: Thats why a lot people I have introduced to this song think it's a professional band, or at the extreme least an amateur band playing with top level equipment/sponsor? 1983 guy stated they sound like they have equipment his garage band "couldn't even afford to dream about looking at yet alone use". It's also one of the reasons my 2 oldest sisters insist this is a professional band (sister #1 says Manowar, #2 says Manowar or Sarissa) because there are no goofs or mistakes or errors. My sisters gave an example of a garage band from their Kutztown university days, "Freefall Abyss" that self released a demo and in one song you can hear a telephone ringing in the background and in another you can hear a fan or ac unit going.
He contacted a girl named Della: "This song was actually played on an old Philly/NJ station on the segment "Della names your tune" in 2009. I was able to get in contact with "Della" (real name withheld by her request) who at first stated "I played thousands of unnamed songs bud, I probably played this one 100 times, sorry i wont be much help" . Then a few days later replied "I do recall this one, it was sent in from a local listener who had it labeled as Dungeon Master or maybe Dragon Master on a CD with a bunch of old early Manowar, JudaPriest, Iron Maiden, Megadead, Metallica and AngelWitch songs. He or she claimed their father had this song on a tape from his college days. Nobody knew what or who it was back in '09 or '10 and as far as I know nobody figured it out when I left the program in '15." The only name she gave, and I don't know if this was even a real name or the drummers "stage name" was Leopald Lestat.........I do have 2 people looking into it (from a metal dating site of all places). Disclaimer: I know some of those bands are misspelled, I purposefully left it that way because that's how she sent it to me."
"I went down that road, you nailed it right on the head. There is no way to track down who that listener was. The only hint she had, in the form of the note attached to the CD was the person said they were from Radnor PA. I couldn't tell you because the other songs kind of bounce around in terms of year: there's a Judas Priest and an Angel Witch song both from 1980 but then there's a song from Megadeath (I believe Megadeath came out in '85?) and a Metallica song from '86? For some reason my one comment didn't show up? Della gave a pretty big hint, she said the mailing address on the CD was from Radnor PA, but the phone number included was a landline for a Chicago address. Her and the station managers assumed it was a "shadow number" and didn't bother keeping record of it. A lot of her requests had local addresses with out of state phone numbers, cellular and landline."
He suggests Dungeon Masters: "I have a potential lead, "Dungeon Masters" from Pittsburgh PA? Long story short: everyone at work talks about a "hot nerdy chick" who works at the one antique book store in town and she is a music genius and knows EVERY song people play. So i decided to test it. I played this song and she stated "I think thats Dungeon Masters, they were from my hometown of Pittsburgh PA back in the early to late 80's. Thats either Dungeon Masters or someone doing an incredible job imitating them?". Given that Cleveland is only a 2-3 hr drive from Pittsburgh (from what Steelers players say) i think this could be a possible lead and explain the Cleveland recording? Again, this is only a POSSIBLE lead, but i think it has potential?
Currently my one "source" is looking into it. He is not always accurate (as evidenced when we were looking into Conquest) but its better than nothing."
And someone adds this: "Della said the same Dungeon Masters so better look into it"
But he says this: "Close, "Della" stated the listener who sent in the CD had this song labeled as "Dungeon Master?", not a band name. But I am looking into it as best as I can. I found a Pittsburgh band "Dungeon" but they're NOT metal they're an Omnia/Faun like band (neo-folk I think is the term?) formed in 2018. I sent word out to the people I know and my "team". Now it is a waiting game."

(Typo in the headline - 10+ years)
A week ago, I posted that I was about to "trauma dump" on my therapist of over a decade. I was about to disclose several episodes of sexual assault ranging in age from childhood to 33, and I was panicking. Some people understandably objected to the phrase I used, which is why I put it in scare quotes there, but I'm trying for continuity.
So anyway, we had that session, I emailed her a letter outlining 8 events I wanted to go over, plus some dissociative symptoms I've been having that have been scaring the hell out of me and making me question my own mind. And all week, I was watching my email wondering if I'd get any reply before our next session. I did get a short reply saying "I received it," but that was all.
We met again yesterday. It quickly became evident she hadn't read it at all. I began by saying how holes in my memory are really distressing me. I was upset that I had tried to write down all the incidents of trauma in my letter, but even so, I had forgotten one that I had to add to the list. And she was confused and asked, "List?" So I started talking about some of the incidents, and she quickly became muddled, and it was apparent she had no idea what I was talking about - didn't know about my uncle, didn't know about my ex-husband, none of it.
Then she asked, "Have you thought about writing it all down like a timeline?" I had to pause a moment so I wouldn't scream or cry or I don't know what before I said, "But that's what I sent you already."
Worse, she tired to cover it up. "I did read it but I'm going to ask you to explain it to me like I didn't," she said. But then a few minutes later, she opened up the email and started reading it aloud and it was obvious she was reading these things for the first time.
I'm ... gutted. It would have been so much better if she had just said, "I'm sorry, I forgot," or "I didn't have time." But to lie? My trust is just. Gone. I didn't tell anyone for decades because I was sure no one would care and now. I'm also heartbroken because I actually got a master's degree in counseling, even though my career went a different direction, and now I feel like such a goddamn idiot for believing in this profession and spending so much in tuition and time on it - but that's not fair to therapists overall, I know that, it's just how I feel right now. I just feel so betrayed.
I'm really stuck on what to do next. I can see six options:

1. Do nothing. This would be my normal go to.
2. Confront her about my disappointment and try to keep working with her, but I'm not sure how after this?
3. Confront her and seek a new therapist, preferably one better grounded in trauma and dissociation.
4. Confront her and just quit therapy altogether.
5. Ghost my existing therapist and do 3.
6. Ghost her and do 4. (Probably the most comfortable but I'm guessing also the least productive)

Thoughts?

Yo. You can call me Riddle. I'm currently planning to run a campaign called "Powerhouse" on EABA v2. Starting points are: 35 Attributes, 10 Skills, 4 trait limit.
The campaign sets 50 years after the start of a civil war. People inside of a country organized a mass protest against the government's decisions, and in the protest, a group of people died, causing a mass revolt. The protest stopped, only for a couple of days, as people from all groups have decided, at the same time, that the government was beyond saving.
Those who endorsed the government fought against those who didn't. Military personally was put into action, only making things worse. Eventually, over 40% of the politicians died, those who were deemed corrupt.
The war was barely contained across decades, and while most downs were civilians, their numbers pushed against the disadvantage until Militaries surrendered to avoid mass genocide. Their weapons were stolen, so were their cars. Agencies were put down to flames and anarchy reigned while most common people tried to stay in the normalcy. For 1 month no laws existed, justice was imposed by revenge and tribal methods. Armed people ruled and unarmed ones were fetched for wolves.
Big companies, though, accepted the changes in time and started to hire people. Nobody could live without food or water, and those who controlled those now controlled the rioters. They payed for mercenaries as private bodyguards. Formed "unbiased" polices and decided to profit over the destruction by selling their services on a need-by-need basis.
Those who didn't comply with the new methods were pushed outside the cities to live like animals by the people who were now on the upside of society, embezzled by power.
You pay for everything. And money pays for everything. No central laws exist, and nobody powerful wants it to exist anymore[...]
Any questions about the campaign can be answered below. It contains mature subjects that may travel to NSFW aspects (It will not contain sexual content), this includes violence and gore, and may include more serious topics. This game is not a political game, it is close to one as we may debate topics such as religion, mental illnesses, and also show the dark aspects of civil war. In sum, everyone has a bias someone else will not agree, and there is very little holding people from pushing that onto you.
Send me discord tags if you're interested, or add me in discord yourself: sara_silveira As i assume most here don't know what EABA is or how it works, i will teach everyone before and as we play it.

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Help me clear off my shelf! All comics are as is. Mostly minor shelf-wear. Some might have a bit of wear and tear. Happy to send more pictures if you'd like. Shipping is not included and will be via Media Mail. Let me know if you have any questions, and thanks for looking!
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Hardcovers:
Batman: Ghost Stories - $7
Batman: Private Casebook - $5
Illegal - $4
La Cinquième Essence Galaxie Qui Songe - $5
Paperbacks:
Hellboy vol 1-12 - $70
Hellboy Ominbus vol 1 - $7
The Hellboy Companion - $5
Hellboy: The Art of the Movie 1 - $5
Hellboy: The Art of the Movie 2 - $5
Batman: Hush - $5
Batman: The Cult (2nd Printing) - $10
Batman: King Tut's Tomb (Ex-library. Reader copy) - $1 or free with an order
DC 52 vol 1 - $7
Formerly Known as the Justice League - $5
JLA the Obsidian Age - $5
Young Justice vol 1 - $4
Young Justice vol 2 - $4
Muppets the Four Seasons - $4
Persepolis vol 1 - $2
Floppies:
Detective #475 Facsimile Edition - $7
Batman 100 Page Giant #1 - $5
Batman #1027 - $5
Predator #1 - $5
Batman: Vengeance of Bane II - $6
Gotham Academy #1 - $2
Walking Dead #98 - $2
Shadow of the Bat #1-4 (plus #1 polybagged) - $5 for set
Batman Prodigal/Troika/Alfred's return - $5 for set
Invincibe Ed #1-4 - $3 for set
Other floppies - 50 cents each

Well am a f (21yo) and my bf is (25) we r together for more than 10 months .we were cool and loving till one day he texted me that an account on instagram messaged him And asked me should i reply or not, this ast got me confused and i was like why is he asking me an obvious question after that we got into an argument like any argument after that he went replied on that account asked if it was a fake account and also asked if he can see her face After she sent him her pic he called her gorgeous And how he's flattered that she likes but he replied "unfortunately i have a gf " When i saw these msgs i was numb i felt stupid cause we agreed on not replying to dms on instagram but still he did and called a girl gorgeous and all . And he didnt even bother himself to tell me It is actually a big deal to me cause we agreed on telling each other if we get any dms or anything So am so confused on what to do idk if i can trust him no more and am only thinking of breaking up with him.

Currently applying for a more senior role in a private equity backed IT firm. I like the role more than my current Customer Success role although role is still under Customer success umbrella.
Current company: dinausaur- old,very old;public;global in reach;triple to quadruple size of the prospective new company.high pay, great OTE good benefits. i didnt get any salary adjustment this year because 1)group retention number is not high enough 2)new manager says im already on the highest peak of my salary grade.
New manager is too early to assess, ex colleague who got promoted.previous manager is almost 20 years in company, she was the one who hired most of the team members, she left suddenly.the ex boss, her boss and the VP lead of the entire Customer success org, 3 levels up basically left in the past 18 months.all these VPs have worked more than 15 years in the company.
All new leaders from execs all less than 2 years in role- CRO, Ops Vp and CS leader, seem good, but has repeated history of trimming the fat of any org they take over, internally or where they used to work.Earnings show company is negative p&l for 4 or 5 quarters now, high opex mainly due to high cogs which is mainly sales salaries because we are technically like SAAS.growth is less than 4pc annually. CS team is fully remote but many other employees outside CS are being called back to office.Company seems bleeding, current ratios are getting red.stock chart is a descending ladder since going public after being private, which it was forced to do after mega restructurinh. Originally public in the 00s then went private then public now, layoffs are part of the culture.there are Hundreds of long term employees with decades of tenure.they have also started outsourcing their key service overseas.Upcoming department change, CS teams are getting assigned less accounts, one group will be converted from dedicated enterprise to pooled/low touch CSM approach by Q3. Also rolling out a new automated client success software. Company is putting out fires and new peoducts continiously, has an established and solid brand but has attracted lots of legal battles that claimed it is fraudulent.I cant shrug the feeling our CS team will get laid off given more than half are assigned to low revenue or non performing account segments after a new GTM was designed but not yet launched. There are many others doing my job, im not a leader, and career progression is a question mark, possibly lateral but not leadership unless a major overhaul happens.when a VP position opened, they claimed hundreds applied, and more than a dozen were internal.they hired external and promoted 2 to supervisory roles but doing so added reporting layer to 20 other individual contributors who prebiously reported to a vp and now just reporting to a director.
Prospective company: old brands plus new IT niche products, private equity backed, kinda dropped hints that salary is a bit lower than my current range though the advertised wage is within my target. Given the hints they might get to match or even up the nasic salary but may not even come close to my current ote.as per linkedin people are mostly recent hires 3 years or less, company is undergoing rebranding and trying to get second or third wind, fully remote.their brands are old so they are fighting to be more modern, competitive and relevant, something I had multiple experience with from my previous companies which digitized, cloud migrated and converted evergreen to subscription based offerings. prospective companu is backed up by private equity,so have no sales or revenue figures to review. i have no idea what happens if they suddenly get dropped or sold.
with all the lay offs going im worried that if I am new in any org i get more proned to get laid off, but i really love the role described, and i have this gut feel i will enjoy the challenge whereas my current role in my present job is day by day diminishing our client success value,by no longer doing dedicated CS engagements as we move to low touch.
No one seems safe from possible lay offs, what would you do if you were in my shoes?

Here are my 9 ideas for future novels and the authors that would be perfect for them.

1. The War of Beginnings Trilogy by Joseph Staten:

the first book would cover the first half of the war between the Sangheili and the San' Shyuum mainly covering the events from The Desecration of Ulgethon to the Raid at Codisfold, The second book would covers the events in the aftermath of the Raid at Codisfold and included other events like when The Sangheili warrior priests reluctantly begin using the forerunner relics to improve their warships, arms and armor. ending with the beginning of the Battle of Sanghelios. The Third and Final book would cover the full Battle of Sanghelios, Breaking Shadow a coup d'etat against Pervading Stone, and the signing of the Writ of Union.

1. a Game of Thrones style series of books set during the Blooding Years by Troy Denning:

I think the Blooding Years are a very important war in the Halo Universe but they were barely touched by 343. We saw the start in the Kilo-Five trilogy and the end in Halo 5 (well technically the true end of the war will be in the third Onyx book) but we know nothing of all the battles and politics that take place in-between. Troy write Sanghelil politics very well and I think he is perfect to write this series covering the full period as only see the beginning that we see in Kilo-Five Trilogy.

1. A Darth Plagueis style novel for The Prophet of Truth and Tartarus by Joseph Staten:

Somewhat of a continuation of the Covenant plot line from Staten's first novel Halo Contact Harvest as not only we get to see Tararus rise to the ranks and eventually becoming Chieftain of the Brutes but also getting to see how The Prophet of Truth's plan develops as well as general Covenant politics.

1. A Novel about the First Immolation and the integration of the Brutes into the Covenant by John Shirley:

For those who don't know, the First Immolation describes the planet wide nuclear civil-war that engulfed the Brutes and ended in apocalypse just shortly before their discovery and subsequent integration into the Covenant.
Much like Broken Circle gave us insight and perspective on the founding of the Covenant, and the tensions that lingered until its collapse, I think diving deeper into this period can give us further insight into Jiralhanae/Sangheili relations from the onset, and why the Jiralhane were so quick to accept Covenant religious doctrines and technology (potentially viewing this incoming alien race as saviors from their own destruction).
I also think it's an interesting notion that the Brutes were around our current present day tech level (nuclear weapons but confined to their home system), upon their discovery by the Covenant, and less advanced than humanity was at the time in 2492. However unlike humanity who managed to avoid nuclear war, knock on wood, the Brutes succumbed to it due to their own innate nature. I've always found intelligent Brute characters and leaders such as Atriox, Castor and Hekabe incredibly interesting, so I'd love to gain some insight into their pre-Covenant politics and what lead them to the path of war.

1. A Young Adult Novel about Miranda Keyes by Beth Revis or Claudia Grey:

This one is a bit hard choice because I really loved Beth Revis Star Wars Rebel Rising which was a novel covering Jyn Erso life in the 13 year gap from the prologue when she was rescued by Saw Gerrera to when we see her in Prison at the start of Rogue One. What I like about Rebel Rising is that it is a very dark novel despite being young adult. That said I really loved Claudia Grey's own Star Wars work like Lost Stars and Leia: Princess of Alderaan the latter of which I could a Miranda novel having a similar format.
Regardless who would be the author the novel would take place around after 2541 to 2550 C.E. as the former was the year that Miranda was accepted to the Academy at Marie Nubium pre-enlistment training at age 16, making her the second-youngest to ever have attended the school. After graduating with honors, she immediately requested assignment to active duty.
The Novel would begin where Miranda is assigned to the UNSC Hilbert, an older, unarmed science vessel patrolling the outer reaches of UNSC-controlled space. This was due to her mother's influence, who wanted to keep Miranda out of harm's way. Nevertheless the ship would be used by Keyes to play a critical role in the Battle of Gamma Pavonis VII, (In which we would actually see this battle in this book.) by ramming the Hilbert into a Covenant destroyer. In the following years that the book would also cover is Miranda's time in the front lines, playing a crucial advisory role in the coordination of several major offensive strikes against Covenant targets. This proved invaluable to her as she quickly rose through the ranks of the UNSC. Throughout her career, she was forced to confront accusations of nepotism from those who ascribed her rapid rise in rank to the position and influence of her father, Jacob Keyes.
Throughout the book, Miranda resentment her estranged mother, there would be a scene in the book where while she was a Midshipman, she sent her mother a message, stating that she was somewhat aware of what Dr. Halsey had done. (the Book would explain how did she learn about this classified information.) She promised to keep who her mother was a secret, simply because she didn't want her father associated with what she had done. She ended the message promising to make sure she would take after him.
Anyway the book would end around April 2550 where Miranda is promoted to the rank of Lietuenant Commander in a promotion ceremony at downtown Quezon on Reach. in which Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood also personally awarded her the Silver Star, and it was announced that she would assume command of the Amber Clad.

1. A Thrawn-esque novel about Atriox by Troy Denning or Timothy Zahn himself:

A dedicated novel on Atriox who is more of a Thrawn equivalent in the Halo series as a brilliant, cunning commander who is largely explored from the perspective of other characters (Eli Vanto in the Canon Thrawn novel, Captain Pellaeon in Legends IIRC) as the Rise of Atriox comics explores Atriox's own rise from the perspective of his enemies, those who tried to execute him to those who would become his allies.
But while Rise of Atriox does a solid job at establishing Atriox's rise, there are several "gaps" that need to be filled where a Atriox-centred novel could help, such as Atriox unifying the Jiralhanae clans across Doisac and the Jiralhanae colonies as the Nanished expand without the Covenant empire imposing on their rise to providing deeper insight as to why Atriox made his plays at the Ark and Zeta Halo. Even Atriox's origins are a mystery, such as what skein he may have been associated with to Escharum's mentorship to a young Atriox to Atriox serving as a member of the Bloodstars with Castor.

1. a series of one-off novels covering lesser known battles and engagements of The Human Covenant War:

Give us the full accounts of Battles such as The Battle for Tribute, The Defense of Mars, The Battle of Meridian and of course The Full Battle of Earth (covering events that didn't see in Halo 2, ODST, Uprising, and Halo 3.) give us points of views from not the spartans but from the marines think of Band of Brothers but maybe a flair of Andor.

1. A Horror Novel about The Fall of High Charity by either Joseph Staten or Tessa Kum and Jeff VanderMeer (the latter two are the authors of The short story Mona Lisa.

I would love a book about the fall of High Charity. How the Prophets reacted to the surprise outbreak and the Flood, the Prelates rescuing them, the civil wacomplete collapse of the Covenant society, their capital being transformed into a hive and the population being trapped inside.

1. A Third Anthology book by various authors:

Not sure about the rest of the stories but the one I'm currently thinking about is a full story about the Battle of October 10 about the short engagement of Battle Group Rhino of the UNSC Navy's Third Fleet and the unknown ship that resulted in the loss of UNSC Totem Lake. It mostly from the perspective of the UNSC so the mystery of who is this unknown alien threat would be preserved as not everything have to be explained just keeping mystery with the short story mostly from the UNSC's perspective you could have panic and fear within the fleet especially those on the Totem Lake.

Hi all,
I'm considering moving to alberta and have a job offer at 73k. Without including rrsp contribution or health benefit deduction, i'm trying to get an estimate of my after tax income. Is anyone familiar with how wealthsimple or turbotax calculates the income?
I put a total income of 73,600 and it said I would pay Total tax - $18,491 Federal tax - $8,950 Provincial tax - $4,784 CPP / EI Premiums - $4,757
I thought for federal it is 15% on the first 53k and 20% between 53k and 73k, so how is it only $9k? Wouldn't it be 12k?
And for provincial, I saw online that it is 10% for the first 142k, but the number seems a lot lower.
Is anyone familiar with how they are calculated or has some insight on what 73k post tax can look like without accounting for RRSP/health insurance?

I am a 22 year old male. at 18 I got in shape after being fat my whole life. I had a lot of trauma with rejections from girls and they even bullied me and made fun of me often in elementary and high school. When I have gotten more attractive things started to take a turn. I also grew more confident and started approaching them on the street. Of course, I always remained respectful, never made rude comments, never cat called, and as soon as I picked up that they are not interested, I would wish them a happy rest of the day and say goodbye.
Over the last 4 years, I must have approached hundreds of women. The results are sad though. 3 not so great short relationships, around 40 hook ups and everything else are just rejections.
I am yet to find a girl who I actually can love or who can love me. All the girls I really really liked ended up not liking me. I am unsure what I am doing wrong. I know the problem is me, I just cant pinpoint it and change it. This is turning into an unhealthy obsession where if I get rejected a lot of times in a short period, I starve myself to lose even more weight because thats the only thing that has worked for me so far and helped me to not be a total loser. This has led to me fainting multiple times and having health issues.
I work 2 jobs, I rent my apartment, I pay my bills. People often say to "work on yourself" but I dont know what else to work on anymore, I am quite happy with my living and financial situation. I have good friends, good parents whom I visit every day. All in all I think its not a matter of working on myself, they just find something so unnatractive about either my looks or my behaviour, and I want to change it. I am ready to answer any questions that will help me get to the bottom of this so I can fix my issues and maybe have better chances of being worthy of someones love.
Thanks.

Well am a f (21yo) and my bf is (25) we r together for more than 10 months .we were cool and loving till one day he texted me that an account on instagram messaged him And asked me should i reply or not , this qst got me confused and i was like why is he asking me an obvious question after that we got into an argument like any argument after that he went replied on that account asked if it was a fake account and also asked if he can see her face After she sent him her pic he called her gorgeous And how he’s flattered that she likes but he replied “unfortunately i have a gf “ When i saw these msgs i was numb i felt stupid cause we agreed on not replying to dms on instagram but still he did and called a girl gorgeous and all . And he didnt even bother himself to tell me It is actually a big deal to me cause we agreed on telling each other if we get any dms or anything So am so confused on what to do idk if i can trust him no more and am only thinking of breaking up with him .

I have been using Stake app for a month and since now I have made a profit of around 15k (with 5k investment). Out of which I have withdrew around 10k into my bank account. I have a govt. job with monthly salary of around 45k.
Now, my questions are- Is stake legal in India (currently in Delhi)?
Will there be any problem to my govt. job if I keep playing on stake even if I pay tax on my winning amount at the end of financial year (31.2% I guess)?
Are offshore apps like Stake legal to operate in India?
Please experienced person answer this as I am really tensed rn!
Thankyou.

• Element79 Gold successfully manages a diverse portfolio, optimizing financial returns and advancing key projects such as the high-grade Lucero project in Peru.
• The company demonstrates a strong commitment to sustainable mining and community collaboration, notably through partnerships with local artisanal miners to enhance mutual economic benefits.
• Through strategic sales and partnerships, such as the Maverick Springs transaction, Element79 Gold enhances its financial stability and provides non-dilutive capital to fuel further exploration and development. Element79 Gold Corp. (CSE: ELEM) (OTC: ELMGF) (FSE: 7YS) has successfully concluded the Binding Option Agreement with Sun Silver Limited, resulting in the transfer of ownership of the Maverick Springs Project to Sun Silver. This achievement marks a significant step in Element79 Gold Corp.’s ongoing strategy to enhance shareholder value through judicious asset management and partnerships. About Element79 Element79 Gold (CSE: ELEM) (OTC: ELMGF) (FSE: 7YS), a mining entity focused on gold and silver, is strategically positioning itself for significant operational advancements. The company is on track to recommence production at its Lucero project in Arequipa, Peru, targeting a restart by 2024. Lucero, known for its high-grade deposits, stands as a cornerstone in Element79 Gold’s portfolio. In addition to its developments in Peru, Element79 Gold holds an impressive suite of assets along the Battle Mountain trend in Nevada. This includes the promising Clover and West Whistler projects, which show potential for rapid resource development. Notably, three properties within this portfolio are poised for sale to Valdo Minerals Ltd., with the transaction expected to be finalized in the first half of 2024. Expanding its geographical footprint, Element79 Gold is also making strides in British Columbia. The company has initiated a drilling program and signed a Letter of Intent to acquire a private company holding an option for 100% interest in the Snowbird High-Grade Gold Project. This project comprises 10 mineral claims located strategically near Fort St. James, reinforcing the company’s asset base in central British Columbia. Further enhancing its asset management strategy, Element79 Gold has moved its Dale Property, located approximately 100 km southwest of Timmins, Ontario, into a spin-out process through its wholly owned subsidiary, Synergy Metals Corp. This strategic realignment is aimed at maximizing shareholder value through efficient asset utilization and focused corporate structuring. Highlights of Element79 Gold’s Strategic Developments Since its acquisition in 2021, Element79 Gold has diligently advanced the Maverick Springs project, culminating in an updated 43-101 compliant inferred resource estimation of 3.71 million ounces of gold equivalent (AuEq). In pursuit of strategic partnerships to further develop Maverick Springs, Element79 Gold’s management successfully negotiated and entered into a Binding Option Agreement with Sun Silver in August 2023. This pivotal move aligns with the company’s strategic focus on the high-grade Lucero Project in Peru, which boasts near-term production potential. The transaction with Sun Silver not only shifts the company’s focus but also realizes significant value for Maverick Springs. Originally acquired and carried at CAD $3.337 million, the project was sold for CAD $5.033 million, reflecting an impressive return on investment of 51% within 28 months. The sale generated substantial financial gains for Element79 Gold, amounting to CAD $4,400,000 in cash and 3,500,000 ordinary shares in Sun Silver, valued at AUD $0.20 per share (fair market value of AUD $700,000). These shares are anticipated to be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange around May 15, 2024. A portion of the proceeds, CAD $2,200,000, will be allocated to settle the loan tied to the Waterton Contingent Value Rights Agreement. The remaining funds will be strategically used to further the development of other corporate projects and operations, reducing both capital debt and accounts payable. This strategic financial management underscores Element79 Gold’s commitment to optimizing its asset portfolio and enhancing shareholder value in the competitive mining sector. Key Financial Highlights Updated Resource Estimation: 3.71 million ounces of gold equivalent (AuEq). Sale of Maverick Springs: Achieved a final sale value of CAD $5.033 million, marking a 51% ROI over 28 months from an acquisition and carrying cost of CAD $3.337 million. Proceeds from Sale: Totaling CAD $4,400,000 in cash and 3,500,000 shares in Sun Silver, priced at AUD $0.20 per share. Share Listing: Shares expected to be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange around May 15, 2024. Loan Repayment: CAD $2,200,000 of the proceeds will be used to settle the loan associated with the Waterton Contingent Value Rights Agreement. Funding Future Projects: Remaining funds will be used to advance other corporate projects and operations, while reducing capital debt and accounts payable. “The successful closing of the transaction highlights Element 79’s steadfast dedication to executing its strategic roadmap. This is a critical milestone in the Company’s history: it stands as proof of our team’s ability to generate value through project execution, and indicates a potential turning point in our ongoing mission to build a stronger and more focused company; it reinforces diligent financial management by to clearing up the balance sheet from past endeavours, and it provides non-dilutive capital to support operations and advance strategic exploration programs on our core properties to generate further value for our investors.“ James Tworek, CEO of Element 79 Gold Corp Collaboration with Artisanal Miners at Element79 Gold Element79 Gold (CSE: ELEM) (OTC: ELMGF) (FSE: 7YS) has actively engaged with local artisanal miners in Lomas Doradas to promote sustainable mining practices and community collaboration. In April, the company’s community relations team organized a significant meeting aimed at enhancing mutual support and establishing a formal collaboration for mineral extraction and ore sale processes. During this meeting, Element79 Gold presented draft contracts proposing 10-year surface access rights for exploration at the Lucero mine site, alongside similar access for local miners in designated areas. These agreements were intended to unify efforts and optimize ore market pricing, with the goal of creating mutual economic benefits. A critical follow-up meeting was held in Chachas on April 28th, where the community voted on these initiatives. This gathering aimed to solidify the partnership between Element79 Gold and the artisanal miners, moving towards formalizing their cooperative relationship and ensuring continued updates on the initiative’s progress. Conclusion Element79 Gold (CSE: ELEM) (OTC: ELMGF) (FSE: 7YS) is exemplifying strategic acumen and operational dexterity across its diverse portfolio. By actively managing its assets from the Lucero project in Peru to strategic ventures across Nevada and British Columbia, the company is effectively balancing exploration potential with financial stability. The successful negotiation and sale of the Maverick Springs project, alongside collaborative engagements like those with the artisanal miners of Lomas Doradas, highlight Element79 Gold’s commitment to ethical practices and community involvement.

I reliazed that I'm overeating and decided to try to stop so I watched some videos on YouTube that said that it can only be stopped with self control which is a fruit of the spirit and I decided to limit myself by not eating much food and even then I overate which made me feel horrible and I added more restrictions and tried to eat less and now I feel nausea after eating even though I'm not eating much and I try to eat less, I try not to over eat but I don't know how to identify when I'm full. I feel guilty when I over eat when I'm trying not to (because God is so Faithful to us, romans chapter 3 3-4) but then I go and over eat and I feel the worst because of that and It makes me question if I'm really saved or not I know it can't work for salvation but it still scares me because I feel scared that Jesus is going to tell me (I never you, matthew chapter 7 verse 23) on judgement day. Because there are times where I think I know better and tell myself i can finish this food then I do it even though another part of me is saying don't do it and then I tell myself it's okay then I feel full after and I feel so bad because I think to myself I'm ignoring the Holy spirit trying to warn me so I feel scared and so much guilt. Now I don't even know when to eat because I try to wait until my belly growls but because I feel guilt and I don't know if my belly is growling because of hunger or gas so I try not to eat until I'm sure but I still can't tell so I just feel guilty if I go and eat something can anyone please give me advice on what to do?

Context: - I'm a Staff engineer at a well known tech company with a mature engineering org. 15 years in the industry. Well compensated, great product and team. Been there 3.5 years, was promoted once, and given lots of recognition and leadership.

• I am going to retire either in 2 months or 8 months to be a stay at home parent. For financial reasons, I'd prefer the 8 months. More vesting, bonus payout, and savings. But 2 months is fine too.
  
• My manager is excellent. Best of my career. And also a decent guy who I'm relatively close with.
  
• I'm the embodiment of the bus factor. I work on a critical team, am the only one with deep experience in the product and code, and it's a pretty niche bit of technology. I haven't preferred it be this way, but we've generally been understaffed and overworked on executive priorities since we were acquired. This is just to say, I know it'll be hard on the team when I leave, and they're going to try and get me to stay.
  

My question:
I'm considering letting my manager know that I'll be leaving in X weeks (still not for sure when I'll give notice), but that I'd be open to staying on for up to 8 months, under the condition that I work a lot less (say 10 hours/week) with the expectation that I'd help KTLO, stabilize the team and backfill my role.
But I won't stay for 8 months without a deal like that, for various family and personal reasons.
I can imagine many reasons the org wouldn't go for something like this. But I'm curious if you've heard of anything like it, and if so, if you have any tips for how I'd approach it.