Hi everyone, how are you? I hope you are well.
I have been studying for the GRE through free tests from different companies (I haven't taken the official ets tests yet, I intend to take the 2 free ones and then pay for the other 3). And I noticed a very big difference in my scores that doesn't seem to make sense for the quant test.
KAPLAN test: 19/27 with a score of 162
PRINCETOWN REVIEW test: 22/27 with a score of 157
I know that the score is not linear and is calculated with question difficulty weights, but it seemed very strange to me that I IMPROVED my correct answers by more than 10% (relative to the 27 tests, 70.3%->81.5%) and my score got WORSE by more than 10% (considering that it varies by 40 points, 32/40->27/40 or 80%->67.5%).
Does this difference just have to do with the calculation of the weight of each question? Or could it also be because it is from different companies and they calculate differently? Is the ETS official test really that much better?

I've been trying to do the test for a good while (it's online and we can retake it as much as we need to) and I haven't been able to sit down and focus on it. I really need ADHD meds. It feels like my brain is moving too fast for me to even think right. It's just so many thoughts all at the same time.
I'm so tired, but I don't want tomorrow to come because school. I'm so behind. I'm already supposed to be 25% done with the class, and by the 14th I should be 50% done. I am currently 21% done done with the class.
I have no idea what I'm doing, and I don't want to ask for help because I'm an idiot and I don't want people to know that. I just need to retake 2 tests, finish 1 test that makes no sense at all, then I can continue my work.
I might as well just clear my plans this summer, as I'm going to retake this class for the rest of the summer. I can't afford to take this test, and my mom refuses to let me take the GED if I don't pass.
This is the compromise class. I can't do another class to make up for this. This is my last summer before I graduate next year.
I should just not even care about my future. I have no future in nursing since I can't even do basic geometry.
Everything would be so much better if I just… weren't alive. Just blipped out of existence. I mean, I'm riding my bike to school tomorrow, and the road has a lot of cars on it (but isn't super busy). I could just ride my bike into the road and die.
I. Have. No. Future.
My mom acts like if I fail high school, then I can't get a job anywhere, but all places hire high school students. So it's not that bad if I don't graduate, right? I just won't be able to get a good job or go to college. I'll just be doing fast food my whole life, not being able to afford anything, not being able to go anywhere since I'd be working off $15 an hour.
I could still be an author. I could just write a really good book and have it sold, and bam! I'm an author and get royalties. That's a good job, and I'm good at writing.
My grandma always tells me this one story when I tell her I'm never going to get my dream job of being an author.
She says that this one guy in her church ward quit his well-paying office job and became an author on a whim and is a well known author, or just gets paid really well (I don't remember her exact words).
So if he has a chance, then maybe I do…
But my mom also says that my grandma's a liar, and I shouldn't trust anything she says because she makes shit up to make my mom look like the bad guy, but my grandma says not to listen to my mom because she makes me paranoid about everything and has made me the way I am right now.
So I just can't trust anyone.
I mean, I'm not a complete idiot. I was able to get a 70% without a calculator on a subject I barely understand. So I subconsciously know what I'm doing… sorta.
I don't understand why all my siblings are able to pass school so easily, whereas I can't. Am I actually an idiot? Why are they good at everything, and I'm good at nothing? I'm kind of good at writing. My grandma is always praising my writing, but I kind of feel bad about that. Maybe it's just my neglected inner child that's embarrassed and guilty about receiving compliments, or maybe she's just saying that because she's my grandmother and she has to.
My mom thinks I have ADHD, but it's not that bad. I just have periods where I can't sit still, get easily distracted, have bursts of energy out of nowhere (and decided at midnight that it's the perfect time to deep clean my whole room), can't focus, and forget this easily, but it's not super bad, like how other people describe having it. It doesn't disrupt my entire life, it's just an inconvenience, annoying, and frustrating (especially when I'm on a deadline).
But I can't just blame all my problems on having ADHD.
When I say I'm stupid, whether as a joke or not, my grandma gets upset and tells me that I am smart, and when I ask her to elaborate on what I am smart on (talking about school subjects), she just ignores the question, changes the subject, or just says "in other things", which is insulting.
I should just give up, go to bed, and do it tomorrow at school, and only accept help if the teacher holds me after school, as my class is the last class of the day. I should just stop trying all together and work fast food my whole life, or there's the rare chance that I become an author.
I have no hope for my future. I should just give up on everything.
TL;DR: I'm struggling to focus on my online test and feel overwhelmed. I suspect I have ADHD, making it hard to concentrate. I'm falling behind in school and fear failing, which jeopardizes my future plans, including becoming a nurse or an author. My family's conflicting advice adds to my confusion. I feel hopeless and even have thoughts of ending it all, doubting my abilities and future prospects.

Just me or is tests sometimes so easy, too easy that you just fly past it but end up making really careless mistakes. I would have gotten 100 if I didn’t make the stupid mistake of 2+3=5 and not 6 🤦‍♂️screwed up my whole calculations. I actually do better on harder tests no matter how many times I triple and quadruple check everything!!

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TEST (Replay Data - Ranked Matches): 6256 6.26% Arena 6214 6.21% Arena Underground 6225 6.22% Urban Square 6216 6.22% Urban Square Evening 6386 6.39% Yakushima 6272 6.27% Coliseum of Fate 6305 6.30% Rebel Hangar 6130 6.13% Fallen Destiny 6211 6.21% Descent into Subconscious 6373 6.37% Sanctum 6211 6.21% Into the Stratosphere 6313 6.31% Ortiz Farm 6192 6.19% Celebration On The Seine 6240 6.24% Secluded Training Ground 6355 6.35% Elegant Palace 6101 6.10% Midnight Siege Max deviation: 0.15% Avg deviation: 0.06% CONTROL (random.org): 6187 6.19% Arena 6205 6.21% Arena Underground 6391 6.39% Urban Square 6180 6.18% Urban Square Evening 6321 6.32% Yakushima 6359 6.36% Coliseum of Fate 6291 6.29% Rebel Hangar 6309 6.31% Fallen Destiny 6221 6.22% Descent into Subconscious 6290 6.29% Sanctum 6202 6.20% Into the Stratosphere 6219 6.22% Ortiz Farm 6161 6.16% Celebration On The Seine 6319 6.32% Secluded Training Ground 6252 6.25% Elegant Palace 6093 6.09% Midnight Siege Max deviation: 0.16% Avg deviation: 0.07% 

Hi, I want to write smaller guide for new players. I wrote it in FAQ style because it's short and straightforward. This Guide is aimed at Dead Trigger 2 only.
Q: On what difficulty play? A: Play only on hard. This game is not that hard and it's the most efficient way to earn extra money
Q: Will the game get any updates? A: Probably no, this game is dead and it got few paid reskined guns in last few years but it's practically dead. But it doesn't mean the game is bad. I think this game have big potential.
Q: I can't get to the next Island A: Don't forget to upgrade your tech level
Q: How to upgrade weapons more? A: You need to upgrade your tech level to upgrade your weapons further. Max level is 11
Q: Best strategy to have best weapons? A: just have your weapons upgraded to your current Tech level, it worth to upgrade constantly cuz upgrading and crafting times are crazy long in this game
Q: Best way to get blueprints? A: just play "seek and destroy" mission and break all speakers except one and stay under it and kill zombies almost till the end of the mission
Q: Are paid weapons pay to win? A: Except Coach shotgun, 4 barreled shotgun, EGG 17 no, other are average
Q: What weapon packs buy in paid shop? A: My tip is buy only weapons that are not accessed free to play. IMO best is wild west pack and the one where is 4 barreled shotgun. If you don't want to spend much money at the beginning - then you buy the pack where is M16. it's good and cheap pack for begining because you will get also the double money and no ad bonus.
Q: When to buy packs in the paid shop? A: Buy ONLY in sales. the sales are random every weekend. These are very big sales so why not to use them.
Q: Best way to earn money? A: probably trough showdown mission on hard. Because it's fast and easy.
Q: Fastest way to collect event points what are reskined golden pigs? A: Spam showdown mission, there is lot of them and it's great way to earn money.
Q: Blueprint drop probability? A: nobody knows. There are theories such like a "less you play, drops are higher" but from my experience (I have all weapons except golden jackhammer) drops are calculated probably in the way that each weapon blueprint have individual probability to drop. So more weapons you have for blueprints, there is higher chance to get one.
Q: Is this game free to play friendly? A: yes it is. You don't need to spend any money to this game to play hardest levels. Few packs worth to buy but it's not neccesary
Q: it's ok to share my account with my friend? A: Probably you're fine. I did it with my friend to test our weapons and we never got ban. Only limitation is you can't play both on one account but that's I hope obvouios
Q: Will this pack save you 1M credits (68 days)? A: absolutely no. These messages are lies. Mostly "it can't save it when you can't get it." 1M in this game is not much
Q: Why my favourite weapons are not changing? A: It's probably broken. No fixes.
Q: How to get AK-74? A: you can only buy it. It was as a event reward back then
Q: Best weapons? A: Best weapons are from my experience:
Coach shotgun, Quad damage, FN Fal - only accessible in paid shop.
Viking swords - they are for free from tech level I think
EGG-17 - most OP weapon for non tournament playing - only available on Easter for "free" after any in-game purchase
Otherwise best free weapon is probably "Beneli 828U"
If you have any other questions, you can ask them in the comments. I will probably answer them. This is everything I can think of for now. I am a grinding player who stopped playing while ago. And as I see, there is possibility to post now so I wanted to share few tips. I like this game and I want to share my experience for more people when this subreddit is pretty much dead cuz DT2 community is very small.

This story is quite simple, but it's still something I think about when I recall my middle school years.
When I was in middle school we had these calculators that you could program stuff on. One day we learned about the quadratic formula in class and I decided to program it onto my calculator, and I used it for almost every test in class to get all the questions right. My final grade in math was much higher than the rest of my grades that year.
At the end of the year, the teacher announced, "I know some kids cheat by programming the quadratic formula onto their calculators, but I don't stop them because cheaters will always find another way to cheat." I'm 99% sure he was talking about me. Oops.

Hi, I want to write smaller guide for new players. I wrote it in FAQ style because it's short and straightforward.
Q: On what difficulty play? A: Play only on hard. This game is not that hard and it's the most efficient way to earn extra money
Q: Will the game get any updates? A: Probably no, this game is dead and it got few paid reskined guns in last few years but it's practically dead. But it doesn't mean the game is bad. I think this game have big potential.
Q: I can't get to the next Island A: Don't forget to upgrade your tech level
Q: How to upgrade weapons more? A: You need to upgrade your tech level to upgrade your weapons further. Max level is 11
Q: Best strategy to have best weapons? A: just have your weapons upgraded to your current Tech level, it worth to upgrade constantly cuz upgrading and crafting times are crazy long in this game
Q: Best way to get blueprints? A: just play "seek and destroy" mission and break all speakers except one and stay under it and kill zombies almost till the end of the mission
Q: Are paid weapons pay to win? A: Except Coach shotgun, 4 barreled shotgun, EGG 17 no, other are average
Q: What weapon packs buy in paid shop? A: My tip is buy only weapons that are not accessed free to play. IMO best is wild west pack and the one where is 4 barreled shotgun. If you don't want to spend much money at the beginning - then you buy the pack where is M16. it's good and cheap pack for begining because you will get also the double money and no ad bonus.
Q: When to buy packs in the paid shop? A: Buy ONLY in sales. the sales are random every weekend. These are very big sales so why not to use them.
Q: Best way to earn money? A: probably trough showdown mission on hard. Because it's fast and easy.
Q: Fastest way to collect event points what are reskined golden pigs? A: Spam showdown mission, there is lot of them and it's great way to earn money.
Q: Blueprint drop probability? A: nobody knows. There are theories such like a "less you play, drops are higher" but from my experience (I have all weapons except golden jackhammer) drops are calculated probably in the way that each weapon blueprint have individual probability to drop. So more weapons you have for blueprints, there is higher chance to get one.
Q: Is this game free to play friendly? A: yes it is. You don't need to spend any money to this game to play hardest levels. Few packs worth to buy but it's not neccesary
Q: it's ok to share my account with my friend? A: Probably you're fine. I did it with my friend to test our weapons and we never got ban. Only limitation is you can't play both on one account but that's I hope obvouios
Q: Will this pack save you 1M credits (68 days)? A: absolutely no. These messages are lies. Mostly "it can't save it when you can't get it." 1M in this game is not much
Q: Why my favourite weapons are not changing? A: It's probably broken. No fixes.
Q: How to get AK-74? A: you can only buy it. It was as a event reward back then
Q: Best weapons? A: Best weapons are from my experience:
Coach shotgun, Quad damage, FN Fal - only accessible in paid shop.
Viking swords - they are for free from tech level I think
EGG-17 - most OP weapon for non tournament playing - only available on Easter for "free" after any in-game purchase
Otherwise best free weapon is probably "Beneli 828U"
If you have any other questions, you can ask them in the comments. I will probably answer them. This is everything I can think of for now. I am a grinding player who stopped playing while ago. And as I see, there is possibility to post now so I wanted to share few tips. I like this game and I want to share my experience for more people when this subreddit is pretty much dead cuz DT2 community is very small.

Part Two
Apollo entered interspace and saw Aquas and Nash at the door. “Are you ready to lose, Aquas?” Helios gloated. “Your arrogance will be your downfall, Helios. I fight for a cause greater than personal glory. You are an obstacle in its way.” Aquas nobly retorted. The two brawlers entered the arena. It was a swampy marsh and fans were screaming wildly. “If you haven’t noticed, my beasts prefer the scenery. Well fight 3v3. Since I challenged, I’ll start us.” He said as he took his blazer off. His chains gleamed in the sunlight. He put an ornate Aquos gauntlet on his wrist. The crowd screamed Nash’s name. Apollo was in a red sleeveless shirt, he wore black jeans with white red and black Jordan 1s and a belt with his clips on. He tapped his glasses and the mask formed around his face. The entire crowd was screaming their names. “Head on, Helios.” Apollo said. “Time to slay this Dragon, Nash.” Aquas said.
“Welcome, Sir. Synchronizing Battle Data. Battle ready, Good Luck.” His AI said to him.
“Bakugan fieeeeeeld Open!” The announcer said
“Gauntlet Power Strike!” The two brawlers each had their Gauntlets glow blue and purple.
“I’ll start!” Nash said “Gate Card Set! Bakugan Brawl! Bakugan Stand! Go Aquos Krakenoid!” Krakenoid rose from the depths and roared. “Bakugan Brawl! Bakugan Stand! Go Pyrus Plitheon!” “Time for a fish fry!” He cackled “Ability Activate! Stash Raider! I now choose seven cards from Krakenoids ability pool to remove from the match. He removed Hydro Tyrant, Abyss Blade, Abyss Rising, Marine Mauler, Tidal Barrier, Screw Serpent, and Tentacular Destroyer Nash laughed as his Gauntlet, a peculiar but extremely ornate take on a Vestal Bakumeter, shined blue. “Ability Activate, Deep Charger! Your Plitheon can’t do stuff like that anymore!” Krakenoids tentacles wrapped around Plitheon and he siphoned his power with blue electricity. “Double Ability Activate! Fly Destroyer plus Fly Blazer!” Plitheon flew at Krakenoid in a flaming tornado and slashed him with his claws, burning him to 500 Gs. “Take that, Squidward!” He cackled. Apollo formed Nukix Gear. “Oh yeah, it’s time. I haven’t worn one of these in forever!” “Ready, Nukix.” His Gauntlet Said “Battle Gear Boost!” Plitheons wingspan doubled in size and four smaller wings formed on top of Nukix main wings as a tower of weapons, each side had missiles and laser guns. “Oh yeah! Sushi time!” He cackled at Krakenoid “Ability Activate! Blitz scoundrel! I can shatter your Gate Card, giving Plitheon a power level with one of my own!” “Give me that, HAH!” Plitheon formed a blazing chain as he threw it into the Gate Card, and slid one of Apollos in. “Re Rigged boss!” “Now Gate Card Open! Pyrus Reactor… My Gate Card!” “So hasty! Consecutive Ability activate! Metal Ripper plus Shark Drake Veiss Plus Wise Deluge Plus Hydro Cannon!” Krakenoid roared with energy and grew double his original size. He let a wave of Aquos light ripple from his body and Plitheon couldn’t respond to abilities. His body became slowly covered in metal as he ripped Nukix from Plitheons body. Then Krakenoid pulsed with energy as he formed a gigantic water ball of energy and fired a torrent of water surrounding a blast of white lance of energy in the similar shape of a stingray at Plitheon, shattering the Gate Card. Neither Brawler had one, and now both players life gauges had 75%. Both Plitheon and Krakenoid were at a power level of two. Plitheon got up, with only 20 Gs remaining. “Boss, I need help.” He pleaded. “Ability Activate! Cunning Inferno!” Plitheon smiled and his eyes turned to flames, he then charged a huge fireball in his chest Diamond and released the energy, Giving Apollo a three turn stall. Krakenoid roared in disapproval and Nash was sarcastically chuckling “You’re stalling, Sayer. You’re actually stalling I must have you on the ropes, heh.” Nash formed Jamsaber on his Gauntlet. “Bakunano Jamsaber! Destroy!” Krakenoids Bakunano appeared and he slashed Plitheon, who now had no Gear, with its shuriken blades. The three turns limit slashed Plitheon each turn to 5 Gs “Now finish him Krakenoid!! Fusion Ability Activate! Shark Drake Leviathan!” Krakenoid quadruples in size and exploded in Aquos power, he was the size of a Skyscraper, as he roared and filled the entire arena with water, electrifying it with powerful energy, and engulfing Plitheon in a gigantic tsunami. His Bakunano and half metal body from metal ripper pulsed with rings of red chaotic Aquos energy as Krakenoid roared in triumph, it was so loud it sounded like a volcano was erupting. Plitheon returned to Ball form, Apollos life gauge went down to 25% and the crowd chanted Nash’s name. Plitheon was steaming. “Boss, im taking a long nap. I got washed..” he said as he returned to ball form “Not so tough, are you now!” He scoffed. Apollo was down, Nash’s lead was extremely large. “We’ll see, fool!” He said “Im done playing! Gate Card set! Bakugan Br…SHIT!” He reached for Pyrus Reptak, but he wasn’t there. Apollo had Twenty Five percent on his life gauge and only Helios left. Nash had all three Bakugan. “Hah! You’re actually missing a Bakugan! I thought this would be challenging!” He sneered. “You have seen nothing yet, Nash. Bakugan BRAWL! Bakugan Stand! End this! Pyrus Infinity Helios!” Helios roared in triumph “You will Burn!” Nash was just as angered “I’ve seen enough, rookie!! Bakugan Brawl Bakugan Stand! Come forth Aquos Krakenoid!” Krakenoid roared, sitting at a power level of two. “Ability Activate! Clamor Quasar!” Helios charged a blast of bolting red energy and shot it at Krakenoid, Burning him for 500 Gs. “There’s the fire! Wise Torrent! I choose to bring in another Aquos Bakugan! Come forth Aquos Frosch!” Krakenoid wriggled his arms and the field turns into water, he dragged The Legendary Aquos soldier Frosch out of the depths and onto the field. Frosch croaked with recognition. “Two on one, what happened to playing fair, hah? Helios! Bolting Breaker plus Battle Warrior!” Apollo pointed at Frosch and Krakenoid. “Time to fry! Aquos foolsl Helios roared and gained 400 gs, then formed a red ball of burning energy and electrocuted each of his opponents. “If you think fighting a legendary soldier will be easy, you’re sorely mistaken! Now Frosch! Consecutive Ability! Swap Frog Plus Neptune Stream plus Elemental Ocean!” Nash was now visibly pressured. The arena then pulsed with water and both players stood on top of a raging ocean. Frosch croaked loudly and Plitheon flew out of Apollos used pile. Froschs G-Power then changed to Plitheons base. “Swap frog allows Frosch to change Gs with a defeated Bakugan:Your Plitheon!” Frosch then opened his mouth and clapped his webbed hands, shooting a gigantic stream of water at Helios. “Reinforce Krakenoid! Dwellers Gaze!” Krakenoid roared in recognition and stared onto the Gate Card, pyrus reactor was forced open and all Bakugan got the same G Bonus. “Now Helios! We can end him!” Helios growled “With Pleasure!”. “You fell into my trap! Strontium Railstar!” Apollo laughed with determination as Helios charged a blast of energy and fired a white hot, straight red laser blast through Krakenoid and into the card. “He just shattered his own Gate Card!” Aquas was confused, but Krakenoid wailed in agony and returned to ball form and Nash’s life gauge went down 25 Percent. “Not only did I just shatter my own Gate Card, but your Krakenoid is now removed from the battle, and we can take Frosch easier! Counter Helios! Darkflare Alloy Plus Deep Fire-Block A!” A purple and red field of energy surrounded Helios as he changed to dual type Pyrus and Darkus, then he spun his back turbine and a constant volley of red and purple energy bullets rained down on the Legendary Soldier. “Deep Fire Block A will also take 300 Gs from Frosch each turn!” Apollo chuckled. “You should be eating your words Neathian! Because we both know that’s what you are!” Helios gloated at Nash. “Well Save proper introductions for later! Double Ability Activate! Dark Growth and Aquos Cyclone!” Frosch croaked and changed to dual type Darkus/Aquos and then the clear watery field turned into a gigantic whirlpool. “Hold on Helios!” Apollo yelled trying to weather the hurricane. “Ability Activate! Ghost Quasar!” Helios formed a spinning white ball of fire that crackled with red lightning and shot it at Frosch. “Choke on this, overrated Frog!” Helios cackled at Frosch as the legendary warrior returned to Ball form, the two brawlers were now at even life gauges. “We’re even now, those words taste any different?” Apollo laughed at Nash. “If you think that’s all I had to offer, you’re stupider than I ever expected.” Nash chuckled as he threw Saint Aquas into the air. “Ready Aquas?” Nash said. “For the ark, partner!” Nash threw his Gate Card “Gate Card Set! Bakugan Brawl!” Saint Aquas rolled onto the card and opened, his wings hadn’t opened yet, signifying some kind of form change. “Bakugan Stand! Come forth, Defender of the Ark! AQUOS SAINT AQUAS!” A dragon with shielded wings and brilliant, shining sapphire scales that reflected sunlight off of them appeared onto the field. “I will defend the Honor of the Kastle Legacy until my last breath!” He roared in triumph, standing at 1000 Gs. “Bakugan Brawl! Bakugan Stand! Finish him Pyrus Infinity Helios!” Helios was standing at a Power Level of 3. “No rain could douse the flames that burn within me!” He roared. “You will find this soon enough, Aquas!” Helios was filled with rage. “Let’s test that, brigand!” Aquas growled. “Aquas!Ability Activate! Deep Beyond!” Nash said as the field turned back into an ocean of blue water. “Only Cowards Stall, Nash!” Helios roared with anger. “You’re on the ropes now, clown! Frenzy Blaster Plus Battle Warrior!” Apollo was also visibly annoyed at the one turn stall. Helios fired a flurry of Pyrus shots from his turbine and then roared as he released a shockwave of flames all over the field. “Counter Aquas! Virtue Stream!” Aquas roared and charged a rainbow energy blast, one eerily similar to the perfect core, and fired a torrent of rainbow energized water at Helios. “Double ability activate! Burner Visor plus Precipice Blades!” Helios charged a high intensity X shaped vortex of fire and released it in an explosion, nullifying Aquas’ ability. He then extended two red energized blades and slashed aquas twice for Krakenoid and Frosch. “Take that!” He roared. “You spoke too soon, Helios! Consecutive Ability Activate! Aqua Reverse, plus Barian Bolster, Plus Crystal Stream, Plus Delta Blue” Nash commanded. Aquas roared as his eyes and symbol on his chest, which is the same Symbol on Nash’s pendant, glowed red as he fired a shining shot of Crystal energy and knocked Helios to the floor and he reversed the effects of Precipice Blades.” Aquas roared as the fans yelled: “Nash! Nash! Nash!”. “Ready Bombaplode.” Apollos gauntlet formed Bombaplode and he threw it into battle. “Bakunano Bombaplode, Destroy!” Helios gained his back blasters, but didn’t get a bonus. “You’re wondering where your boost is? Delta blue took it from you! Meaning your bombaplode starts at zero Gs!” Nash laughed, but Apollo was done playing. “You’re really getting on my nerves now! Consecutive Ability Activate! Infinity Heliopause, Plus Solaris Cannon, Plus Warfire!” Helios let a threatening roar out and an energized pyrus shockwave shook the arena. Nash’s consecutive ability was deleted. “What!!” He said, enraged. “You underestimate the power of Helios! Destroy him! Warfire plus Solaris Cannon!” He then blew a gigantic blast of fire at Aquas, halving his g power and preventing him from countering. Then, Helios chest cannon opened and he charged a huge artificial sun-shaped ball of Pyrus energy and fired it into the air, scorching Aquas. “Choke on this, Aquas!” He was now at 8000 Gs. But Apollo looked at him with a crazed look. “Now! Vexos Infinity! I take your Krakenoid as my own and activate his Fusion Ability to DOUBLE Helios G Power: Abyss Megalo!” Helios roared and the water turned into scalding hot lava as he burned Aquas and drew him closer into a Lava vortex, now at a ridiculous . “Four New Ability Cards Unlocked. Power level over 10,000” his mask said as four new cards appeared in his deck. “Neathian, Legendary Warrior or not, I will destroy all who stand in my way! Including you, Aquas!” He roared as he burned him down past zero. Helios was roaring with victory as Aquas was at certain defeat. But then the smoke cleared. Aquas’ eyes glowed rainbow, and Nash suddenly threw him back into the battle. “Reincarnation! Unveil Mail, Come Forth Saint Aquas!” The crowd roared. But Nash was now no longer human. The ability card he had activated had revealed his Neathian form, and he did not even look neathian. He was purple skinned, adorned with gold and a red cape, his sigil was on his chest. “You are a beast filled with hatred! An agent of chaos and evil! That is why your brawler wears his mask, because it lives in the both of you! I am noble and true and I fight for the prime of life!” Aquas roared, standing at Double his base power. “He resurrected himself!” One of the fans shouted. “Now Ghotic Cosmo, Plus Flood Cry!” Aquas roared and released a white rainbow colored shockwave of watery energy from his chest as he shot a torrent of water into the air, making a huge storm above the field. He prevented Helios from defending himself. “Helios! Mach Blitz!” Helios countered and blasted him with an energy shot that shut his defenses down. But as sense of dread filled the field. Aquas was not fazed. His body was pulsing with heavenly energy, and a gigantic white megastructure appeared over his head, shaped like a cradle and the storm began to send red and rainbow colored lightning bolts down on Helios. “ULTIMATE COMBINATION ACTIVATE! SILENT HONOR ARK, PLUS SILENT HONOR DARK!” Aquas was levitating with power as Nash held the card into the air and he spread his wings at the same time, he grew gigantic in size and pulsed all six attribute colors, despite only triple changing to Darkus and Aurelus, and charged an immense singularity of light and energy. He was now breaking a 40,000 power ceiling. “YOU WILL PERISH HELIOS!” He roared as he opened his wings and released it down into the battlefield, Helios was obliterated by the blast and returned to ball form, Apollo was on his knees, he had been absolutely embarrassed. Helios singed with energy, so much had been released that he was hot to the touch. The worst had happened: Nash had stolen his top three spot. Then, Nash returned to human form, and offered Apollo to stand but he slapped his hand away and got up on his own. “You fought well, but not well enough.” He said cryptically. “Heres some advice. You are a kite dancing in a hurricane Apollo, stop while you’re ahead. You wont be able to withstand this coming storm.” Nash walked away. Apollo was enraged. He would not rest until he beat Nash.
Rankings June 10 2024 Mike Dawn Nash Kastle Apollo Sayer Max Howlet Lucas Alito Blaine
Brawl Log: Nash Vs Apollo Result: Nash W Apollo L Difference: Nash Extreme Diff
Apollo: Plitheon X Infinity Helios(Took two down but fell to Saint Aquas) Nash: Krakenoid X, Frosch X, Saint Aquas
Krakenoid 1200 Gs Plitheon 900

• Deep Charger: Subtract 300 gs from each opponent. If activated after you rolled first, your opponent cannot activate abilities on their roll.
  
• Stash Raider: Plitheon can choose 7 cards belonging to the opponent to delete from the brawl upon roll. This ability cannot be nullified except by a pure Pyrus Ability.
  

Plitheon 600 Krakenoid 1200

• Fly Destroyer: Subtracts 400 Gs from the opponent.
• Fly Blazer: Subtracts 300 Gs from each opponent and adds 300 Gs to Plitheon.

Krakenoid 500 Plitheon 900 + 120 Nukix= 1020

• Blitz Scoundrel: Adds 500 Gs to Plitheon and shatters the opponents gate card. Replace it with an unused Gate. If there is no gate on the field one of your unused Gate Cards will be set at Random.

Shattered Mine Ghost Replaced with Pyrus Reactor Opened Card Shattered by Shark Drake Veiss Plitheon 1720 Krakenoid 500

• Shark Drake Veiss: Transfer 1000 Gs to Krakenoid and shatter the opponents gate card
• Wise Deluge: All Bakugan cannot target Aquos Gate cards with nullification.
• Hydro Cannon: Transfer 700 Gs From the opponent to Krakenoid and Nullify their Ability.

Plitheon 20, Krakenoid 2300 + 300 Jamsaber 2600

• Cunning Inferno: Activate when your opponent would open/nullify a Gate Card or Nullify your ability. Cease activation and skip their turn. After calculation, Plitheon is unaffected by your opponent’s ability and Gate Cards for the next three turns, but has his abilities halved in strength, unless he is Battle Gear level 2.

Plitheon 5, Krakenoid 5600

• Shark Drake Leviathan: Add 3000 Gs to Krakenoid, subtract 3000 Gs from the opponent and clear their board of all Gate Cards support pieces and Bakugan. Fuse with Shark Drake Veiss and Shark Drake to combine effects and triple the amount of power.

-2995 Plitheon, Krakenoid 5600
Helios 1250 Krakenoid Level 2 1200 * Clamor Quasar: Transfer 500 Gs from your opponent to Infinity Helios and bring them back to Base Power and G-Power Levels. Krakenoid 700 L1, Helios 1750 * Wise Torrent: Choose to reuse any 5 Aquos abilities three times or add another Bakugan to the battle Chose Option 2 Krakenoid 700 L1, Helios 1750, Frosch 800 * Bolting Breaker: Transfer 600 gs from each opponent to Infinity Helios. * Battle Warrior: Add 400Gs to Infinity Helios. Infinity Helios 2750 Frosch 200 Krakenoid 100 Frosch: * Swap Frog: If Frosch’s G-Power is Lower than His Opponent, Swap his current G-Power with either any Bakugan in your Unused or Used Pile, or any Bakugan in your Opponents Used or unused Pile. * Neptune Stream: Subtract 600 Gs from the opponent * Elemental Ocean: Adds 500 Gs to Frosch. Krakenoid * Dweller’s Gaze: Add 200gs To Krakenoid and nullify their ability. Then force their Gate Card open and activate it at your command. Apply its effect to all Bakugan presently battling. Frosch (swaps with Plitheon) 200 + 900 Base=1100 Gs, Helios 2750(Nullified)1750-600= 1150, Krakenoid 300 Gs Gate Card Opened by Krakenoid * Pyrus Reactor: Add 500 Gs to a pyrus bakugan Krakenoid 800, Helios 1650, Frosch 1600 * Strontium Railstar: Activate when your opponent opens a gate card. Subtract 900 Gs from the opponent and shatter their Gate Card. Set another Gate Card under both Bakugan, without re rolling, before the ability resolves and prevent its Nullification. Krakenoid Negative 100 X, Infinity Helios 2650, Frosch -900= 700 Set Aquos Spotting Out underneath * Darkfluid Alloy: Change the attribute of Infinity Helios to dual type Darkus and Pyrus. All abilities now apply damage as if they were both Darkus and Pyrus. * Deep Fire - Block A: Negates all of your opponent’s active Support Pieces for 2 turns, and all abilities active presently are nullified. Transfer 300Gs from an opponent of choice to Infinity Helios every half a turn. Helios(Dual Type) +300 1950, Frosch 700-300=400 * Dark Growth: Change Frosch’s Attribute to Dual type Aquos/Darkus and add 400 Gs * Aquos Cyclone: Subtracts 600 Gs from each opponent and adds 600 Gs to Frosch. Helios (Dual) 1350-600= 750+300 = 950 Frosch (Dual Type) 800-300 500 * Ghost Quasar: All opponents lose double the last G-Power addition. Helios(Dual) 950 Frosch (Dual) 500-800-300=-600
Nash Sets Helios 1250 Gs Power Level 3, Rolls Saint Aquas 1000 * Deep Beyond: Add 600 Gs to Hydraxon, and he cannot be targeted by abilities, except those activated by Aquos Bakugan for one turn. Aquas 1600 Helios L3 1250 * Frenzy Blaster: Add 600 Gs to Infinity Helios. * Battle Warrior: Add 400Gs to Infinity Helios. Helios 2250 Aquas 1600 * Virtue Stream: Transfer 600 Gs from each opponent to each ally. Double the transfer to Aquas. Helios 1150 Aquas 2800 * Burner Visor: Nullifies all of the opponent's abilities. * Precipice Blades: Subtract 200 gs from each opponent up to 3 times for each Bakugan Helios has defeated. Aquas 1600-200-200=1200 Helios 2250 * Aqua Reverse: Reflect your Opponent’s Ability at double the Strength if it is Defensive, and if it is offensive, apply the effect to Hydraxon at Double the Strength. * Delta Blue: Prevent the opponent from gaining a support piece bonus. * Barian Bolster: Double Aquas G-Power and halve all offensive abilities that target him for the next two turns. * Crystal Stream: Subtract 400 Gs from the opponent Aquas 1200+200+200 = 1600*2=3600 Helios 2250+ Bombaplode * Infinity Heliopause: Nullify the last consecutive ability your opponent used and return them to that point in the battle. * Warfire: Halve each opponent’s G-Power and add the total amount taken to Infinity Helios. Your opponent cannot activate abilities or gate cards in response to this ability if Helios has any support pieces presently attached to him. * Vexos Infinity: Play after you win a battle with Infinity Helios. Enslave the defeated Bakugan, add half its G-Power to Infinity Helios, and copy three of its abilities as Pyrus abilities. * Solaris Cannon: Helios gains 1000 Gs. Then, Helios gains G-power equal to a bonus the opponent's Bakugan has received during this battle. Aquas 1200/2=600 Helios 2250+1000+3600+600+600= 8000 (Gains new ability Cards from power increase, and Enslaves Krakenoid. Nash must win to get him back, copies abyss megalo, wise wave, and wise deluge.) * (Copy Fusion Ability)Abyss Megalo: Double (Helios)Krakenoids G-Power, Double all Aquos Gate Card effects and add them to (Helios)Krakenoid, and subtract 1000 Gs from the opponent. Helios 16000 Aquas Neg 400(Gains more new abilities) Round resumes, Aquas Resurrected 2400 Helios 16000 * Reincarnate Unveil Mail: Saint Aquas can be revived at double the G-Power if defeated. Aquas Changes his wings to open in his ball form. Aquas 2400 Helios 16000 * Ghotic Cosmo: Call an attribute. That Attribute cannot attack Aquas without losing the Same amount of G-Power on the next activated Ability Card. * Flood Cry: all of your Aquos Bakugan are unaffected by abilities during your opponent’s next turn. Saint Aquas 2400 Helios 16000(Chose Pyrus) * Mach Blitz: Prevents the activation of Defensive abilities by your opponent for the rest of the match. Saint Aquas 2400 Helios 16000 * (Ultimate Ability) Silent Honor Ark: (Fuse with two Aquos Abilities) Activate if Aquas is your only Bakugan remaining, your opponent has more than one Bakugan on the field, all of them are at least 800 Gs stronger than your Aquas at the time of his resurrection, and if Aquas has been resurrected at any time in the battle, but no more than five turns after his resurrection. Double Saint Aquas Base G Power and change him to dual type Aurelus. Then, add each Opponent’s present G-Power to his power level. If you have only Aquos Bakugan in your used pile, Transfer 10,000 Gs from each opponent to Saint Aquas. Cannot Be Nullified reflected absorbed or prevented. (sacred orb) * (Fusion Ability)Silent Honor DArk: Quadruple the effects of Silent Honor Ark if consecutively activated and change him to triple type Aurelus Darkus and Aquos. Saint Aquas cannot be defeated in battle(Ability Cards that defeat Bakugan do not count in this ability). (Sacred Orb) Saint Aquas 47,000, Helios -Negative 26,000 Nash Victory, Krakenoid returned Apollo Defeat
New Abilities added through Helios’ over 10,000 increase of power * Ragnarok Quasar: Subtract 800 Gs from the opponent and Prevent the Activation of abilities. * Mauser Slash: Adds 800 Gs to Infinity Helios. * Infinity Pulsar: Transfers 800 Gs from the opponent to Helios, Return them to Base Power Level and prevents the activation of Abilities. Cannot be nullified. * Destroy Quasar: Return the opponent to Base Power Level and add the lost power to Helios * Inferno Superior: Double Helios G Power and prevent the nullification of your abilities for two turns. * Exploder Dragonwing: Transfers 1000 Gs from the opponent to Helios and prevent the opponent from activating abilities or opening Gate Cards. Return the opponent to Base Power Level and add the difference to Helios and all Allies. Also, skip your opponent’s next turn.

Took my test for staff today. No SKT. I believe I’m getting a 4 on my EPB. I can’t figure out how to calculate the PFE score. It’s confusing.
EPB: 220
PFE: ???
Last years cutoff score was a 374.24. So I would like to compare it to that. 3P0X1 btw. Thanks for the help!

I believe Blackberry’s shares should be worth $25 minimum based on the growth of their IoT revenue at 18% to 22% annually over the next decade and new revenue from their IVY platform starting in 2026. At a current price range of $2.50 to $3.00, we stand to make ten times our investment. Blackberry’s IVY platform will be the basis for vehicle app creation in new software-defined vehicles like Blackberry will be able to charge developers looking to create apps for connected vehicles through a fixed revenue license per car or per API call from the car. By creating the infrastructure and collecting a tiny fee for every API call passing through its platform, Blackberry will create a toll-booth-styled company like FICO, Visa, Moody’s, and Apple’s App Store.
Blackberry IVY’s platform collects and normalizes data from car sensors, so that developers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can use APIs to gain insights into the driver’s and car’s internal and external environment. Uses of vehicle sensors can include monitoring eye movement, heart rate, and air quality inside the vehicle. The end goal for these vehicle apps is to provide a better and more personalized user experience. Ultimately, Blackberry IVY’s platform will create an ecosystem for vehicle apps by being platform agnostic so it can work on top of any vehicle OS across all car brands. For example, video games that can be played on PlayStation or Nintendo’s Switch are OS agnostic, allowing them to be more readily accessible and popular. O’Reilly Media released a book in September 2023 titled The Software-Defined Vehicle: A Digital-First Approach to Creating Next-Generation Experiences proclaiming: “the holy grail of the [software-defined vehicle] is the vehicle app store.”
The World Economic Forum released a paper in May 2024 titled Advancing Industry Collaboration in Vehicle Software stating that applications in software-defined vehicles (SDV) will be the fastest growing and largest segment for the SDV with estimates for a total addressable market starting at $80 billion in 2023 and increasing to $230 billion in 2030. If Blackberry IVY grows its market share of the vehicle app store from a theoretically miniscule 0.05% to 0.1% over a decade, then IVY revenue will grow from $59 million to $230 million; quite the conservative assumption given that even the obscure search engine DuckDuckGo grew its market share in 2015 from 0.05% to 0.69% in January of 2024 compared to Google’s dominant 82% of market share.
During Blackberry’s investor briefing at CES 2024 in January, Vito Giallorenzo, CFO of Blackberry’s IoT division, explained that Blackberry can charge OEMs per sensor deployed and if they go above the agreed upon number of sensors, they will charge extra. He also made it clear that revenues should not be expected until 2026 given the long lead time in the car industry. During an interview with The Stack in October 2022, Vito explained that Blackberry IVY will generate revenue through two approaches:
Automakers can choose to pay-per-vehicle, like 'all you can eat' -- you use it for as many applications as you want. Or you pay as you go; every time there is an API call, or there is a processing of data -- we have few metering points inside IVY -- then you pay like a few cents.
Blackberry IVY’s business model will involve either a fee for one-time license per car install or charging per API call for previously agreed upon number of sensors. Blackberry could charge OEMs $100 per license to use the Blackberry IVY platform. With the average cost of a combustible engine car being $50,000 (EVs usually cost more), the IVY license will amount to 0.2% of the car’s value. For comparison, FICO scores also amount to 0.2% of the total cost for a mortgage package. If the average lifespan of a car is 12 years and Blackberry IVY charges $0.001 (one-tenth of a penny) per API call, then Blackberry will collect $100 per car over the lifetime of that vehicle assuming 2 trips per day and 12 API calls per trip. Mitsubishi Electric actively uses the IVY platform now with 9 different synthetic sensors to decide if the driver is distracted, so it is not far-fetched to assume 12 API calls can be made during a trip.
If Blackberry can get 7 million cars to install IVY in 2026, then we can expect around $705 million in revenue during the lifetime of those cars, so per year we can expect $59 million in revenue. 7 million car equates to 3% of existing vehicles with QNX installed and not total SDV or connected vehicles globally. When the iPhone firsts shipped in 2007 it managed to take 3% of market share when it was competing against the goliath of the time, Blackberry. By 2035, if the number of cars with IVY installed continues growing to 28 million (12% of the 235 million vehicles with QNX installed), then Blackberry will recognize $235 million in revenue. So, we arrive at almost identical results using two different methods to calculate Blackberry’s potential revenue leading me to be confident in our line of reasoning.
Some of the risk Blackberry faces on its road to profitability include delays in new cars being shipped because of supply chain issues which would push revenue further out. Adoption of their platform may take a while since most OEMs remain stubborn in outsourcing their software needs. And the question of the profit-sharing agreement between Amazon remains unanswered. There are also fears that Apple will successfully take over the smart car through the development of its own autonomous vehicle and CarPlay.
According to the Bloomberg article How Apple Sank About $1 Billion a Year Into a Car It Never Built, Apple ended its autonomous vehicles project after spending approximately $10 billion with no apparent successes such as Amazon’s cloud software connecting to the car or Blackberry’s QNX vehicle OS. A very important test for Warren Buffett in determining the strength of a moat is whether a competitor can replicate or weaken the moat with a massive checkbook. At the 2012 Berkshire meeting, Buffett talked about Coke’s moat, “If you gave me $10, $20, $30 billion to knock off Coca-Cola, I couldn’t do it.” It is encouraging to see that Blackberry’s QNX and IVY platform remain unaffected so far. During an April 2024 interview on Decoder podcast with Mercedes CEO Ola Källenius, the host asked whether Apple CarPlay will take over the Hyperscreen of the vehicle. Mercedes CEO Ola gave a sobering “No.” Ola elaborates:
If you want to create a superior customer experience, you need to think about that as a whole, and only the manufacturer can tie all of it together. Nobody out there — none of the tech companies — is even aspiring to do that whole thing…We want to create the best digital experience in the world for you…But to give up the whole cockpit head unit — in our case, a passenger screen and everything to somebody else — the answer is no.
Despite these uncertainties, Blackberry IVY’s platform is positioned come out on top because it will drive down costs and time to market for vehicle apps to the point where the app ecosystem can become viable and profitable for developers. This phenomenon occurs again and again like when Microsoft built an interpreter using BASIC to make microcomputers more appealing to the programmer masses during its nascent stage. Blackberry appears to be developing an early moat in its IoT business through QNX and IVY. By having these products remain OS agnostic, Blackberry promotes the democratization and standardization of data through IVY and within the next decade the company will benefit from a virtuous feedback loop as large amounts of data gets processed through IVY and more and more developers use the platform.

I'm at work atm so I'll properly test these numbers once I'm home. I found a clip online for Wishful Ignorance vs the Phalanx Echo dungeon boss, and used the base melee damage of 26,018 from Frenzied Blade as the basis for my math
In the clip, without BoW, Wishful ignorance gives a 20%, 50%, and 100% for every melee after the first, capping at 4 hits doing a base damage of 148,303. Adding the 40% from Banner of War makes Wishful go to 207,624 with 4 melees.
After calculating the math for the synthoceps nerf, base x3 melee is 78,054 and adding the synthoceps brings that to 128,789. BoW's diminishing numbers go to 143,619.
Wormgod Caress at x5 brings the 3 melees to a whopping 236,123 damage. The highest so far, however if you drop by 1 stack before you can reach your target, the x4 wormgod buff total drops to 171,719
TLDR, in order from worst to best: Synthoceps, Wormgod's x4, Wishful Ignorance, Wormgod's x5
Basically the gist is going only off of melee's with Frenzied Blade, Wishful is only beaten by max wormgod, but wishful has no setup and even returns a fuckton of melee wnergy when around allies. The only thing Synthoceps or Wormgods can for sure do better is adding grapple, which I couldn't find footage of here at work. These things are actually nuts
Quick edit: Wishful is better overall for single target hits, if you intend on using the melee charges for adclear synthos/wormgods is probably still better, though even then the insane melee regen and a 4th potential charge could still end up beating them out, I can't say for certain