Hi folks Hope you all are having a great day.
I’m new to e-ink e-readers. Now I am in confusion just like most of you.
I really like kobo Clara colour because of the device size and colourful e e-ink display, but also I do not want to compromise the brightness of regular BW e-ink display because normal books and fonts look sharp and crisp on BW screen where the colour e-ink has the darker matte type of finish because of the kaleido filter as you all know.
Now Amazon is selling kindle 11th gen BW (used) for CAD$97.49+tax here where Clara colour is $179.99+tax. with taxes the price difference is nearly 92 bucks (which is the price of another BW kindle)
I’m a university student. So, saving money is always the most preference. (in the long run)
I have a lot of docs and pdf to read as well so I will need to sideload a lot.
I have Libby too so this might help to borrow books but there is an option “send to kindle” which can be used for kindles too.
Now should I get a Clara colour or Kindle 11th gen?
(Used market such as fb marketplace etc. here in my town sucks because people asking CAD$80-90 bucks for older generation of basic kindles with lower storage. So, that’s not a reliable option here.)

Okay, here we go. Big rant incoming. This post is going to be extremely long and a bit whiny, but I would only write something like this because I really do love this game, and I am passionate about the decisions that go into game design & player experience. Feel free to skip to the TLDR. Obviously: SPOILERS
I'll start this off by saying that I have like 1000 hours in Valheim and I absolutely love the core aspects of the game. I also like to think of myself as a pretty skilled player compared to the average/target audience. I've done many Valheim playthroughs over the past few years, including a hardcore playthrough through Yagluth with no deaths, and a no-map/compass only playthrough. Even so, while the Ashlands as a biome felt "off" from even before the release, I generally blamed this on "skill issue", and figured progression would ameliorate some of the issues. After doing basically everything there is to do in the biome, I've come to the conclusion that it does not get better: the Ashlands gameplay loop is fundamentally anti-player experience. Here' why:
Mob density and lava is anti-exploration: Valheim, at its core, is an adventure & exploration game. If you take out the exploration, you're left with a resource collection simulator with awkward movement and basic combat. Like the Mistlands before it, the Ashlands presents immediate barriers to exploration. To even set foot into the biome you need top tier gear from the previous biome and an industrial grade multi-biome farm producing all of the best foods and meads.
However, while the Mistlands progression allows you to eventually overcome its barriers to exploration with the introduction of magic and new mechanical items (like the feather cape), the Ashlands never gets any less hostile. There are no lava-immunity boots, no anti-spawning beacons, no nothing. You just get a pretty okay gear upgrade, and a big fuck you. In fact, because of the unrelenting charred hordes, Valkyries, and marathon-running Asksvins, you're actually punished for exploring too far from your steadfast.
The only reasonable way to map the biome is by sprinting in Fenris armor with an Asksvin cape and Moder, which fundamentally destroys the immersion of the exploration anyways. After all this time in the biome, I've explored less than a half of a single of the Ashlands continents in my world. And why should I? What do I even gain from it? This leads me into my next big problem:
The Ashlands is unrewarding: To invest such tremendous effort into a biome there needs to be an equally tremendous reward. Spoiler: there isn't! You can expect to die a LOT in the biome, meaning your hard-earned skills are going to wither away, making you substantially weaker overall. What are you offered in return for this? Not much! The new heavy armor is the standard upgrade, extremely expensive, and generally slow. The Asksvin hide and magic armor sets are definitely not worse than the previous armor sets, but they don't really feel that much better. A couple of the weapons were interesting... but again, not enough to offset the pain.
The Ashlands really doesn't reward players for dealing with all of its bullshit. It's totally isolated, not very visually appealing, hostile from start to finish, and doesn't really introduce or accelerate any of the out-of-biome mechanics like previous biomes do (farming, sailing, new cooking stations, new crafting stations, fall damage negation, etc). By far the most interesting thing you acquire in the Ashlands is a staff that sacrifices half your health to spawn a charred troll, and they aren't even allowed to be on your team!!!
The whole war-zone aesthetic would be tolerable if the biome just didn't take so damn long to finish. Like seriously, because all of the limited visibility and constant mob clearing it's extremely slow to even locate the things you need to do, never-the-less even do them! At this point, I kind of think of the Ashlands as a chore you must complete to progress beyond it. That is fundamentally not a fun thing to do, and I believe the vast majority of players will not make it to the deep north for this exact reason. Which brings me to the biggest problem.
The Ashlands does not understand what makes difficulty fun: According to the devs, the biome is hard. Really hard, actually. They seemed extremely proud of making a biome that would really give the players a true run for their money! Naturally, I was extremely excited! Unfortunately, the Ashlands is not hard because of new strategic or mechanical learning curves, it is hard because it is clumsy.
Flametal mining is contrived and hostile. The pillars are a pain to climb with the game's terrible collision. Have you ever been crushed between the underside of a sinking flametal vein and your basalt bomb platform? 'Cus I have! Even worse, every time I actually whack a Flametal pillar (which by the way, wants to kill me even more than the monsters do) I'm personally inviting every entity in a 10 mile radius to form a mosh pit right below me.
Grapevine harvesting and planting is too slow. They take forever to find, even longer to grow, and cant even be planted in their natural biome without a shield generator? (What's up with that by the way?) I will admit that I love the way they look and depending on where you land you might get lucky and find them early, in which case this point is pretty moot. In my case, I had fully upgraded gear and had already cleared a fortress before I even found my first Vineberry.
Fortress "sieging", as the devs would like to call it, is kind of... useless? The siege weapons are clumsy and ineffective, and are immediately secondary to the brute force method of building a wooden staircase and bombarding the inside with fireballs until everything in it is dead. By the time you even reach a fortress, the relentless mob clearing just to get there has sucked all the fun out of the would-be battle anyway. (By the way, who though that it would be a good idea to make the only unique fortress mob a necromancer that summons even more of the most annoying mob in the entire biome?? Hurray, yet another swarm of reskinned, stat-boosted greydwarves!)
Honestly, I wouldn't even call the biome "hard". I would just call it painful. Things that are hard are generally things you can get better at. I don't think it particularly fits this category.
Lingering questions: While there are many things I like about the biome as a concept, I don't know if there is a single mechanic in the Ashlands that I actually think is well-designed. Now that I'm basically done with the biome, I look back and ask myself a number of questions about things I encountered. Were these really fun? or were they just tedious. I'll let you decide:

• Why is the only ship you can take through the spires so difficult to steer? If you want it to feel large and heavy, that's fine... but then why do spires spawn so densely that it constantly gets beached?
• Why do basalt bomb platforms only last for like 30 seconds? If you want them to not permanently mark the landscape, why not make them last at least long enough for players to reuse them for approaching and escaping from the pillars? Why make the player interact with the admittedly funky aiming mechanics to throw more platforms as the pillar is sinking?
• Why can the charred and Asksvins go in the lava if you can't? They're not immune to fire damage from a staff, but they can wade through lava? Wouldn't it make more sense to encourage players to use the lava as a risky resting place? Something like, "go out into the lava with basalt bombs to escape the horde briefly, but make sure you don't slip!"? Maybe then, once the player has cleared a fortress and acquired their first set of lava-immunity potions (or boots or whatever), they will have an advantage over the horde in terms of mobility. You know, like in every single other biome?
• Why are there no lava-walking boots?
• Why do tamed Asksvins animals not have a "passive mode", or a "follow" command like wolves, or at least some kind of hitching post? If the idea of asksvins is to be able to ride over lava to pillars, why make them run away from the pillars and to their death the instant the player gets off of them?
• Why are there no lava-walking boots........?
• Why make the step heights on flametal ore pillars only convenient/resonable to climb when wearing the feather cape that is extremely weak to fire? Isn't the idea of the fire weakness to discourage its use in the Ashlands? If you know your movement & collision mechanics feel clunky, why design the pillars in such a way that scaling them is necessary to escape certain death?
• Boots in lava no walking on it why tho........?
• Why make the spawnrate for monsters so uniformly high? The combat is extremely simple, and these monsters do pretty substantial damage in melee. This leads to a boring and frustrating "swarming" experience, where players have to run from monsters, inevitably picking up more monsters on the way. Couldn't you fix this by just have areas of extreme monster density like in every other biome which can be "cleared". Doesn't this work better with the power-up based combat your entire system is based off of? Doesn't this also double as another reason to actually explore in the Ashlands, as when players clear one area, they need to continue on to the next?
• If you want a new paradigm where defeating the horde isn't enough to "clear" an area, wouldn't you at least want to counteract this with some new mechanic that spawn-proofs/suppresses large areas? Or maybe a set of armor that reduces player-made sounds? Why doesn't that exist?
• Why not reward the player with outside-the-biome progression? Why not use this as the reason to go to the Ashlands in the first place? Teleporting metals is an obvious great example, but it feels like it was an afterthought made late in development so that the Ashlands would be even remotely tolerable, given that it's a nightmare to sail to. With an entire community full of dedicated players who love the game proposing extremely popular changes all the time... why not use some of those? (shield generators could also repair builds! Redbeard Dvegrs could offer unique item trading! New cores & metal could somehow accelerate or automate farming! Any of the above...)

TLDR: After finishing the Ashlands I struggle to see why so many design decisions were made that make the biome so relentless, tedious, and anti-exploration. It's like they took all of the experiences and mechanics that people love about the game and replaced them with all of the ones people find painful and annoying. It is extremely disappointing, and will prevent most players from finishing the game, or even the biome itself.

Hi all,
So with the talks about upcoming adjustments to Crystal Legacy in the wake of the Yellow Legacy release I'd figure I would contribute with some of the moves, stats and misc changes I've noticed (and wished for) when playing the game. This is a lot of suggestions from my own personal taste but I have noticed a few inconsistencies as well that I've listed below. Maybe this could be of help to the developers now that they look at changes done in Yellow or as a base of discussion on this forum. Hopefully others can chime in with suggestions or themes that I've missed or argue why the additions below are good/bad.
It is mostly about increasing HM availability to smoothen out the gameplay experience (I love the Cut buffs but no matter what I do I always find myself with a bit of a conundrum when team building fitting a Cut user in. Never really liked wasting a move slot on a 50 BP move). I love how Legacy made it so that more than like 6 Water Pokémon could use Waterfall for example, or that Rock Smash is actually a good move. This is building on that. I've also noticed that there where massive learnset buffs in Gen 3 and I feel like loads of these would work well here without ruining the experience or balance.
Also, the change/addition I would like the most is a MOVE TUTOR for all the Gen 1 TM's. A lot of Pokémon would benefit massively from Substitute, Swords Dance, Explosion, Rock Slide etc etc and it would also make it so that you can skip a lot of complicated and time consuming breeding.
Anyways, here is the list. I've put the change in the middle column so that is a move that I feel would make sense if the Pokémon would learn, or maybe it is a move it did learn a generation or two later but did not in Gen 2.

Pokémon	Change	Motivation
Aerodactyl	HM04 Strength	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Aipom	Mega Punch/Dizzy Punch/Comet punch	Makes sense to get at least one punch by level-up when the tail is a giant fist and it gets all possible punches by TM.
Alakazam	Mind Reader	Makes sense thematically even though the move is kinda meh.
Arcanine	HM04 Strength	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Ariados	HM01 Cut	Makes sense with the Fangs doesn't it? Would also buff it's useability in a normal playthrough and benefit a lot from the Cut changes. As mentioned in the comments, Bite would also make a lot of sense with the Fangs.
Azumarill	Belly Drum by level-up	With that high HP, decent defense and happy smile and big belly it would both be a buff to get it more easily than breeding and kinda make sense.
Corsola	HM07 Waterfall	Should probably get all the Water-based HMs
Dewgong	Megahorn	Would maybe help it to differentiate from Lapras? Gets it in Gen 8.
Dewgong	HM04 Strength	Did learn it in Gen 1 but never again. Maybe add it back?
Dodrio	Jump/Double Kick	To be synchronized with Yellow legacy it should probably get 1 fighting move (Double Kick, Jump Kick or Hi Jump Kick). Also gets it in later gens.
Dragonite	HM01 Cut	Learns Fury Cutter but not Cut. Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Dragonite	Earthquake	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards. Could see it being extremely strong though.
Dugtrio	+10 ATT	Got its attack buffed in Yellow Legacy, but perhaps not needed here?
Dunsparce	Shadow Ball	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Dunsparce	Earthquake	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Espeon	Mind Reader	Makes sense thematically even though the move is kinda meh.
Espeon	Sun Stone evolution	Gets Morning Sun as a move. Would make evolution easier. Would be more aligned with other eeveelutions.
Farfetch'd	MANY	Needs a lot. Maybe get +10 to all stats as in Yellow Legacy or Attack buffed to 90 as in Gen 7. Maybe learn moves such as Wing Attack and Rock Smash? Buff the item held rate of Stick so it is more easily accessible? Move to an earlier route so it can be used early game at least?
Fearow	Sky Attack	Should probably learn the best flying move by either level-up or breeding.
Flareon	HM04 Strength	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 4 and onwards
Forretress	Earthquake	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Girafarig	HM05 Flash	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Golbat	HM02 Fly	Synched with Yellow Legacy and aligned with learnsets from GEN 4 and onwards
Golduck	HM01 Cut	Learns Fury Cutter but not Cut.
Golem	HM01 Cut	Learns Fury Cutter but not Cut.
Granbull	Earthquake	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Gyarados	Earthquake	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Hitmonchan	Earthquake	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards (IMO this doesn't really make sense to me but added it anyways)
Hitmonlee	Earthquake	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards (IMO this doesn't really make sense to me but added it anyways)
Hitmontop	Earthquake	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards (IMO this doesn't really make sense to me but added it anyways)
Hypno	Dream Eater	Should really learn Dream Eater as a level up move (it is the Dream Eater Pokémon after all).
Jolteon	HM04 Strength	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 4 and onwards
Jynx	HM05 Flash	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Kabutops	Dig	Gets Dig as an egg move but not as a TM?
Kangaskhan	HM01 Cut	Learns Fury Cutter but not Cut. Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Kingler	Dig	Gets Dig as an egg move but not as a TM?
Lapras	Earthquake	Gets it in Gen 9 (IMO this doesn't really make sense to me but added it anyways)
Ledian	HM04 Strength	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 4 and onwards
Lugia	HM05 Flash	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 4 and onwards and Ho-oh gets it.
Magcargo	HM05	Imo it really makes sense that a Pokémon with a flame on it should be able to light a cave.
Magneton	Spike Cannon	Maybe a stretch but let's pretend the Spikes are Screws? Would give it an extra STAB-move which could be interesting against Rock/Ground types that try to counter it?
Mantine	+10 HP	Got +20 HP in Gen 7 but +10 ATT in Crystal Legacy. Feel like a +10 HP alongside the attack buff would make it a bit more tempting to use as a special defensive sponge.
Muk	HM04 Strength	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Muk	Rock Smash	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Murkrow	Thief by level-up	Being a crow I feel like this makes sense thematically.
Nidoking	HM01 Cut	Learns Fury Cutter but not Cut. Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Nidoking	Megahorn	Perhaps very strong but makes sense thematically and aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Nidoqueen	HM01 Cut	Learns Fury Cutter but not Cut. Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Octillery	HM07 Waterfall	Should probably get all the Water-based HMs
Persian	HM01 Cut	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards and Yellow Legacy changes.
Persian	Thief / Fury Cutter / Attack buff (?)	Thief makes sense thematically as a level-up move. Maybe should get Fury Cutter too. Great speed but feels kinda lackluster in Attack when the crit-mechanic changed in Gen 2.
Pinsir	Earthquake	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Porygon2	Shadow Ball	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Primeape	Earthquake	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards (IMO this doesn't really make sense to me but added it anyways)
Qwilfish	Shadow Ball	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Rapidash	HM04 Strength	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Rapidash	Megahorn / Double/Jump Kick	Ponyta gets Double Kick but Rapidash should probably too, or a more powerful version. Megahorn would make sense as a late-game power move and it is aligned with later gens.
Rhydon	HM01 Cut	Learns Fury Cutter but not Cut. Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Rhydon	Megahorn	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards and makes sense thematically.
Seel	Encounter when surfing in Goldenrod?	Like seels outside bigger cities, could be a surf encounter to the west of Goldenrod? Would make it less of a "out of the way"-option than only being in Whirl Islands. A bit more tempting with the Dewgong buffs too.
Slowbro	HM01 Cut	Learns Fury Cutter but not Cut.
Slowbro	HM06 Whirlpool	Should probably get all the Water-based HMs (especially since Slowking does)
Slowking	HM01 Cut	Learns Fury Cutter but not Cut.
Slowking	Mind Reader	Makes sense thematically even though the move is kinda meh.
Stantler	Megahorn/Double Kick/Shadow Ball	It gets Megahorn in Gen 4. Double Kick in Gen 4. Shadow Ball in Gen 3. All make perfect sense thematically as well.
Togetic	Screens / Softboiled	Reflect + Light Screen would greatly improve on it's role as more of a utility/support-Pokémon. Softboiled because it is an egg.
Umbreon	Moon Stone evolution	Gets Moonlight as a move. Would make evolution easier. Would be more aligned with other eeveelutions.
Vaporeon	HM04 Strength	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 4 and onwards
Venasaur	HM04 Strength	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Venasaur	Earthquake	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Venomoth	Sleep Powder	Venonat get it at 36, but the evolution is at 31. I guess this is intentional but I'd rater see Venomoth get Sleep Powder as well without holding of the evolution.
Weezing	HM05 Flash	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Xatu	Shadow Ball	Aligned with learnsets from GEN 3 and onwards
Yanma	Steel Wing / Pursuit / Shadow Ball	Gets Steel Wing and Shadow Ball in Gen 3 and Pursuit in Gen 4. Pursuit especially makes a lot of sense as it is a Dragonfly which are excellent hunters and flyers. Would make it slightly more useable as its buffed attack is a bit wasted on its moves.

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3. Testing: Regularly test your site on different devices and browsers. Tools like Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test and BrowserStack can help.

How do you troubleshoot and debug issues that arise during the development of a custom WordPress site?
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How do you create a seamless user experience (UX) in a custom WordPress site?
To create a seamless user experience (UX) in a custom WordPress site, start by choosing a clean, responsive theme that looks good on all devices. Ensure your site loads quickly by optimizing images and using caching plugins like W3 Total Cache. Simplify navigation with clear menus and breadcrumbs, making it easy for users to find what they need. Use readable fonts and sufficient white space to make content easy to read. Add a search bar so visitors can quickly locate information. Implement intuitive forms with clear labels and error messages. Regularly test your site on different devices and browsers to ensure everything works smoothly. By focusing on these details, you can make your WordPress site user-friendly and enjoyable to navigate.
How do you implement e-commerce functionality in a custom WordPress site?
To implement e-commerce functionality in a custom WordPress site, start by installing a reliable e-commerce plugin like WooCommerce. Set up your store by adding products with detailed descriptions, prices, and images. Configure payment gateways such as PayPal or Stripe to accept online payments securely. Customize the appearance of your store using built-in themes or by modifying CSS styles. Create user-friendly navigation with categories and filters to help customers easily browse products. Implement shopping cart functionality to allow users to add items and proceed to checkout seamlessly. Set up shipping options and rates based on location and weight. Test the entire purchasing process to ensure it works smoothly for users. Regularly update plugins and monitor sales to optimize your e-commerce site for success.
Conclusion
Creating a custom WordPress website involves several key steps. You start by deciding on your site's goals and picking a domain name and hosting provider. Then, you install WordPress, choose a theme, and customize it to match your brand. Next, you add content, like pages and posts, and install plugins for extra features, such as contact forms or SEO optimization. You'll want to make sure your site is responsive and works well on mobile devices. Lastly, you test everything thoroughly before launching your site to ensure it's ready for visitors. And don't forget to keep it updated and secure over time!

as title suggests, im a rising senior. kinda scary to think that in less than half a year, ill be p much done with most college apps. i dont wanna sound pretentious with the "im subpar and below average" but the schools id love to go to aren't by any means easy acceptances, and with a few months of free time ahead, id love some advice on things i can do to get in to my choices as well as a breakdown of where im standing with what i have rn.
hooks: none. im an indian male, middle income, from a p well off suburb. first-gen college student in america, though, if that counts?
stats:
uw gpa: 3.98 (basically a 4.0, one 89 in middle school during COVID year. lowest hs grade was 91)
w gpa: 5.21
class rank: top 10% out of 456 students (auto admit to all public tx unis BUT ut)
PSAT: 1460 (700E, 760M)
SAT: 1510 (730E, 780M)
superscore: 1530 (750E, 780M)
APs: 16 total. human geo (5), psych (4), physics 1 (3), whap (3), physics 2, csa, seminar, apush, stats, lang, calc bc, physics c, lit, econ, gov, csp
ecs (wrote some main ones, got some other clubs here and there but these are big):
sports networking startup - cofounder of a sports media app that connects users to participate in events and pickup games. top business within the school's incubator program, qualifiying to apply for the national summit. worked on app development, marketing, pitching, and finances. raised $880 in revenue in two months with two esports events and a basketball charity tournament.
independent research program - selected into an independent research program offered by the district where students apply and those accepted are connected with mentors to pursue fields of interest with formal guidance and mentorship. I got accepted into this course for my senior year, but ill probably get ahead with research this summer so I can have something of substance prior to college apps.
soccer referee - soccer referee for large local sports organization, reffing soccer games for children between the ages of 6-14. tasks include refereeing games, managing fields, and ensuring safety and playability.
nhs vice president - vice president of the school's national honor society, leading over 200 members at induction ceremonies, socials, and club fairs.
nonprofit intern - unpaid intern for extremely large local religious nonprofit, assisting with management and inventory at temple cafeteria where food is distributed for free as a religious offering. tasks include tracking inventory, maintaining financial records, and training new volunteers.
freshman orientation captain - captain for the annual freshman orientation, chosen to lead the planning of the annual freshman orientation by preparing presentations, organizing logistics, and training volunteer speakers and leaders.
key club committee member - committee member for school's key club, raising over $1000 and granting membership to over 250 members.
president/cf of tutoring np - created a peer tutoring np, with chapters at different schools. students are tutored in a variety of different topics in person, and generated money is reinvested/donated to educational causes. raised over $2000 with more work being done this summer.
awards:
deca 2x state finalist
bpa regional finalist
ap scholar
$350 grant for school key club
essays/lors:
haven't looked too much into essay prompts yet, but ive been a decent writer and have close relationships with teachers on campus that can help a lot with essay writing and structure.
have amazing relationships with a variety of teachers in a variety of fields. my business advisor, ap physics teacher, ap lang teacher, and ap seminar teacher have all mentioned interest in writing me a rec letter.
school list (lmk if this is off, me and my senior friend put this together in apstats in like 5 mins):
safeties:
a&m. ut dallas, iu
targets:
ut austin mccombs (dream school), gt, umich, nyu, uva, unc
reaches:
stanford, berkeley, ucla, upenn, duke
please lmk what u think i can do. my senior friends have told me that they expect to see me at UT next year, and i honestly cant let em down. any advice going into summer on specific parts of my app i havent touched on? anything helps. thanks!

So i'm SUPER new to programming and i'm following a tutorial from a YouTube video and the guy is running a .kv file but mine isn't running, even after installing the kivy extension in visual studio code and renaming the text to .kv. The window for Kivy is just a black screen.
Sorry if this is a dumb question, like I said i'm really new, so any help is appreciated 🙏
https://imgur.com/a/GHZCUmJ

import kivy from kivy.app import App from kivy.uix.boxlayout import BoxLayout kivy.require('1.9.0') class NeuralRandom(App): def build(self): return BoxLayout() neuralRandom = NeuralRandom() neuralRandom.run() #:kivy : orientation: vertical Label: text: "NeuralRandom" font_size: 64 color: 0.92, 0.45, 0 Label: text: "-" font_size: 64 Button: text: "Generate" font_size: 32 size: 100, 50 

I was going to comment on u/TheOceanWalker post about Women statistics on ESPNCricinfo, but it's become really long, so a new post.
I may be wrong, but let me give a product development perspective.
Features are driven by the revenue it generates. Revenue is probably generated through ads. For a huge product like EspnCricinfo, it must take a lot of money to run the application and website. I would guess the product team to be about 100 people. The OG Cricinfo followers will remember the aesthetics of the website to be terrible, but the content was top class. It was primarily because there were a lot of sports writers working with them full-time, and since ESPN took over, the goal was to make more money, and the full-time writers lost their jobs, and write part time. There's a lot of good content on Cricket monthly, but I would assume they don't get as many clicks.
From the competitor's perspective, companies like Cricbuzz and Cricviz grew exponentially. Cricinfo unfortunately suffered because of their success. Cricbuzz made a great app, and then made a huge jump into Digital commentary using Harsha Bhogle on Youtube, which was a huge success. All the big names want to go there. Cricviz went into the deep analysis category, and hence had major teams as their clients, thus making a lot of money.
What do Cricinfo do?
Unfortunately they do everything, and that is because they are the real OG. They have a great analytics team, they came up with the impact scores for players. They have a win probability. They started the StatsGuru. They have now AskEspnCricinfo. They're all so good.
Cricbuzz has live score. and a great app. Cricinfo has an app. Cricbuzz doesn't even properly show all the teams a player has played for.
The articles on Cricbuzz is crap. Cricbuzz has a great lineup for commentary and analysis, who don't really care much about real analysis. Just basic stats, that Deepu sends them. Not analysis like real strike rate of Virat Kohli. It is all based on the intuition of their guests, like Harsha, Vaughan or Joy (Actually I like Joy). EspnCricinfo is far superior in that regard. Sehwag mentioned in a podcast that he charges around 10k pounds a day for commentary, and he's a regular for Cricbuzz. So Cricbuzz is not interested in paying real analysts or sports writers. Now they have also gotten into the broadcasting business. The regular at Cricinfo commentary is Wasim Jaffer and Mitch McClenaghan. No offense to them, but pretty sure they are not as expensive as a Sehwag or Vaughan.
Cricviz probably has something far greater than StatsGuru and AskCricinfo, and they only give that to their clients directly.
It pains me, but I don't see Cricinfo getting any better in terms of revenue. They will have to give up on certain things to make sure they start making more money.
Writers like Bharat Sundaresan, Jarrod Kimber, Sharda Ugra, etc are now often seen more on Youtube than writing stuff. I follow Jarrod, and his analytics is so far superior to Cricbuzz and Cricinfo, but probably has like 10% of the subscribers and views. Its unfortunate that many of the commentators don't criticize the way Cricket is run by the admins, but they get paid for it, so okay. But these freelance journalists should at least speak up.
There is no real analysis by the analysts on Cricbuzz or The Pavilion or The Grade Cricketer, they're fun, but there analysis is very different from what goes on in the teams really. The difference you'll see when Tom Moody speaks about SRH, Joy about KKR, Eoin Morgan about England cricket, etc. They know what they are talking about. Everyone else is only interested in entertainment analysis and not cricket analysis.
I can go on and on. But let's see if the post is approved, and I'll continue in the comments section. Many users on this subreddit may not even know what OG Cricinfo was like.
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While digital signs are currently quite popular, non-illuminated signs can be just as noticeable and effective with the right design choices. On top of this, non-illuminated signage will cost less, you won’t have to fiddle with complicated LED boards, there’s no need for electricity, and there are fewer restrictions governing their installation.
Non-illuminated signs come in many forms, but unlike digital signs, they will not have an internal light source.

Types of Non-Illuminated Signage

• Letter Sets and Logos: These can be used inside or outside your building but are often found above entrances. You may choose to install spot lighting to further emphasize these signs.
• Awnings: Usually in the front of an establishment, these are great spots for branding and advertising your storefront.
• Interior and Exterior Wall Signs: The location will determine the size and best materials to select for signs.
• Wayfinding Signs: Directional signs safely and efficiently direct visitors through a space.
• Blade Signs: These are projecting or flag-mounted signs that stand out from walls, storefronts, and pillars. They are common on busy streets and in urban areas.

Reasons to Use Non-Illuminated Signs

• Lower Cost: Non-digital signage often costs less to produce than digital signs.
• Flexibility in Function: Non-illuminated signs work great for both indoor and outdoor needs.
• Lack of Electricity Available: Non-illuminated signs do not need to be connected to an electrical source.
• Building or Code Restrictions: You may find that your business or area has more restrictions for electrical and digital signage.
• Sleek and Impactful Look: Non-illuminated signs can give a sleek, minimalistic look to your storefront signs or interior displays. There is no need to worry about malfunctions or burnt-out lights.
• Design Flexibility: Non-illuminated signs can be made from various materials and into any shape or form you require.

Where Are Non-Illuminated Signs Found or Used?

Since non-illuminated signs are known for being versatile and cost-effective, you will find them used in dozens of ways. The most popular places you will see non-illuminated signage includes:

• Interior and exterior walls
• Logos displayed on business walls, both inside and outside the business
• As navigational signage around parking lots, expansive complexes, and inside multi-story department stores or shopping malls
• Mounted on fencing or other architectural features, like awning
• Places where local regulations do not permit illuminated signage, such as businesses in residential areas
• Buildings that do not have proper wiring to mount an illuminated sign
• As freestanding signs to advertise a pop-up event

Really, there is no limit to what you can do with non-illuminated signage. Making effective signage, however, comes down to a few key practices that will be discussed in the following section.

Tips for Making Non-Illuminated Signs Stand Out

1. Consider the Material
Non-illuminated signs can be made from a wide variety of materials depending on the placement and purpose. Here are some of the more popular options to consider.

• Brass or Bronze: These metal options can be polished, rough, or brushed depending on the design aesthetic.
• Aluminum: Aluminum signs are cost-effective and easy to fabricate. These are also a lighter metal option, suitable for interior usage.
• Stainless Steel: Steel lettering will be weather resistant and bold.
• Metal Laminate: A composite material, metal laminates are an inexpensive way to achieve the look of pure metal.
• Acrylic: Available in a variety of colors, acrylic is the perfect choice for matching existing branding. It is also a good option for both interior and exterior signage.
• PVC: PVC is a paintable and extremely flexible material, making it an affordable and highly customizable option.
• HDU (High-Density-Urethane): This is another paintable and affordable material to choose from.

2. Sign Placement
Consider the height and angle of your sign. Signs should be placed so as to align with customer viewing angles, which are typically around 45 degrees above or below average eye level.
If you’re mounting a sign outdoors, you’ll want to choose a spot that gets plenty of sunlight during the day. Without an interior light source on the sign itself, you will need to consider the available light sources in and around your business. If well-lit areas do not exist around your building, consider adding additional spot lighting for the sign.
3. 3-Dimensional Signs
Creating a sign with dimension will help it pop. Our eyes are drawn to depth and contrast, and a well-designed dimensional signage can be as effective as an illuminated sign.
Dimensional signs are useful on storefronts, as well as any other indoor or outdoor locations. There are many three dimensional options, but the main types include

• Pin Mounted Letters: These are letters individually cut out, molded, or cast and then mounted on a wall. These can be made from metal, acrylic, or plastic.
• 3D Channel Letters: These are three dimensional hollow letters, typically shaped of metal with colored acrylic faces.
• Dimensional Letter Signs: These are 3-dimensional letters attached to a one-dimensional sign.
• 3D Logos: Three dimensional signage isn’t only for lettering. Logos, including images, characters, and graphics, can be made into dimensional signs as well.

4. High Contrast
High contrast in sign design is always important, but especially so with non-illuminated signage. Contrasting colors are more likely to be seen at a distance or on a cloudy day. A sign’s readability owes a lot to the contrast of the text color against the background. Choose light or bright colors on a dark background or dark text against a white or light background.
You should also consider the building itself where the sign will hang. It needs to be in contrast with its surroundings. When hanging a storefront sign on a black building, a black or dark-colored sign is never going to be noticed.
5. Font Choice
Choice of font will also affect a sign’s readability, particularly when it comes to non-illuminated signs. You may wish to choose a unique and stylish complicated font to set your business apart, but simple fonts are the easiest to read. A swirly cursive font may not be legible to potential customers walking by.
Quality signage does the job of bringing attention to your business, attracting customers, and sharing helpful information and directions. If you decide to go with non-illuminated signs, keep these tips in mind to make sure your signs shine just as bright as illuminated options.
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Welcome to the SpaceX Starlink 6-62 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

Scheduled for (UTC)	May 23 2024, 02:33
Scheduled for (local)	May 22 2024, 22:33 PM (EDT)
Launch Window (UTC)	May 23 2024, 02:33 - May 23 2024, 06:33
Payload	Starlink 6-62
Customer	SpaceX
Launch Weather Forecast	Unknown
Launch site	SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Booster	Unknown
Landing	The Falcon 9 first stage will land on an ASDS after this flight.
Mission success criteria	Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club)	2D,3D

Timeline

Time	Update
T+1d 13h 51m	Thread last generated using the LL2 API
2024-05-20T05:07:41Z	Launch time moved up per NOTAMs.
2024-05-17T00:30:45Z	NET May 23 EDT.
2024-05-16T02:21:30Z	Updated launch window.
2024-05-14T18:55:01Z	Added launch. (launch window per https://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html)

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☑️ 365th SpaceX launch all time
☑️ 311th Falcon Family Booster landing
☑️ 1st landing on N/A
☑️ 266th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)
☑️ 54th SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 25th launch from SLC-40 this year
☑️ 5 days, 22:13:00 turnaround for this pad
Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Launch Weather Forecast

Weather
Temperature	24.7°C
Humidity	73%
Precipitation	0.0 mm (0%)
Cloud cover	5 %
Windspeed (at ground level)	18.0 m/s
Visibillity	21.1 km

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I've been playing since global release, primarily all sort of discard decks, and heavily with Hela in last 6+ months.
Every now and then people raise the notion that Hela is a problem and she has to nerf to ground. I truly love her card and perhaps biased, yet hear me out: the RNG of her ability balance off both the win rate and cube rate.
Blade's ability change back then buffed her slightly, and that was it. Supergaint was a nice inclusion, but not really getting the deck off the mark.
The whole issue is around the fact that all new cards incline to provide premium "Series 5" experience!
Hela is getting more apparent mostly because her ability is like hiding all cards until the last big revelation, and to those haters of her would neglect the entire buildup until "Heyyy why I lose". Her play is telegraphed as hell -- if you look. It's a glass cannon build JUST as Mr Negative, Wong-Panther, Tribunal, or even like the classic Sera.
However, in recent months, because new cards are power creeping, people are getting unhappy the flashy power creeping cards / strategy can't steamroll Hela if not enough attention.
Also, because of the new stat lines: e.g. 3-costs now have 5 power generally, those 4-10, and 5-7 with crazy abilities, all these make Hela a good play no matter what she resurrects. Actually, Magneto has been much more powerful as well, because of the same power creep, whatever he pulls becomes a big swing.
All in all, I do NOT think Leech is any solution. His current ability isn't a big factor for Hela decks, but instead he just makes the entire game less fun. He is purely a big enabler for Blink.
Edit: As a side note, I ran this deck to Infinite this season day 1 at ease. I'm by no means any particular skillful player, I just casually play the game as I love Marvel.
This deck is extremely powerful, not because of Hela, but the randomly generated 6-costs & the ramp/discount. It's the major reason I made this post, as I anecdotally found the power creeping results in a high win & cube rate even I don't need Hela in so many games.
Edit 2: Many of my following comments got downvoted, but I still want a healthy discussion, or even sharing of my own experience. I understand this is a hot take.

I made seven Cult Ambush rolls in my game tonight. Most of them needed 3+. I passed two. I proceeded to lose the game largely because I just didn't have the bodies to hold objectives in the latter half, because our cheapest GSC infantry are 9ppm for stats barely better than a Guardsman.
I'm using MSU. I'm using almost entirely Battleline units. I'm successfully taking out or tarpitting most of the opponent's army, and certainly all of their heavy hitters. But they can hit me back hard even indirectly, and at nearly necron prices for basic infantry, I just can't hold the board when our Army Rule does barely anything because of sheer bad luck. Because as the faction of plans generations in the making, our core mechanic is winning or losing over a half dozen 50/50 die rolls.
I've played about a dozen games with GSC now. I think I've passed maybe 5 or 6 Cult Ambush rolls, total. Across twice as many games. In over half of my matches, I effectively didn't have an Army Rule at all.
I know our Army Rule is so weak and unpredictable that it has to be mostly ignored when strategizing. I don't count on it. But it would be really nice if it worked.
I understand that, statistically, this is an anomaly. But even with all the dice rolls in 40k, it feels like no other faction is quite so RNG dependent. Plans generations in the making indeed.
They said they aren't giving us a different Army Rule in the Codex. I don't mind that. I like the endless horde trope. I just wish it was even mildly consistent. Make it better by 1 so it's 4+ before modifiers, at least. Even better, make it a currency or something so I can at least always get what I statistically should be getting now. I know GSC has a high skill floor, and I signed up for that, but I signed up for hypertactical guerilla shenanigans, not praying to RNG that I can use my main rules. It's hard to have any hype for the Codex when I know our overall Army Rule is going to continue to be more frustrating than fun.
I really want to stick with the cult, but Emperor is it hard sometimes. Thanks for reading.

Hey guys, this is an updated post mapping all the community days, past, present and future. I've seen you guys referencing last post in todays annoucement, gave me motivation to keep the material up to date! Will update this every 6 months or so. So we always know what is ahead and what is behind!
Comments on the last 6 months: Rowlet and Litten were perfectly predicted. As the pattern holds, starters always are the stars ofcommunity days. Bellsprout got in, I even whished for a fast move! Got my wish, great day. Also bounsweet! Should've had a better move! Chansey is the one that I didn't predict at all. Thought it was too insane to include. Well, got surprised. But my patterns still held pretty nicely. It's a 3 Stage with a Baby. They gave it a suicidal move to help the opponent kill her faster, so all is okay.
We are on the eve of the June/Cd! Everyone thinks it will be Goomy. I bet it's Goomy. Curiosity: of the past 6 years of events, 4 years had Pseudo-legendaries in the June CD (I consider Haxorus a pseudo legendary on this game, nothing will convince me otherwise!). One year had Slaking, who in theory is the strongest non legendary pokemon in the game. In practice, he can't do much with those moves. And in strongest part of the pandemic, we got a June/CD of Weedle. We voted for that... The voting was suuuper biased, but okay!
Will we get the fifth pseudo legend in the june cd this year? We pray so. Till december for the next update!
Part 0 - Introduction
Every month is the same. The community day is the most expected event and we always wildly speculate which mon will the be our hero of the month. Will the next gen starters finally be featured? Cmon, my boy Decidueye needs that Frenzy Plant goodness. Or maybe the next dragon in line to hyped to the moon (looking at you Goomy). Or maybe they will simply give us Pikipek while laughing with at our frustrated faces. Make it awesome, give it something like Astonish! Just Kidding. I wanna try something different today, let’s try to stablish some patters of every past CD and from that, extrapolate to every possible future one! Every single one so far followed some very limited patterns. There was never a legendary CD, never a single evolution CD, never a plain 2 stage family CD (with 50 candy or without alternate forms). I will list every single one, ignoring Classic days and December days.
Part 1 – Classification of past CDs
1 - Jan/18 - Pikachu - 3 Stage with baby
2 - Fev/18 - Dratini - 3 Stage Pseudo
3 - Ma18 -Bulbasaur - 3 Stage Starter
4 - Ap18 - Mareep - 3 Stage
5 - May/18 - Charmander - 3 Stage Starter
6 - Jun/18 - Larvitar - 3 Stage Pseudo
7 - Jul/18 - Squirtle - 3 Stage Starter
8 - Aug/18 - Eevee - Eevee
9 - Sep/18 - Chikorita -3 Stage Starter
10 - Oct/18 - Beldum - 3 Stage Pseudo
11 - Nov/18 - Cyndaquill - 3 Stage Starter
12 - Jan/19 - Totodile - 3 Stage Starter
13 - Fev/19 - Swinub - 3 Stage
14 - Ma19 - Treecko - 3 Stage Starter
15 - Ap19 - Bagon - 3 Stage Pseudo
16 - May/19 - Torchic - 3 Stage Starter
17 - Jun/19 - Slakoth - 3 Stage
18 - July/19 - Mudkip - 3 Stage Starter
19 - Aug/19 - Ralts - 3 Stage
20 - Set/19 - Turtwig - 3 Stage Starter
21 - Oct/19 - Trapinch -3 Stage
22 - Nov/19 - Chimchar - 3 Stage Starter
23 - Jan/20 - Piplup - 3 Stage Starter
24 - Fev - Rhyhorn - 3 Stage
25 - Ap20 - Abra - 3 Stage
26 - May/20 - Seedot - 3 Stage
27 - Jun/20 - Weedle - 3 Stage
28 - Jul/20 - Gastly - 3 Stage
29 - Aug/20 - Magikarp – 400 Candy 2 Stage
30 - Sep/20 - Porygon – 3 Stage
31 - Oct/20 - Charmander 2 - 3 Stage Starter
32 - Nov/20 - Electabuzz- 3 Stage with baby
33 - Nov/20 - Magmar - 3 Stage with baby
34 - Jan/21 - Machop – 3 Stage
35 - Fev/21 - Roselia - 3 Stage with baby
36 - Ma21 - Fletchling - 3 Stage
37 - Ap21 - Snivy - 3 Stage Starter
38 - May/21 - Swablu – 400 candy 2 Stage
39 - Jun/21 - Gible - 3 Stage Pseudo
40 - Jul/21 - Tepig - 3 Stage Starter
41 - Aug/21 - Eevee 2 - Eevee
42 - Sep/21 - Oshawott - 3 Stage Starter
43 - Oct/21 - Duskull – 3 Stage
44 - Nov/21 - Shinx – 3 Stage
45 - Jan/22 - Spheal - 3 Stage
46 - Fev/22 - Hoppip - 3 Stage
47 - Ma22 - Sandshrew and Alolan Sandshrew – Regional Form 2 Stage
48 – Ap22 - Stufful - 400 candy 2 Stage
49 – May/22 - Alolan Geodude – 3 Stage
50 – Jun/22 - Deino - 3 Stage Pseudo
51 – Jul/22 - Starly - 3 Stage
52 – Aug/22 - Galarian Zigzagoon - 3 Stage
53 – Set/22 - Roggenrola - 3 Stage
54 – Oct/22 - Litwick – 3 Stage
55 – Nov/22 - Teddiursa – 3 Stage
56 – Jan/23 - Chespin – 3 Stage Starter
57 – Fev/23 - Noibat – 400 candy 2 stage
58– Ma23 - Slowpoke and Galarian Slowpoke– Regional Form 2 Stage
59 – Ap23 - Togetic – 3 Stage with Baby
60 – May/23 - Fennekin – 3 Stage Starter
61 – Jun/23 - Axew – 3 Stage Pseudo
62 – Jul/23 - Poliwag – 3 Stage
63 – Aug/23 - Froakie – 3 Stage Starter
64 – Sep/23 - Grubbin – 3 Stage
65 – Oct/23 - Timburr – 3 Stage
66 – Nov/23 - Wooper and Paldean Wooper – Regional Form 2 Stage
67 - Jan/24 - Rowlet - 3 Stage Starter
68 - Fev/24 - Chansey - 3 Stage with Baby
69 - Ma24 - Litten - 3 Stage Starter
70 - Ap24 - Bellsprout - 3 Stage
71 - May/24 - Bounsweet - 3 Stage
72 - Jun/24 - Goomy - 3 Stage Pseudo (we know it is)
Part 2 - The Patterns
So there you have it, 6 years and a half worthy of fun with friends and pokémon adventures while you hopefully don’t melt in the blazing midday sun. Or in the insane rain while you try to convince people to check n on campfire. So far we got a few patterns:
1– 3 Stage. The most common pattern, most CDs use this one. A three stage family is the basic form of the CD, evolve the first for 25 candy and the second for 100 (maybe with an item) for a legacy move. 28/72 are these.
2 – 3 Stage Starter. Basically the same as the 3 Stage pattern, but these are guarateed to happen and we know the moves ( the OP ones, Frenzy Plant, Blast Burn, Hydro Cannon). So far we got 21/72 of these (6 generations of 3, 2 from Alola and charmander again for some reason). Poplio is next in Line.
3 – 3 Stage Pseudo. The cream of the crop, always the most hyped ones. We got 7/72 so far and every single one had deep impacts on the meta (PVE oand PVP). Wil we get 8 next month?
4 – 3 Stage with baby. The twist is that the middle form is the featured mon and maybe you can get the baby in eggs. 6/72 of these so far.
5– 400 candy 2 stage. Some two stage families do get featured, but they are never simple. This variation had 4/72 events so far. Gotta get a lotta candy for these fellas.
6 – Regional Form 2 Stage. Niantic tried to put these up a couple of time in votes but the community never voted for them. We already got 3/72, so this pattern is in the table.
7 – Eevee. Yeah, eevee is pretty unique. And we got 2/72.
Part 3 - Future CDs
Nowthat we have the patterns properly described, lets map every pokemon family that could fit in to one of those and didn’t already had an event, all the way to Paldea! I will try to be exhaustive as possible, which Niantic will have to be if they want this game to last forever.
1 – Caterpie. 3 Stage. Was up to vote one day. Will probably happen, but we will hate it.
2 – Pidgey. 3 Stage. Even got a GBL day with a legacy move. Will probably happen (please no!).
3 – Rattata. Regional Form 2 Stage. - This is the day the game die.
4– Nidoran F/M. 3 Stage. - Got an a research day already. Maybe will happen with some interesting move.
5– Clefable. 3 Stage with baby. - The charmer that has Meteor Mash. I don’t think it needs more. Had a recent eggs day.
6 – Vulpix. Regional Form 2 Stage. - Niantic gave it the move it would get in the votes, so I doubt.
7 - Jigglypuff. 3 Stage with baby. - This will happen, jiggly is pretty popular.
8- Zubat. 3 Stage. C’mon, don’t do it.
9– Oddish. 3 Stage. 2 evos, could be even be fun with some PVP moves.
10– Digglet. Regional Form 2 Stage. - Nothing would save Dugtrio, this would be a waste.
11– Meowth. Double Regional Form 2 Stage! - A unique case of double regional form. Even had a research day!. This will happen, that Perrserker shiny is still very valuable.
12 – Growlithe. Regional Form 2 Stage. - Can happen, the hisuian form is cool. Arca9 needs some PVE love.
13 – Mankey. 3 Stage. This would be a joke a year ago. But now, with the third stage being that awesome? Make it happen!
14 – Ponyta. Regional Form 2 Stage. - Almost guaranteed, the galarian one is beloved.
15 – Magnemite. 3 Stage. I don’t understand why this didn’t happen yet. Give this thing Thunder Shock and Discharge!
16 – Grimer. Regional Form 2 Stage. - They tried the vote, people prefered Charmander again. Muk is good, he doesn’t need more moves.
17– Voltorb. Regional Form 2 Stage. - The kantonian is lame, but the hisuian has potential. Can happen with the might Choroblast!
18– Horsea. 3 Stage. - Kingdra has potential, just need better moves. We know this will eventually happen.
19– Mr. Mime. 3 Stage with Baby. The baby is regional, they can release it for everyone. Mr Rime needs better moves. Did you pay 8 bucks for one?
20 – Marill. 3 Stage with Baby. The less we mess with “The Azu” the best. Already got a research day and a eggs day.
21– Sneasel. Regional Form 2 Stage. - With the new Hisuian form, this one can rock. Will probably happen and will be awesome.
22– Wurmple 3 Stage. C’mon, no, just no.
23– Lotad. Already got a research day, but a CD is possible. Seedot got one...
24– Whismur. 3 Stage. As lame as this is, Exploud could get some new moves, it has potential.
25– Aron. 3 Stage. The fated one. Aron CD is always next month, hope next month never comes. But sincerely, it could get a new Steel move. For the raiding community that loves him.
26– Wailmer. 400 Candy 2 Stage. - The big one! But not on hype. Wailord could use new moves and the XP will flow (easiest excellent ever!) but the community will hate.
27– Lillipup. 3 Stage. - It’s lame, but okay, could be a filler day with some fun pvp move.
28– Pidove. 3 Stage. With the recent Starly and Fletchling, this could happen. Please, no.
29– Darumaka. Regional Form 2 Stage. Very strong fire type and very strong ice type. Can be a PVE bonanza in a day!
30– Tympole. 3 Stage. Could be a fun one with a strong/efficient water charged move to pair with the Mud Shot. This has never gone wrong before, ever.
31– Sewaddle. 3 Stage. Kinda rare, lot’s of unused potential. Not the coolest. But fun nonetheless.
32 – Venipede. 3 Stage. He is very stylish. Give him some powerfull Poison charged move and we are game.
33 – Sandile. 3 Stage. This will happen, he deserves. Most players don’t even know he is in the game yet!
34 – Yamask. Regional Form 2 Stage. - Could be a future Halloween one. Heard the galarian form owns on pvp.
35 – Zorua. Regional Form 2 Stage. This event, including the hisuian form, would be awesome.
36 – Gothita. 3 Stage. - Yeah, not the worst, not the best.
37– Solosis. 3 Stage. A tankier psychic type. Could be made a force in pvp, given proper moves.
38– Vanillite. 3 Stage. This is 100% happening and I’m 100% hyped. Gotta play this one on the top ice cream parlor in town.
39 – Klink. 3 Stage. Raid exclusive and terrible moves. Should’ve already happened.
40 – Tynamo. 3 Stage. The mon without weaknesses. Give him better moves and we are cool.
41 – Pawniard. 3 Stage. New super strong evo for gen 9. This will happen.
42 – Larvesta. 400 Candy 2 Stage. The rarest pokemon in the game? Most people arealready waiting for the CD. This event will own.
43 – Scatterbug. 3 Stage. An event exploring many forms and the secret ones, could be fun for collectors.
44– Flabebe. 3 Stage. 100% happening. Kicked a lot of butt with this monster on GBL, could be even stronger. Also five different colours!
45 – Honedge. 3 Stage. The GBL killer which isn’t even released yet. This looks like a faraway dream, hope we survive this long.
46 – Popplio. 3 Stage Starter. Will be incredible with Hydro Cannon. People already use Primarina today, imagine after this? The other two starters from Alolan are already in, he is confirmed in 2024. July perhaps?
47 – Pikipek. 3 Stage. I see this happening. Please, don’t.
48– Wimpod. 400 candy 2 stage. Give him decent moves, for Arceus sake!
49– Jangmo-o. 3 Stage Pseudo. This will amazing, make him an even stronger fighter and we are so game.
50 – Grookey. 3 Stage Starter. Only a matter of time. They need to release Galar first btw.
51– Scorbunny. 3 Stage Starter. Only a matter of time.
52 – Sobble. 3 Stage Starter. Only a matter of time.
53– Rookidee. 3 Stage. The first bird that I actually want. Make it a stronger Skarmory!
54 – Blipbug. 3 Stage. Looks cool, people don’t know him. Makes for an exotic event.
55 – Rolycoly. 3 Stage. Can kick all kinds of but on pvp with move and stats. Will be fun.
56– Applin. 400 Candy 2 Stage. That typing is awfull, but could be a fun one with the three (four) evos.
57– Hatterene. 3 Stage. Another waifu full of Charm. Can be a fun one, not that unique.
58 – Impidimp. 3 Stage. Far more interesing with that unique typing. This one will be hype!
59 – Dreepy. 3 Stage Pseudo. A mini Giratina for Master Premier? That’s what myheart desires. Got Hype.
60– Sprigatito. 3 Stage Starter. The gen 9 grass starter, guranteed event. Will be the top grass type.
61– Fuecoco. 3 Stage starter. The gen 9 fire starter, guarateed event.
62– Quaxly. 3 Stage starter. The gen 9 water starter, guaranteed event.
63– Pawmi. 3 Stage. A beloved pikaclone. Hope they take the 25 km requirement for the event.
64– Smoliv. 3 Stage. A 3 stage grass type with more of a support role. Can be a good event.
65– Nacli. 3 Stage. The salt rock pokemon. A better Golem or Gigalith. This is happening.
66– Tinkatink. 3 Stage. By far the most hyped non starter mon in the gen. Make Gigaton Hammer happen!
67– Frigibax. 3 Stage Pseudo. The star of the gen, the pseudo legendary dragon/ice. This will be awesome, no doubt.
So there it is. 6 years and 1 months worth of CDs all the way to gen 9! Some awful ones, some very cool ones. They will absolutely release more until we exhaut this list. New regional forms! Some of these will probably never happen, but they are all on the table! So, what do you think? Did I forgot anyone? Leave a comment!

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X, N, & O cards may be messaged or spoken aloud.
We will discuss how the game went and how everyone is feeling about the game so far after every session. I also ask everyone to give a compliment and a critique about the game after every session. This can be about another player's roleplay/charactemechanics, as well as my own DMing style/roleplay/mechanics.
I offer a Virtual Tabletop in Roll20. I do not have ALL the books, but I will share with you what books I do have. Cost of the Campaign goes into purchasing more books, maps, and other resources for the Campaigns I run.
I do character voices, and I am a Rule of Cool DM. Ask me about Homebrew!
Character Creation will happen during our first session, Session 0 in other words.
Characters MUST be created either on DnDBeyond, with the Beyond20 Chrome/Firefox Extension, OR on Roll20 itself with the charactermancer. I can help with any character creation.
Character Rules:
Starting Level is 3.
You may only Multiclass ONCE.
You may start with your Starting equipment, 100 Gold (you may buy things with that gold, ask me about prices), and 2 Common Magical Items.
I'm fine with any Official Races/Classes/Subclasses/Items. Ask me if you would like to incorporate Homebrew.
There will be homebrew Items later on.
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Pricing: Sessions are $15 each, Paypal or Cashapp.
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