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2014.08.14 21:33 embermage Cities: Skylines

A community-led subreddit for Cities: Skylines and Cities: Skylines II, the city-builder games from Colossal Order.
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2011.07.23 00:09 Reluctant_swimmer r/AceAttorney - Phoenix Wright Trilogy, Apollo Justice Trilogy, The Great Ace Attorney, and more!

An unofficial subreddit for Ace Attorney, a murder mystery-solving visual novel/adventure game series from Capcom.
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2016.02.20 17:22 brianpi A page for the d100 RPG Mythras

Welcome to /Mythras, a subreddit dedicated to the role-playing game of the same name, developed and published by The Design Mechanism - Lawrence (Loz) Whitaker and Pete Nash, the authors of RuneQuest 6. Mythras is a d100 skill (percentile) system, it has no classes or levels with detailed culture and profession for character generation and a default setting of sword and sorcery supported by a variety of different campaign supplements.
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2024.05.21 11:19 TeGoRE Issues analysis of the Automaton faction; Solutions, discussion, general awareness post

Introduction

Hello fellow Helldivers. My name is Elliot, alias TeGoRE, a player with 155 hours on the game and plenty of experience gathered from 3rd party sources, especially Reddit and YouTube. I primarily play on difficulty 7, so this post will be biased specifically towards that difficulty.
As you all may know by this point, a lot of people are upset with the Automaton faction, its issues, balancing, bugs, etc. In this post I will be attempting to bring awareness to specific issues rather than asking for vague and general "fixes" the faction would need. I will also be referencing the other faction currently present in the game, the Terminids, as a point of comparison throughout the post.

"Fun factor" analysis; Loadout restrictions

I'll begin with what I believe will be the major point of discussion here. The automatons are just not fun. I understand this is a critical take, but please read before jumping straight to comments.
Let's compare the "fun" factor of Terminids to Automatons here. The Terminids allow you to run pretty much any loadout, while still letting you have impact on the game. You can run pure fodder clear loadouts with light penetration primaries and support tools and contribute to the mission that way, allowing your teammates to clear the heavies with ease. You can also run pure heavy clear with big bulky primaries and anti-tank tools, still contributing to the mission by destroying any charger and bile titan that comes into sight hence allowing your teammates to shoot the other fodder present without being spat on by a 400 ton oversized shrimp or being charged at by a walking rock. With both loadout cases you can also bring stratagems or change out your primaries and other tools (secondary and grenade specifically) that will allow you to have at least some impact on the heavies or lights, respectfully.
The Automatons don't allow for such loadout variety, and considering all the nerf barrages we've been receiving it's obvious that loadout choices are quite restrictive when it comes to fighting automatons. When was the last time you ran flamethrower against the Automatons? Any of the guard dogs? Any other sentry besides autocannon, EMS mortar or maybe the rocket sentry? Gas or airburst strikes? Light penetration or non-precision primaries? You get my point.
The faction requires a playstyle too specific for the casual player. You need to equip high precision weaponry (AMR, Counter sniper, Dominator, etc.) or medium penetration weaponry (Liberator penetrator, Counter sniper, Autocannon, etc) alongside way too many anti-tank tools. Sure, you can bring fodder clear, but the only realistic fodder is the regular troopers or the strider unit. Maybe berserkers. Only reliable (not saying it's the only viable one might I add) fodder clearer would be the grenade launcher, maybe the arc thrower. Furthermore, once on the actual battlefield, you can't necessarily play aggressive. Jump into a pile of bots and you'll be jumping back out limb-by-limb. You have to stay in cover, picking enemies one by one, slowly advancing forward. Then get all your progress denied by a bot drop :^)
We can then conclude that one of the contributing factors to why the Automatons aren't fun is the fact that it's too restricting and too sluggish. Let's look deeper, and analyse why your loadout and playstyle get so restricted;

Enemy analysis, its' contribution to the fun factor

The enemy types of the faction just do not let you vary your loadout enough.
Devastators specifically are the biggest issue. The regular devastator is well-thought out, a heavier bulkier unit with obvious weakspots and not too much firepower which could be compared to the hive guard in terms of mechanics. However, for the heavy devastator and rocket devastator, these are built to just bullshit you into dying. And good luck killing them if you have a light-pen weapon or generally don't have a longer-ranged or high-precision tool, as their primary body (excluding the abdomen) has enough HP to take three full counter sniper magazines (I do not know how a rocket devastator managed to do that, but it did) and just shrug it off. I don't think I need to talk about heavy devastators, they've been brought up enough... I will just briefly skim over it. They're too accurate. "Suppressive fire" does nothing to them. Their 70%-body-covering shield can eat anti-tank projectiles no problem. Sometimes a pack of devastators can be more devastating (badumtss) than a pack of hulks, depending on what devastators they are. If the "heavy" unit of a faction gets outperformed by common enemies, it's an obvious issue.
Another obnoxious enemy type is the berserker. As the name implies, they're a rage-crazed bot with only one directive: charge at you and kill you, no regard for its personal being. Which would be fine if they didn't have the health pool of a damn tank. One unit alone can eat an anti-tank projectile. And they typically spawns in packs of 4. Their weakspots don't even count as weakspots from what I can personally tell, shooting them in the head or the abdomen does about the same damage as just plain out shooting them. They're hard to kill at their core, and if they're backed up by support fire from the other enemy types behind them, you're pretty much helpless.
The rest of the enemy units are fine, in my opinion. They're well thought-out, with obvious counter-measure mechanics.
Hulks can be compared to Chargers. Heavy, tanky units at first, but mechanic rich enough to be an easy take-down once you figure out what you're doing. They have a giant heatsink which is where you have to shoot at regularly to take them out reliably. Not a weakspot might I add, just a point which you can shoot. Think Charger's butt. If you're a space cowboy shooting their tiny faceplate with anti-tank, or even medium penetration tools, can kill them as well. Lastly, just pumping them full of anti-tank projectiles (typically 2 rockets from any of the support weapons) will take them out just fine. There's other cool tricks you could pull off, such as throwing impact grenades between their feet, making them land behind the hulk, which would then take it out in 2 impact grenades if done right. Thermite grenades also deal a lot of damage to their legs, which can take them out too. Lastly, their arms can just be plain out shot off with the right tools. In conclusion, they are threatening at first, but once you use your brain to figure out its weakness, you're going to shrug them off.
Factory Striders are the Bile Titans of the Automatons. They are a bit less obvious but can still be handled decently well by a complete newbie. 2 miniguns on the front, shoot them off with medium penetration for easier kiting. Rocket the top cannon off for further success. Their big exposed abdomen is the obvious weakspot anyone can figure out. Shoot it enough and it'll die. For the more experienced, the front panel eye alongside the opening vents can also be points of advantage. Oh also can we talk about how they're a giant walking factory? Just bomb that bitch! 500kg, orbital precision strike, a regular airstrike, etc. It's a giant target just BEGGING you to throw stratagems at it.
Striders are simple as well. Big impenetrable front plate, completely exposed sides and back. A baby could do it!
Troopers are just fodder. Shoot 'em, they fall over.

Issue with dropships

If you played at least a few hours on the automaton front, you may know that the dropships can be shot down. However, when was the last time you saw that actually do anything?
The explosion deals too little damage, only sometimes killing the trooper units it's carrying. The body of the dropship itself seems to do no impact damage on the automatons, but loves to damage the shit out of you. The automatons also don't seem to care when they fall down 50 feet. Especially dropships with tanks. Shoot them down at the highest point of their drop, tank flies down at crazy velocity, lands with literally 0 damage to itself, then the dropships smacks on top of the tank doing fuck-all to it.
Oh and you can't forget the fact that the debris is solid cover FOR THE BOTS. You can't shoot through it. They can. They can also walk through it, you can't. ??????????

Issues with Automaton-specific side objectives

I will only bring up the ones that have actual issues behind them. If it isn't brought up here, then I personally believe it is fine.
Barely does it's job. Shoots down one dropship per reinforcement, and as we learned earlier shooting the dropships down doesn't even do anything to begin with. Often times the rockets hit terrain as well. Completely pointless side-objective.
Add some sort of indication to the spectating players when the person they're spectating is inside a jammer field, and therefore cannot reinforce them. Too many posts about too many people getting kicked for not reinforcing when they literally cannot.
WARNING YOU ARE IN RANGE OF ENEMY ARTILLERY WARNING YOU ARE IN RANGE OF ENEMY ARTILLERY WARNING YOU ARE IN RANGE OF ENEMY ARTILLERY WARNING YOU ARE IN RANGE OF ENEMY ARTILLERY oh my god SHUT UP!!!!

Bugs (not the Terminid kind)

The faction is riddled with way too many bugs, which just suck the fun out of it. Bots shooting through obviously solid cover, bots seeing you from across the map / through cover and then calling reinforcements, their seemingly 50/50 resistance to explosive damage, then other misc bugs not worth addressing.
This obviously drives people away. A terminid can't shoot me through a rock, I'd prefer fighting that terminid.

Conclusion of analysis; Solutions, final thoughts

The Automaton faction enemies & its mechanics at its core are fine, most enemies making complete sense. Most mechanics, while rich in function, are not very obvious. To play the faction well you need to invest some time into learning how it works. This deters the casual player back to the terminid front, which is a bit more brainless, requiring you just "hurr durr shoot bugs". Here's some solutions to consider:
Rework the devastator enemy type, specifically its specialists types:
The spawn rates of the specialist types could be reworked instead, allowing space for the default devastator instead rather than constantly spewing the specialist types. When was the last time you saw a dropship bring just normal devastators?
Please please please do something about berserkers. Lower their health pool. Maybe make the weakspots actually do something. Perhaps make them spawn less frequently if they're in the major enemy pool. Or, instead of that, make the packs smaller. They're a major ammo sink currently and by the time you're done killing them all the other enemies are already in your face.
Dropship crashes should actually do something. If I use up my support weapon's ammo to shoot down a dropship, I would want it to actually contribute to me destroying the bots, not just create a flashy explosion and extra 1-way cover for the bots.
SEAF SAM Site needs a rework of sorts. Make it always spawn on higher terrain, maybe buff its firerate (see actual SAM sites for reference), or keep the firerate as is if dropship crashes actually start doing something, instead improving its turn speed and lock-on speed. Primary issue is terrain though.
"oh yeah this spot is PERFECT for a SAM site!" said the seaf engineer after ordering it be built in a trench enclosed by cliffs from all 4 sides "what the hell is this" said the helldiver when stumbling upon it
Realistically speaking, the only people who perform well when fighting against Automatons are those who have tens of hours of experience on their belt alongside a team with similar skill level, using proper "meta" (god forbid) loadouts to properly counter the bot menace. The casual solo-queue player just crumbles.

Conclusion & Goodbyes

I may have missed some things, but I tried to grab everything problematic about the faction to the best of my ability. I will most likely not edit the post due to it already being gigantic. However any comments adding onto the post are obviously appreciated. :)
If you're here to find a tl;dr, don't bother. No way in hell I'm summarizing 11.5k+ worth of characters. Just read the analysis conclusion.
If you're here after reading everything above, thank you. I hope this was a fun read and brought attention to why you might not be having as much fun on automatons, maybe made you realize what needs to be done in order to counter the currently sluggish faction. I just hope I helped in some way.
If you're a developer, thank you for creating an amazing game. I've been in love with Helldivers 2 since the very start (upon finding it reaching sky-high popularity), enjoying every hour of gameplay. But just like with any game, it has its flaws, and I hope these are properly addressed. The community has been asking for changes, and I hope my post brought awareness to it.
Buh-bye!!!
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2024.05.21 11:19 Aisorai 🥀🥀🥀

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On May 22, 2016, Game of Thrones' greatest character, Hodor (Willis), rested in peace. This was a character who left his mark on the hearts of many fans of the Game of Thrones series and film history. His dedication and courage will forever be remembered by the audience. If not for his tragic death, he would have become the great Hand of King Brandon Stark, first of his name. May his soul rest in peace and his legacy live on in the hearts of those who loved and respected him. My sincere condolences to everyone who felt the loss of Hodor (Willis).
I declare a week of mourning in honor of the legend.🥀🥀
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2024.05.21 11:18 armed_snail Reading glasses???

I dont know where else to post this. I dont know if I have dissociation disorder, but often, daily, it becomes hard to focus and be "in the moment". I'm always confused, and whenever I try to do a grounding exercise, like to "name 3 red things you see, name 3 pieces of cloth you see, name whatever you see etc." I find it doesn't help at all, because in the moment everything becomes blurry, as if I get cross eyed.
Anyways, one day I find a pair of reading glasses on top of a trash can. I think, "what the hell", and put them on. My shock when everything close to me got so much better quality... Yall really live in this nice rendering every day? I thought games with high graphics were over exaturating, but this really is real life?
Today I invested into reading glasses that arent scratched, are less intense, and everything is even better.. i still dissosciate, heavily, but with these glasses it becomes so much easier to do grounding exercises. And everything feels less overwhelming when everything doesnt look like a blur. It also makes watching my aquarium swim around much more relaxing and fun.
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2024.05.21 11:16 Kokoce It starts to get weird.

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I get weird friend requests almost every two to three days. What is weird about them?
They have 0 Games, Zero everything. But still have from 600 to 3500 hours on their account.
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Weird names too. I for some reason had "Secret Shop's Gem", "The Secret Shop's Courier" etc. already in friends list with 1000+ hours in game on average. They all had other games on accounts. And their Dotabuff is blocked.
Also, they do sit in the Dota2 Game menu, and do not respond to any messages
What should I do? What is happening? Why so many friend weird friend requests?
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2024.05.21 11:14 TennisResponsible88 A man living for his own selfish gains.

Visit the Wikipedia link given in the comments and head down to "political aspirations", read it and hope you understand.
To the people who are unaware, Ranjit is the CEO of RR and the chairman of the company that owns RR. He has been associated with RR since 2008. However, he did not bother to promote the game (or) the team in the North East of India till the year 2022. Once, he saw the team and brand peaking he took the opportunity for his selfish gains and moved the matches from Jaipur to Guwahati.
He is not bothered about promoting the game (or) the team. He is not bothered about the team, the management (or) the fans. All he cares about is money and that too for his selfish gains. He just wants to establish his name among the political clout.
Robbing away the pride of RR for selfish gains. It is high time for Manoj Badale and Co to boot Ranjit out.
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2024.05.21 11:13 The_Way358 Essential Teachings: The Good News That God Reigns

The Scriptures seem to imply that the kingdom of God isn't exactly synonymous with what is called "the Church." The Church was a temporary eschatological community of believers that existed on earth in preparation of a kingdom where God Himself would reign, and said community had Christ reign over them in the meantime. The head of the Church was Christ, with the Father serving as his head (1 Cor. 11:3). The Scriptures teach that, when all Christ's enemies were to be made his footstool, he was to give back all authority to the Father (Psa. 110:1, 1 Cor. 15:22-28), and it is this page's belief that this happened in 70 AD.
The following quotation is from the above hyperlink:
As for the "1000 years" mentioned in Revelation, they are apocalyptic metaphor for the 40 years Christ "reigned" (triumphed) over his enemies both human and spirit, with the final triumph being the judgement of apostate Jerusalem. The "1000 years" began with his ascension, and ended with this judgement.
Thus, the community to replace the Church on earth was to be the kingdom of God. But, what even is the kingdom of God, and why did God have to reclaim authority of His own creation in the first place?
To be as succinct as possible: man sinned, and so the great level of authority God initially granted us ourselves over the creation was stripped. As a result, the human condition has suffered and it must be redeemed for God to allow us to reign with Him in the way that He originally intended for us. God has always been sovereign, of course, but He seeks the good of man to make us stewards over His world with Him, as that was His original plan and this was His original view of what a kingdom of His truly looks like: a kingdom characterized by man's love for Him and love for others.
A Biblical understanding of Adam's sin, contrary to popular thought, isn't that we are guilty of what he did personally. We simply inherit his fallen nature and a fallen world as a result of his sin, the same way a baby could leave the womb already addicted to certain substances because the mother abused said substances while pregnant. It's not the baby's fault for its condition, it was the parent's. But the baby is born with this condition and enters the world like this nonetheless.
The implication of this is that we are all only guilty of our own sins, and whether or not we ever seek to treat (or possibly cure) our condition in the first place is on us. We were dealt a bad hand due to Adam, sure, but God doesn't hold us responsible for what our forefather did. God only holds us responsible for what we do, and whether or not we seek to be liberated from the dark forces which keep us in bondage to our sinful condition (Gen. 4:6-7, Deut. 24:16, Jer. 31:30, Ezek. 18, Matt. 9:9-13).
The whole Old Testament is essentially a record of God's people constantly breaking their covenant(s) with Him. There are individuals mentioned throughout that were, of course, commended by God and the Biblical authors for their righteousness in honestly pursuing to remain faithful to their covenant with Him. But even the best of these people often faltered and, in fact, did rather heinous things in their lives at one point or another. One of the greatest examples of this is king David, who was literally called by the Scriptures "a man after God's own heart" (1 Sam. 13:14, Acts 13:22). Yet, this same man at one point committed adultery and then murdered the man he stole the wife of to try and cover it up. This was a heinous thing, and David repented of what he did with genuine sorrow and guilt toward God. God ultimately forgave him, but not without a heavy hand of chastisement and earthly consequences for his actions.
All throughout the Old Testament, you see various men of God who were deemed righteous, but these same men were usually shown to have some major flaw that prevented them from living a life that could be characterized as consistent obedience to the commandments to love God and love others as themselves. There is something deeply wrong with man's heart, according to the Bible. Something so wrong, in fact, that a whole prophecy had to be given that promised to address the issue of man's seeming incapability to accomplish fulfilling the commandment to love consistently on their own without some sort of divine help from above:
"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh."-Ezekiel 36:26
Naturalistic philosophies see the physical world as all that exists. Humans beings are the result of mindless, chance causes and processes. Humans are essentially animals – highly evolved, but no different in significance than any other living thing. Thus naturalistic views demote humans. But this view leaves a lot unexplained. Why do humans practice altruism, benevolence, or acts of heroism? And what explains acts of incredible evil? Sure, naturalistic arguments have been made that true altruism doesn't exist, and that "unconditional love" is really just an illusion that's been disguised very well by our survival instincts that we've developed over a long period of time at certain stages of our evolutionary process. However, many people have found such arguments to be unpersuasive and naive when compared to their actual experience of the world as they mature in their lives and have what they know to be truly meaningful experiences that can't simply be reduced in the way that the naturalist wishes them to be. This realization was ultimately why I transitioned from hard atheism to agnostic spiritualism at one point or another.
On the other extreme of these things, transcendental worldviews and philosophies say that the physical world is illusory. Only the spiritual world is ultimately real. Humans are an expression of the divine spirit that is the essence of all things. If naturalistic views demote humans to the level of animals, transcendental views promote human beings. God is not “out there” somewhere; we are God. God is all, thus God is us. But this view doesn’t explain real evil. Why are people selfish? Why do they hurt others? What accounts for personal acts of evil like rape or terrorism? If we are all truly "God," then why would we ever do such things to what is ultimately "ourself"? And why can't a person who practices the belief that we are all actually "God" be only loving? There are so many people who adopt this view of reality who are constantly, day by day, finding that they struggle to be as truly loving as they wish to be because they will still sometimes find themselves thinking and doing rather evil and selfish things. I can speak from experience here, remembering throwing myself into the New Age movement when I was desperately seeking what I did not know at the time was forgiveness for and redemption from my sins because of who I was as a person up until that point. I was seeking the mythic "ego death" that promised me that I could truly be loving and find the forgiveness and redemption I was searching for, because I thought that if only I truly realized I was "God" all along, I could then accomplish these things all at once and simultaneously. I eventually found even this philosophy unsatisfactory when I came to the aforementioned conclusions concerning our great capacity for evil, and also realized that forgiveness can only exist if there are two parties: forgiver and forgivee. Such a thing is impossible if there is only really one being at play at the bottom of reality, and I knew deep down that forgiving oneself (at least, on its own) will never satisfy one's pursuit for redemption that we all inherently take part in whenever pursuing to mend even our own relationships with each other as humans. Further, love would be an illusion in this philosophy too, being that there is only really one party behind and in all of existence if "everything is God." Such an idea would make true altruism a farce, as well. There would be no such thing as real sacrifice for another, because there is no "another."
The French mathematician and Christian philosopher Blaise Pascal said, “Man’s greatness and wretchedness are so evident that the true religion must necessarily teach both.” Any philosophy that cannot fully account for human greatness and human depravity at the same time should be abandoned because it misses something obvious about the human condition. The religion of the Bible has a valid explanation for human greatness: people are made in God’s image. Thus we have dignity, value, and capacity for good. The Bible also explains human evil: the image of God has been defaced by sin. Our great capacity gets used for the wrong purposes. Our creativity is placed in the service of evil and our best intentions twisted for selfish gain. Something has gone terribly wrong. While other worldviews unduly demote or promote humanity, the Bible gets the tension just right.
Thus, human nature is puzzling and conflicting. Other worldviews—both secular and religious—struggle to account for this enigma, and don't offer satisfying solutions to the problem itself. The Bible, however, explains what happened when it tells us that man rebelled against God in the paradise that was prepared for him called "the Garden of Eden." We fell into temptation and estranged ourselves from God by tarnishing the image we were created in, and now are born with a natural proclivity to do evil, despite our best efforts to do good (that is, to do good consistently).
And so, the Bible promised a solution in the prophet Ezekiel that God will literally change our natural human condition, if we simply choose to humble ourselves before Him in faith to allow for such a change. While as unbelievers our inner disposition towards God is often rebellious, we at least still have the capacity to choose to do the righteous thing in seeking God that He may change us and forgive us if we so let Him. This is one reason why Jesus, (the one who made the fulfillment of Ezekiel's prophecy even possible by his coming, sacrifice, ressurection, and outpouring of the Spirit upon his ascension), said that only faith the size of a mustard seed was required for something so miraculous as moving a mountian to happen, because so little is required from us to allow God to change us into the kind of person He's always wanted us to be, and yet changing the condition of our own heart can be compared to literally moving a mountain if we were to try and do so on our own strength alone. The mustard seed was the smallest of seeds, and yet if one simply planted it and nurtured it, it could become a bush so large that it was comparable to a tree with branches that stretched to the heavens for the very birds of the air to rest on.
It was when I came to these realizations that I prayed to God for the first time again, having been years since I did so, going so far back as to when I was a little child even. I prayed in the dead of night in my room, and asked God to show me the truth and to reveal Himself to me if indeed these things were true, and in an instant I felt His very presence in my room, and my heart was changed. To describe such an experience would be like trying to describe the taste of something to the man born without tastebuds, the color of something to the man born blind, or the sound of something to the man born deaf; there are no words, and it is only something you can know by experiencing it for yourself. Suddenly and all at once, I knew right then and there that Jesus really was who he said he was, that the one true God is the God of the Bible, and that I have been forgiven. As the time of this post, it's been 5 years since then, I'm 23 now, and I'm still walking with God.
My prayer for anyone reading this that may not know God for themselves yet is that one day, you will too.
Back to the topic at hand.
When Adam sinned, we fell under the tyranny of death, corruption, evil heavenly powers, and sin itself. When Jesus came, Jesus was the new and exalted human, the new Adam, through whom humanity could now realize their original destiny that was laid out for them in the Garden of Eden. Because Jesus, being a man, obeyed unto death, he has defeated the powers which held us so long under bondage; we are now promised liberation so long as we simply place our faith in his sacrifice to wash us of our sins and receive the Spirit of God that is also promised to all who exercise this faith.
We often think of ‘the gospel’ as the part that brings the forgiveness of sins (and of course, that is part of the idea), but ‘gospel’ is the announcement that everything has changed in the coming of Jesus and it leads us to a new kind of living.
The gospel Jesus preached and the gospel the apostle Paul preached were different, in that Jesus preached of a kingdom where God reigns directly and with all His faithful subjects as participants in that reign. The gospel Paul preached was about the exaltation and reign of Christ, and because Christ reigned, the consummation of the kingdom of God with earth could now finally take place (Col. 1:12-13). This consummation was put on hold during Christ's "millennial" reign, which transpired between his ascension and his return. However, the consummation has come to full fruition since that return.
We will be arguing for some of these claims by pointing out how central the kingdom of God actually was to Jesus' earthly ministry and message, and demonstrate what Jesus taught about how it actually looks like.
The term 'kingdom' appears 53 times in 42 places in Matthew, 17 times in 13 places in Mark, and 41 times in 29 places in Luke. When the 'kingdom' is qualified, Luke always refers to the 'kingdom of God' (32 times) and Mark follows this pattern (14 times). Matthew, on the other hand, prefers the term "kingdom of heaven" (31 times), using the phrase to refer to the same idea "kingdom of God" only four times: 12:28, 19:24, 21:31, 43.
The Gospel of Luke records an event where Jesus responds to the population that lived near Simon Peter's house who believed in him after he had done his miraculous work there, but saw that he was leaving them:
"And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them. And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore [i.e., for this pupose] am I sent." (vss. 42-43)
The Greek word euangelion is often translated as the word “gospel.” In the Bible, this word is always used whenever it concerns the announcement of the reign of a new king. And in the New Testament, the Gospels themselves use this word or the phrase "good news" to summarize all of Jesus’ teachings. They say he went about “preaching the gospel [good news] of the kingdom [of God]” (Matt. 4:23).
There’s this beautiful poem in the Old Testament, and it’s in chapter 52 of the Book of Isaiah. The city of Jerusalem had just been destroyed by Babylon, a great kingdom in the North. Many of the inhabitants of the city have been sent away into exile, but a few remained in the city, and they’re left wondering, "What happened? Has our God abandoned us?" This was because Jerusalem was supposed to be the city where God would reign over the world to bring peace and blessing to everyone.
Now, Isaiah had been saying that Jerusalem’s destruction was a mess of Israel’s own making. They had turned away from their God, become corrupt, and so their city and their temple were destroyed. Everything seemed lost. But the poem goes on. There is a watchman on the city walls, and far out on the hills we see a messenger. He’s running towards the city. He’s running and he’s shouting, “Good news!” And Isaiah says, “How beautiful are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings [news]” (vs. 7a). The feet are beautiful because they’re carrying a beautiful message. And what’s the message? That despite Jerusalem’s destruction, Israel’s God still reigns as king, and that God's presence is going to one day return with His city, take up His throne, and bring peace. And the watchmen sing for joy because of the good news that their God still reigns (vs. 10).
Jesus saw himself as the messenger bringing the news that God reigns. Jesus also claimed to be the Son of man. This was Jesus' favorite self-designation, being used some 80 times in the Gospels. Notice, not just a son of man, but the Son of Man. Jesus was directing our attention to a vision described by the prophet Daniel:
"I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him:"-Daniel 7:13-14a
At Jesus' trial, the Jewish high priest accused Jesus: "Art thou the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed [God]?" His answer left no room for doubt. "I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." (Mark 14:61-62). Because Jesus' was rejected and killed for threatening the power the religious authorities had over the people, the consummation of God's kingdom with earth had been put on hold until all of Christ's enemies would be put under his feet after his ressurection and ascension.
But again, what is the kingdom of God? What does it look like exactly?
Well, the way that Jesus described God’s reign surprised everybody. I mean, think about it. A powerful, successful kingdom needs to be strong, able to impose its will, and able to defeat its enemies in physical combat. But Jesus said the greatest person in God’s kingdom was the weakest, the one who loves and who serves the poor (Matt. 23:11-12). He said you live under God’s reign when you respond to evil by loving your enemies, and forgiving them, and seeking peace (Matt. 5). To us, this is an upside-down kingdom. But to God, it's right-side up. This was what God had originally planned for us: a kingdom where God reigns in our hearts.
"Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."-John 3:3
Jesus was being quite literal here. You can’t see the kingdom until you’re born again and have the life of that kingdom. When you’re born again, you start 'seeing' differently. You see what others don’t see, you hear what others don’t hear, you know what others don’t know. And yet you may be physically in the same earthly location as they.
The kingdom of God is the totality of God’s influence that covers the world and heaven. It’s everywhere, but its manifestation isn’t everywhere. It manifests on earth wherever there are those who are born again and live as if God reigns in their hearts.
Before Jesus, John the Baptist announced to all people, “The kingdom of heaven is at hand!” (Matt. 3:1-2), as he saw a soon coming kingdom of God that would be ushered in by the Messiah. Notice that John the Baptist didn’t say that something “like” the kingdom would come and he didn’t say that the real kingdom might be thousands of years away. He said over and over that THE kingdom was at hand! Do you believe him? Did God inspire him to give a clear and accurate message or a mistaken one? If we dare to believe him, things might become surprisingly clear, simple and exceedingly optimistic.
"Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven."-Matthew 6:10
Jesus taught his followers of his generation to pray that God's kingdom come and that His will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Why pray for something that will just inevitably come by force, unless it was actually through our willing participation? That is, unless God's will is carried out through us "in earth, as it is in heaven"?
"Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."-Mark 1:14-15
It's very telling that these are the very first words the Gospel of Mark chooses to record Jesus as saying.
The kingdom is NOT something to wait for. Jesus says the kingdom is NOT something visible, and it is NOT something in the sky. The Kingdom Jesus taught is a spiritual reality that comes into the world through us. Considering that Jesus even said the kingdom was in and among the Pharisees in Luke 17, which seems almost offensive to consider, perhaps it is like a spiritual seed that has been planted inside each of us, and that activating faith in God makes it grow.
"Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it."-Luke 13:18-19
Jesus talked about the kingdom as if it would be a present reality, yet one that was growing in the world like a seed grows into a tree.
"And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened."-Luke 13:20-21
To Jesus, the kingdom was something growing in us like yeast through dough, increasing in effectiveness.
"For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost."-Romans 14:17
"For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."-1 Corinthians 4:20
Paul says the kingdom isn’t something you taste or touch like physical food. It’s not even saying the right words. But rather the kingdom comes in the realities of righteousness, peace, joy and power that flavor our lives when we live empowered by the Spirit of God and God's Spirit in us.
Since Jesus the Messiah returned only 40 years after his earthly ministry, putting all enemies under his feet, the complete consummation of earth with the kingdom of heaven has finally taken place.
The kingdom of God has come, and it continues to come through us as believers. It makes progress like light shining into the world and dispelling the darkness.
"Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."-Matthew 5:14-16
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2024.05.21 11:10 BunchAlternative8037 HP BEST GAMING LAPTOPS

Introduction

In the world of gaming, where every frame counts and every move can make or break your gameplay, having the right gaming laptop is crucial. HP, a renowned name in the realm of technology, has ventured into the gaming arena with a range of powerful laptops tailored specifically for gamers. In this blog, we delve into the world of HP gaming laptops, exploring their features, performance, and why they stand out in a crowded market.

Cutting-Edge Performance

HP gaming laptops in 2024 boast cutting-edge performance thanks to the latest generation of processors and graphics cards. Powered by top-of-the-line Intel or AMD processors, coupled with NVIDIA GeForce or AMD Radeon graphics, these laptops deliver blazing-fast speeds and seamless gameplay and most powerfull laptops.

HP ZBOOK FURY 16 G10

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4Windows 11 Pro 4 SODIMM supports dual channel ®™1 TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe TLC M.2 SSD ®™®5,6Intel Core i9-13950HX (up to 5.5 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 36 MB L3 cache, 24 cores, 32 threads) ®™13th Generation Intel Core i9 processor ®Intel WM790 36.3 x 25.06 x 2.86 cm (WLAN) 36.3 x 25.06 x 2.77 cm (WWAN) NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU (16 GB GDDR6 dedicated) 7230 W external AC power adapter Operating system Memory 32 GB DDR5-5600 MHz RAM (1 x 32 GB) Standard memory note Transfer rates up to 5600 MT/s. Memory Slots Internal Storage Storage type SSD Processor Processor family Chipset Weight Starting at 2.4 kg Display size (diagonal) 40.6 cm (16″) Display 40.6 cm (16″) diagonal, WUXGA (1920 x 1200), IPS, anti-glare, 400 nits, 100% sRGB Touchscreen No Color gamut 100% sRGB Minimum dimensions (W x D x H) Graphics Discrete Graphics (discrete) Battery type HP Long Life 8-cell, 95 Wh Li-ion polymer Power

HP ZBOOK STUDIO 16 G10

Operating system Windows 11 Pro6
Memory 32 GB DDR5-5600 MHz RAM (2 x 16 GB)
Standard memory note Transfer rates up to 5600 MT/s.
Memory Slots 2 SODIMMsupports dual channel
Internal Storage 1 TB PCIe***\**® NVMe\****** TLC SSD*
Storage type SSD
Processor Intel***\**® Core\****** i9-13900H (up to 5.4 GHz with Intel\******® Turbo Boost Technology, 24 MB L3 cache, 14 cores, 20 threads)*
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Weight Starting at 1.73 kg7
Display size (diagonal) 40.6 cm (16″)
Display 40.6 cm (16″) diagonal, WUXGA (1920 x 1200), IPS, narrow bezel, anti-glare, 400 nits, 100% sRGB
Color gamut 100% sRGB
Minimum dimensions (W x D x H) 35.6 x 24.2 x 1.9 cm (non-touch)35.6 x 24.2 x 1.8 cm (touch)
Graphics Discrete
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Battery type HP Long Life 6-cell, 86 Wh Li-ion polymer
Battery recharge time Supports battery fast charge: approximately 50% in 30 minutes
Power 200 W external AC power adapter12
Keyboard HP RGB Z Command Keyboard – spill-resistant, full-size, backlit keyboard with drain and DuraKeys
Pointing device ClickPad Glass with multi-touch gesture support, taps enabled as default
Audio Audio by Bang & Olufsen, Quad-speaker audio (2 tweeters & 2 Quad woofers), 2 Top Facing Microphone dual array digital microphones, functions keys for volume up and down, combo microphone/headphone jack, HD audio with 200Hz Bass Roll off
Camera 720p HD IR camera
Memory card device 1 microSD 7.1 media card reader
I/O Port location Left sideRight side
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Enhanced Cooling Technology

Keeping your gaming laptop cool is crucial for optimal performance, especially during intense gaming sessions. In 2024, HP introduces advanced cooling solutions designed to keep temperatures in check even under heavy loads. Innovative cooling systems, such as vapor chamber cooling and enhanced fan designs, dissipate heat efficiently, ensuring consistent performance and preventing thermal throttling. Say goodbye to overheating issues and hello to extended gaming sessions without interruptions.

Customization and Personalization

ersonalize your gaming experience with HP gaming laptops’ customizable features and RGB lighting options. With programmable macro keys, customizable RGB keyboards, and software utilities for fine-tuning performance, you can tailor your laptop to suit your gaming style and preferences. Stand out from the crowd with dynamic lighting effects and create a gaming setup that reflects your personality and taste.

Conclusion

In 2024, HP continues to raise the bar for gaming laptops with its innovative features and cutting-edge technology. From unparalleled performance to sleek designs and customizable options, HP gaming laptops cater to the needs of gamers of all levels. Whether you’re a casual player or a hardcore enthusiast, immerse yourself in the world of gaming with HP’s latest offerings and elevate your gaming experience to new heights.
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2024.05.21 11:09 Ok-MysticDreamer 🛑Last gifting for today! Must show proof that it’s the last one needed to complete it set, need game name ‼️five stars that I had posted has already been given away

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2024.05.21 11:08 Wisetechwords27 How to add images to metafields in shopify

Adding images to Shopify metafields involves creating a metafield definition and then populating that metafield with the desired image URLs.
Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you through the process:
Step 1: Create a Metafield Definition
  1. Navigate to Settings > Metafields.
  2. Select the part of your store where you want to add the metafield (e.g., Products, Variants, Collections, etc.).
  3. Click on 'Add definition.'
  4. Fill out the necessary information:
    • Name: Enter a name for your metafield (e.g., "Custom Image").
    • Namespace and key: Use a namespace and key that makes sense for your store (e.g., "custom_fields.image").
    • Type: Select "File" and then "Image" from the type dropdown menu.
  5. Save

Step 2: Add an Image to the Metafield

  1. Go to the part of your store where you created the metafield definition (e.g., a specific product page).
  2. Scroll down to the Metafields section.
  3. Find your newly created metafield.
  4. Click on the 'Select file' button or drag and drop the image you want to use.
  5. Save the changes on the product or page.

Step 3: Display the Metafield Image in Your Theme

To display the metafield image on your storefront, you'll need to edit your theme's code:
  1. Navigate to Online Store > Themes.
  2. Find the theme you are using and click 'Actions' > 'Edit code'.
  3. Locate the appropriate template file (e.g., product.liquid for product pages).
  4. Add the following Liquid code to display the metafield image:

{% if product.metafields.custom_fields.image %} Custom Image {% endif %} 
Replace custom_fields and image with the namespace and key you used.

Example Scenario

Let's say you created a metafield for products to add a custom promotional image. Here's how you'd implement it:
  1. Create the metafield definition with the namespace custom_fields and key promo_image.
  2. Add an image to the metafield for a specific product.
  3. Edit the product.liquid file to include the following code where you want the image to appear:

{% if product.metafields.custom_fields.promo_image %} Promotional Image {% endif %} 
This code checks if the metafield exists and then displays the image using Shopify's img_url filter to generate the appropriate image URL.
By following these steps, you should be able to add and display images using Shopify metafields effectively. If you encounter any specific issues or have further questions, feel free to ask!
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2024.05.21 11:04 RussieSalt Lock the Brat-Murderer up; lock him up; lock him up! (For the rest of his life.)

The Brat-Murderer didn’t even fulfill basic, basic bail requirements to assist the police for 15-hours. But why would he when there are no consequences for not fulfilling the bail requirements; zero! The sentencing as light as it is, is only for show with no expectation that the Brat-Murderer fulfill the requirements — even the 300 word essay. Also, taking a blood-alcohol test more than 6 hours later is clearly another show. Why bother if it’s so much after the fact? (For the public to see he was not drunk.) The charges also were initially there for the public because not one charge was serious and certainly not murder with the express design that the Brat-Murderer gets to go home. It’s all a production. When he becomes an adult all the file will be sealed and then destroyed. All will be forgotten. All of it. Except one, two - the families of the one and two.
At this point, the Brat-Murderer is back in his luxury home playing video games, eating outside food while his family tells him that he made a simple mistake and the public are just out to get the Brat-Murderer because the public is jealous; jealous of their wealth, status, and name; jealous that the public can only view a Porsche from a distance; jealous that they are them. I guarantee his family has told him he is not a murder and that it was only an unfortunate accident and it happens.
BUT, and this is the important part, he is a murderer, and the moment the media started putting pressure, there was more done, albeit not enough. The father was charged and what did he do? Ran away. With the media pressure he was captured within hours. It just demonstrates that it is not a lack of talent or ability in the system because it appears to have been difficult to find and apprehend the father. Rather, this goes to show that without the public being engaged, the Indian judicial system is designed to be unbalanced. The privilege the Brat-Murderer is the way the system is suppose to work; it is in fact not broken. At any moment they can make the system balanced. They are choosing to make the system unbalanced for self enrichment. And more so than the adult system, the juvenile system is more designed for this specific purpose - to protect Brat-Murderers and to self enrich government employees.
In the end, the story will fade and all will be forgotten expect for the few that knew one, two.
Keep up the pressure. Lock the Brat-Murderer up; lock him up; lock him up! (For the rest of his life.)

LockTheBratMurdererUp

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2024.05.21 11:03 Ssnake_25 This game is amazing

After playing it for the first time at my friend’s house like 7 years ago and after numerous playthroughs (10 at least) and thinking that I did every mission in the game but just recently I found new quest in novigrad where you need to escort some dude who buys fisstech in the docks (forgot the name of the quest). Stumbled upon it on accident. It’s just amazing how after all this years and all this playthroughs this game can still surprise me with something new. What a game
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2024.05.21 11:03 MindlessLack7663 Komugi's wager

I was thinking about Komugi's awakening and her relationship with nen. We know that people can demonstrate or manifest nen even without knowing it, where we have the example of Zepile. We can also consider the hypothesis that Neon doesn't even know what nen is, she simply accepts her ‘power’ in the name of her desire to give predictions to people. My analysis would be: What if Komugi's waver to give her life if she loses even one game of Gungi is already a condition? Nen is very complex and we could argue that in order to reach such level of nen mastery, one would have to go through the properties of nen. We see Gon using Zetsu without even knowing nen. He only awoke later, as did Komugi, but something inside him was already showing resolve and power. What if Komugi's resolve with Gungi was so massive that she was even able to go beyond the steps of learning, to something like a condition? This could also explain her awakening when Meruem learnt the game at an extraordinary pace. It could be her condition kicking in and making her even better. I personally believe that in fact her ‘awakening’ was a combination of nen's own awakening and an immediate ‘I can't lose’ condition. After all, nen can be translated as soul, or spirit, and for her, losing represents her ceasing to be who she is. Maybe I'm just tripping, nen has infinite possibilities. But what do you think?
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2024.05.21 11:03 Fluffy_Cookie_2023 Introducing STYLE Protocol: Transforming the Gaming and Metaverse Landscape

Introducing STYLE Protocol: Transforming the Gaming and Metaverse Landscape
Imagine a world where your in-game assets, like skins, weapons, and characters, aren't confined to a single game. Instead, you could use them across multiple virtual worlds. This is exactly what STYLE Protocol aims to achieve. The vision is simple yet revolutionary: to build a decentralized infrastructure that makes all virtual worlds interoperable, allowing NFTs to be turned into functional 3D assets usable in any game or metaverse.
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What is STYLE Protocol?

STYLE Protocol is designed to connect virtual worlds by making in-game assets and NFTs usable across different games in 3D. This means that your assets can transcend the boundaries of individual games, giving them more value and utility.

Key Features

  1. Full Asset Usability in Games: Your NFTs can be transformed into in-game characters or items, making them playable across various games.
  2. Multi-Blockchain Compatibility: STYLE Protocol supports NFTs from multiple blockchains, enhancing their versatility and reach.
  3. Earning Rewards: Not only can you use your NFTs in multiple games, but you can also earn rewards by renting or lending them to other players.

How It Works

The protocol operates on the $STYLE token, enabling users to utilize their assets or NFTs in 3D and rent or lend them to a global network of virtual environments. For instance, if you own a popular NFT like a Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) character, you could offer it as an in-game avatar to other players, generating revenue from rentals.

Partnerships and Support

STYLE Protocol has garnered significant attention and backing from notable investors and partners, including:
  • Morningstar Ventures
  • DutchCrypto Invest
  • FileCoin VC
  • Protocol Labs
  • Faber VC
  • AlphaGrep VC
  • FunFair VC
  • BlockHub VC
  • GBV Capital
Additionally, launchpads like Seedify, Poolz, and ChainGPT have supported their IDO, which took place in April 2024, with a listing following in May.

Where to Get $STYLE

The $STYLE token is available on several platforms, including:
  • Bitget
  • MEXC
  • Uniswap

Join the Future of Gaming and Metaverse

STYLE Protocol is not just a concept; it's a tangible step towards a future where virtual worlds are interconnected, and digital assets have real, cross-platform utility. Whether you’re a gamer, a collector, or an investor, STYLE Protocol offers an exciting opportunity to be part of the next big leap in digital innovation.
For more information, visit their official website: STYLE Protocol
Don’t miss out on the chance to see your NFTs come to life across multiple games and virtual environments. Join the revolution today and explore the endless possibilities with STYLE Protocol.
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2024.05.21 11:03 HeLiBeB New Voices Book Club: Vote for our June read!

Welcome to the book club New Voices! In this book club we want to highlight books by debut authors and open the stage for under-represented and under-appreciated writers from all walks of life. New voices refers to the authors as well as the protagonists, and the goal is to include viewpoints away from the standard and most common. For more information and a short description of how we plan to run this club and how you can participate, please have a look at the announcement post.
It's time for second chances! I've selected a few books from previous polls, that didn't quite make it and deserve a second chance:

Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings

Fleeing the final days of the generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven's freighter the Jonah breaks down in a strange rift in deep space, with little chance of rescue—until they encounter the research vessel Gallion, which claims to be from 152 years in the future. The Gallion's chief engineer Uma Ozakka has always been fascinated with the past, especially the tale of the Fortunate Five, who ended the war with the Felen. When the Gallion rescues a run-down junk freighter, Ozakka is shocked to recognize the Five's legendary ship—and the Five's famed leader, Eldric Leesongronski, among the crew. But nothing else about Leesongronski and his crewmates seems to match up with the historical record. With their ships running out of power in the rift, more than the lives of both crews may be at stake.
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The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

The book tells an intergenerational story of a mother and son struggling to relate to each other—the mother an immigrant to the United States who wants to make a home for her family in an unfamiliar country; the son trying to figure out the best way to come out to his parents. Through telling each other fairy tales, they're able to find common ground.
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Bacchanal by Veronica Henry

Evil lives in a traveling carnival roaming the Depression-era South. But the carnival’s newest act, a peculiar young woman with latent magical powers, may hold the key to defeating it. Her time has come. Abandoned by her family, alone on the wrong side of the color line with little to call her own, Eliza Meeks is coming to terms with what she does have. It’s a gift for communicating with animals. To some, she’s a magical tender. To others, a she-devil. To a talent prospector, she’s a crowd-drawing oddity. And the Bacchanal Carnival is Eliza’s ticket out of the swamp trap of Baton Rouge. Among fortune-tellers, carnies, barkers, and folks even stranger than herself, Eliza finds a new home. But the Bacchanal is no ordinary carnival. An ancient demon has a home there too. She hides behind an iridescent disguise. She feeds on innocent souls. And she’s met her match in Eliza, who’s only beginning to understand the purpose of her own burgeoning powers. Only then can Eliza save her friends, find her family, and fight the sway of a primordial demon preying upon the human world. Rolling across a consuming dust bowl landscape, Eliza may have found her destiny.
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The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote house, a sinister haunting, and the woman pulled into their clutches...
In the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatriz’s father is executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposes, Beatriz ignores the rumors surrounding his first wife’s sudden demise, choosing instead to seize the security his estate in the countryside provides. She will have her own home again, no matter the cost.
But Hacienda San Isidro is not the sanctuary she imagined.
When Rodolfo returns to work in the capital, visions and voices invade Beatriz’s sleep. The weight of invisible eyes follows her every move. Rodolfo’s sister, Juana, scoffs at Beatriz’s fears—but why does she refuse to enter the house at night? Why does the cook burn copal incense at the edge of the kitchen and mark its doorway with strange symbols? What really happened to the first Doña Solórzano?
Beatriz only knows two things for certain: Something is wrong with the hacienda. And no one there will help her.
Desperate for help, she clings to the young priest, Padre Andrés, as an ally. No ordinary priest, Andrés will have to rely on his skills as a witch to fight off the malevolent presence haunting the hacienda and protect the woman for whom he feels a powerful, forbidden attraction. But even he might not be enough to battle the darkness.
Far from a refuge, San Isidro may be Beatriz’s doom.
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The Heretic‘s Guide to Homecoming by Sienna Tristen

WINNER OF THE 2019 READERVIEWS AWARD FOR FANTASY! WINNER OF THE 2019 IPPY AWARD FOR FANTASY!
“Life is transformation. You change or you die.”
Ashamed of his past and overwhelmed by his future, Ronoah Genoveffa Elizzi-denna Pilanovani feels too small for his own name. After a graceless exit from his homeland in the Acharrioni desert, his anxiety has sabotaged every attempt at redemption. Asides from a fiery devotion to his godling, the one piece of home he brought with him, he has nothing.
That is, until he meets Reilin. Beguiling, bewildering Reilin, who whisks Ronoah up into a cross-continental pilgrimage to the most sacred place on the planet. The people they encounter on the way—children of the sea, a priestess and her band of storytellers, the lonely ghosts of monsters—are grim and whimsical in equal measure. Each has their part to play in rewriting Ronoah’s personal narrative.
One part fantasy travelogue, one part emotional underworld journey, The Heretic’s Guide to Homecoming is a sumptuous, slow-burning story about stories and the way they shape our lives.
Bingo squares: bookclub
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2024.05.21 11:02 Kat140308 Hi! 16F looking for an online friend!

A little about myself before I chicken out. I like video games, movies, tv shows and music. My taste in music is mostly pop but I also listen to songs from musicals even though I haven't watched any. I like both Avatar: the last Airbender and Avatar the blue alien movie. I don't want anyone over 20 dming me please. I also don't want to talk about anything personal except names, you can tell me your name in dms but you can also give me an alias if you're not comfortable telling me. We can also chat on discord but I don't feel comfortable voice chatting or taking a photo of my face to send you so please don't ask.
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2024.05.21 11:02 raaqkel A Question on Karma

u/SendM3me
Let's say person A was badly hurt by person B. There are two options here: either this was undeserved and person B obviously creates bad karma, but in this case the Universe is allowing person A to get hurt for no reason; or everything bad that happens to person A is because of karma, but then person B would be doing the work of the Universe and shouldn't really generate bad karma because of it?
It is a wonderful question that you have asked. I can see that some people in the comment section of your post on hinduism have given misleading analogies like losing a wallet, when your question is clearly about 'perpetrated harm'. I will take up this question in the true spirit of your query.
Let us say that a man named A brutally rapes a woman named B. Will all these 'Karmavadins' go ahead argue that B deserved to be raped? That would be the collapse of world jurisprudence. This is where the concept of Free-Will enters in the Hindu Philosophy. The rape happened because of the wrongful 'will' of the perpetrator A. Not because some vague bullshit like, "B must have done something wrong in her past life, that's why she suffers now."
This crime perpetrated by A was a paapa-karma (evil action) and he will reap the result of it through jail-time or through a lower-order birth in his next life. The victim B was acted on in this condition and there was no 'karma' of her own in this exchange.
The reason why she had to undergo the pain of being the victim of that crime was the evil action of the perpetrator not because of some past-life karma nonsense. Past-life Karma only influences what birth you get in this life, to what parents you are born to and to what defects or affects the body and mind you are given may have.
The play of past-life karma doesn't continue again and again in this very life by giving anyone suffering. Suffering can be brought on by ones own deeds or it maybe inflicted upon one by the deeds of another.
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2024.05.21 11:01 Visible-Amphibian234 My steam backups have nothing in my folder after backing up. Is this normal?

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2024.05.21 11:00 No_Comfortable2417 How do you get a Diamond Exchange ID from Diamond247sports?

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2024.05.21 11:00 AutoModerator Community Guide, with Helpful Links

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2024.05.21 10:59 grahams_xwing FM24 - Players moving to Saudi League lose all tactical familiarity for International Team

Hi Hivemind...
As per the title. In my save (now in 2040) I am England Manager. Two of my starters for the national team have recently moved to the Saudi league. When I've called them up for England duty they are now showing with shocking familiarity (ALL elements, Role, Passing, Tempo etc) for the formation that they fit well into before their moves. My starting GK (huge depths issues at GK for England at this stage) and my Right Back were previously very comfortable playing in my system. The GK is now awkward playing in either of the GK roles which is madness
So two questions...
  1. Do i persevere with them, can I still trust them for games
  2. Is this either due to the Saudi League not being playable and therefor the game thinks they are essentially not playing despite it 'generating' appearances or is it to reflect the fact that they are now playing in a terrible league and are not playing at a level that allows them to be international players?
These two players helped up win the Euros fairly comfortable only 10 months ago so their attributes are still more than good enough to be in the squad, and if I drop them I get the 'they need to play in a better league' inbox message and they come to me to complain
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