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Revenue Sharing Vault

Anyone who has been around Crypto since the early days is familiar with the concept of buy/sell taxes; $RAFL has these set to 2.5%.
The 2.5% goes straight into the Revenue Share Vault for 3x weekly distribution.
This tax directly benefits all token holders in several ways, including Variable Revenue Share, constant marketing funds, and improved scarcity and price stability through quarterly token burns.

Community Buy-In

$RAFL at its core has a strong team of people heavily invested in the long-term success of the token. Like every one of our token’s Stakers and NFT holders, we believe in what $RAFL ultimately represents:
Completely Fair Revenue Share for Everyone.
There is no luck in whether rev share will be paid out – the only question is “how much?”
With camaraderie and high hopes for that 26 ball to land 3 times a week… WAGMI.

Quarterly Token Burns

On the first Monday of every quarter, $RAFL will burn all remaining tokens in the Revenue Share Vault after the Revenue Share for Stakers and NFT holders are paid out (the marketing fund will forgo its 7% share).
For instance, if ball #26 is drawn on that Monday, 26% of the Revenue Share Vault will be paid out to Stakers, 7.77% will be paid out to NFT holders, and the entire remaining 66.23% of tokens in the Vault will be burned.

Variable Revenue Sharing

Using the lucky Powerball number (no affiliation; this is an official lottery in the United States: see powerball.com for details) drawn three times per week, a simple calculation is made to determine what percentage of the Revenue Sharing Vault is paid out to Stakers.
Mondays: 1x multiplier
Wednesdays: 2x multiplier
Saturdays: 3x multiplier

• 7% directed into the $RAFL Marketing Wallet
• 7.77% paid out to NFT holders
• Up to 78% paid out to Stakers (If the 26 ball is drawn on Saturday, 26 * 3x multiplier=78)

The only extra note is the first Monday of every quarter, all remaining tokens in the Revenue Share Vault will be burned after all rev share distributions have been made.

More Than Meets the Eye

$RAFL is a uniquely decentralized token based on Variable Revenue Share (BASE token). Our team consists of 12 members, including a seasoned Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and 4 skilled software engineers.
Our mission is to integrate $RAFL seamlessly into the web3 crypto ecosystem, incorporating features such as NFTs and revenue sharing.
In Phase 2, we plan to enhance BASE with new and improved utilities, including:

• Establishing partnerships with other tokens to leverage our proprietary decentralized application (dApp).
• Implementing farming, liquidity pools, and swaps.
• Creating an NFT creator and marketplace.

Looking ahead to Phase 3, we aim to develop a comprehensive suite of web3 tools, expanding our dApp’s capabilities to provide crypto marketing services accessible to a wide audience.
All revenue generated from the services we provide will be used to purchase $RAFL on the open market. The tokens will then be placed into the revenue share vault and either distributed or burnt.
If you have any further requests or need additional assistance, feel free to join us on telegram.

Current Progress

• $RAFL is now listed on CoinMarketCap and also has a verified community profile.
  • https://coinmarketcap.com/community/profile/RAFL/
• The first of many free tools has been released, the URL shortener.
  • https://go.rafl.co/
• There are quests running for $RAFL that can be found on the Galxe Quest home page.
  • https://app.galxe.com/quest/RAFL/GCHK4tz1PU
• Two games free to play games have been released, Ralph’s Day Out and RAFL Crush!
  • https://game.rafl.co/
  • https://crush.rafl.co/

$RAFL has already been paying out 3 times a week since April 29^th and has paid out over $20,000 using our own working staking/unstaking process.
To make sure you are counted as part of the pool for your share of the vault you must be staked 24 hours prior to the payouts that occur every Monday (1x), Wednesday (2x), and Saturday (3x). Be sure to get your investment in $RAFL soon and stake it to start getting payouts every week!
If you have any further requests or need additional assistance, feel free to join us on any of our socials.

Links To Learn More and Join Us Today!

Official Website - https://my-rafl.vercel.app/
Documents - https://docs.rafl.co/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/raflonbase
All Links - https://linktr.ee/officialrafl

Previous Entry
Writing these things has made me realize how different I sound these days. Back when all this started I’m not sure I even spoke English and I certainly didn’t speak like I do now but to be honest, I don’t remember. Trying to recall things to write has made me realize exactly how many little things I’ve forgotten over the years. The sights, the sounds, all those fade into the background of most events.
Even something as visceral as Archer’s basement still takes me a while to recall clearly. I wonder if it’s more than just my long life, we do age after all. I mentioned before that sunlight is not deadly to vampires like myself but very unpleasant, that and it makes us more normal. In the sun I won’t be as strong as I would be in the dark and by my assessment I age in the sun as well. Not any faster than a normal person but I do age, its why I don’t still look like that little boy stuck in Paris anymore.
I did spend quite some time in Paris before I left or rather, escaped. I’m not sure I ever would have left if not for the war. I didn’t have many friends there save for other… I’m not sure what to call them… entities? Whatever you want to cal it I had some friends in the more supernatural parts of the city. A vampire named Belle had become a sort of mother figure to me over the years spent there.
I met her by chance one night as I sated myself in an alley. I was ready to fight but she just laughed and flashed her own fangs at me, ridiculing me for being so careless. It was under her wing where I learned everything I know now about vampires. It’s where I realized not all vampires endure sunlight as well as I do, if anything that one trait is what’s most unique about me according to her. But thats not the story I want to tell on these pages tonight. I want to tell the story of lieutenant Marsh and the real beginnings of the organization that would become Chimera.
When war came to Paris that summer I was unprepared. I never expected the war to spiral out of hand so quickly or for it to force me out of my home. I was with Belle and a few more of her friends whose names escape me waiting out the worst of it and hoping things would blow over in the city soon. Obviously we were completely misguided, it was that sense of invulnerability again just the same as when I was a boy. The world was our playground and nothing could hurt us. It didn’t help that in some ways I really was invulnerable and it went straight to my head.
Only flashes of my memory from that day remain. I remember the nazi soldier kicking in the door and firing at Belle’s friends. I remember the screaming that abruptly ended in a single gunshot. I remember the trail of blood leading to her friends body where it lay staked to the ground in the sun. We heal fast, not instantly but much faster than a human. Put us in sunlight though, and we’re just as fragile as a normal person. It was the first time I’d seen someone with abilities like ours die and it made me feel mortal again for the first time in decades.
The rest of the day is a disjointed blur. Belle and I fled the city, I blank out on the specifics of it but we made it out with some difficulty. After that we hunkered down for the night in a rickety old shack. I remember wanting to push on through the day but Belle protested, she didn’t deal with the sun as well as I did. When night finally fell we fled to the coast and managed to catch a ship heading towards the United States.
The trip was unpleasant to say the least, neither of us made good stowaways. We weren’t living life in the lap of luxury before by any means but we lived comfortably. This was a far cry from what we were used to in Paris and the welcome we received was even worse. Apparently fleeing for your own survival is a crime, both of us were separated and sent to prison on our arrival to the states for stowing away on the ship.
That was the last time I ever saw Belle, I get letters from her every now and then but I haven’t seen her in person since. She does well for herself, works in D.C. as a sort of handler for the supernatural. Regrettably she does work with Chimera, says they have the best interests at heart for the supernatural but she doesn’t see what I see out here. She doesn’t know the part I played in its creation, what it really stood for in the beginning. Chimera tends to kill first these days rather than actually try to help or give the supernatural some kind of place in the world. I think thats why I haven’t been to visit her, I just don’t want to argue with a friend as old as her. Funnily enough I don’t think anyone knows she’s a vampire. I doubt they’d take that very well, she’d probably lose her position. They must have suspicions though because theres no way she’d be able to get letters to me without Baelen knowing about it. Every few months they keep showing up though and I always make sure to write her back.
Anyways I’m getting off topic, back to my story. I was in prison for months until an offer came my way, serve the rest of my sentence or enlist in the army and be a free man when I came back, if I came back. Of course I took the offer, I didn’t realize how suspicious that deal sounded at the time but it actually played out exactly as they said. I also didn’t have much of a choice in the matter either. It was hard to get my hands on any blood when I was almost constantly under watch and I could feel the effects it was having on me. I figured it would be best to get a change of scenery.
The next week I was off to training then not long after, we shipped out to the trenches and met the commander of the platoon I’d been assigned to. That’s the first time I met Lieutenant Johnson Marsh and what a man he was. That first day I was convinced I’d never see a smile ever again, the trenches were a horrible depressing place. But there Marsh was, laughing and smiling and just generally enjoying life with the rest of the platoon. He was either crazy or stupid, thats what my first thoughts about him were. I remember those clearly even today but I couldn’t have been more wrong. If anything he may have turned out to be one of the smartest men I ever knew.
The first few weeks were spent holding our position from the germans. It was brutal but I found I was a decent shot with the rifle I was given. Marsh on the other hand spent those weeks barking orders at us and keeping us in line. He never used a rifle like most of the soldiers used. Instead he kept a Beretta m9 with him at all times. That weapon was the only one I ever saw him use. I remember the name only because he was so found of explaining everything there was to know about the gun to me whenever I questioned him about it. You could immediately recognize the pistol as his by its strange grip. One side of it had a picture of an idyllic scene of a manor house in the middle of a sprawling field. The other had a painting of a woman, his wife I’d guess but he never actually told me if that was there case. He seemed to spend the nights staring with longing at each side of the artistic grip.
I’d never really had a family, even with Belle I’d always felt like I was a bit of an outsider. There was so much I didn’t know about how normal people lived. Even though I’d had friends in Paris we were always kind of hidden away in our own personal corner. There was this separation between us and normal life, even between the other supernaturals in the area.
Here I felt like I was part of something though. Sure I was still lost but so was everyone else, we could be lost together and Marsh would always set us straight in the end. There was something about the man, some piece of him that just understood what we were all going through. He expected a lot from us but he was never unreasonable and several times even argued with command on our behalf when ridiculous orders came our way. I actually wanted to serve with him. The rest of the platoon wasn’t bad but they’d all been given the same deal as me. They were all just there to get out of prison. I’m still not sure what Marsh’s story was, he always kept that to himself but any of us would’ve taken a bullet for that man.
Our first real assignment came maybe three months into my period of indentured service. Our platoon was tasked with rescuing a captured American scientist and capturing a German scientist. The scientists in question were Frank Smith and Stein Hoffman and no, the irony of those names is not lost on me, fits the two of them though. I’m sure doctor Frankenstein wishes he was successful as those two. But before those orders could be acted on we had to overtake a German trench surrounding the compound they were staying in.
That fight was bloody and we lost several good men in the chaos. At one point a trench gun was shoved into my arms and I launched myself into the German trench. I wouldn’t be surprised if ghost stories are still passed around of what I did that day. After I made my way over and into the German trench I lashed out with all I had. Moving with superhuman speed and lashing out with both the bayonet affixed to my gun and my fangs, I fell upon the Germans. They stood little chance as I tore into them and all by my lonesome I ensured we’d face no more resistance.
Marsh was the first over into the now silent trench, I’m glad it was him because I’m not sure anyone else would’ve understood like him. I was holding the German officer to the trench wall, fangs buried in his neck as I fed when I heard footsteps behind me. I dropped him and turned to see Marsh staring questioningly at me. I must’ve been a sight to see, blood dripping from my mouth and covering my bullet torn uniform. Marsh steadied himself for a moment and shouted back to the rest of the platoon,
“Boys hold up a second! Just get down and stay up there a minute won’tcha!”
All of a sudden he took a step forward and a well mannered grin took its usual place on his lips.
“Though You didn’t care for sauerkraut J.?”
The joke stunned me, I fully expected him to shoot me then and there, put me down like the abomination I must’ve looked like to him.
“Lieutenant I…”
But Marsh raised his hands to cut me off.
“Command’d probably want me to shoot’cha, hell maybe I aught’a but I don’t think it’d be right. You seem decent, little odd sure but you’ve got heart, I see it in the way you look out for the boys. Plus I always figured there was some’n off about you. The way you stay out’a the light always seem a little faster and stronger than anyone got the right to be just didn’t figure it’d be…. That.”
Marsh told me pointing to the punctures in the officers neck.
“Thank you lieutenant, Could we keep this between us though sir?”
“Drop the formalities J. Jesus! We’re all friends here.”
“I just don’t want the others to know, they may not be as understanding as you.”
“No can do, but you can tell em’ yourself. Alright men, get on down here!”
In all my years I’d never had to explain myself to anyone up until that point. I guess that day my number was up but I never knew just how understanding people, normal people could be. I’d always lived around the supernatural in Paris, didn’t interact much with the normal people I saw in the streets every day, I didn’t have to. I’d always assumed there was a reason for that but in the moment I realized there wasn’t, not really. I’d just avoided normal people because I feared what they’d think if it came out that I wasn’t like them.
Of course There were some of the men that objected to… what I was. Most of them took after Marsh though. They didn’t really care what I was, I’d proven to them I was a good person and thats all that mattered. I just wish they’d been right about me back then because the truth was I still hadn’t learned to care, not really. Even the ones who objected came around eventually and that night Marsh finally came clean to me about why exactly he was so accepting.
According to him he’d always assumed there was more out there, things beyond human that lived on the fringes of society. Even he always thought he sounded crazy. I was the proof he needed to convince himself he wasn’t. Marsh also told me what we were really doing with the scientists. Both Frank and Stein researched the supernatural, their projects were as secret as secret could be. Marsh’s interests and theories, as personal as he tried to keep them showed up in his file somewhere. The higher ups had handpicked him for this mission because of it. The official story was that Frank had been captured but in reality he defected to further his own research with a like minded individual. Our mission was really to force Frank back into the fold and take Stein along with him.
The more he talked the more I could tell his heart was fully committed to this mission and the final assault tomorrow. I’d never seen someone so… alive. In my extremely long life I don’t think Id ever felt that kind of conviction myself. So I promised him I’d have his back tomorrow no matter what.
Morning broke and with it our assault began. Intel on the German defenses was shoddy at best but we never expected what we’d actually run into. At least three times our number acted as guards so a distraction was in order to give us a window of entry. A few of the men would handle the distraction “however they saw fit” to quote Marsh. Then Marsh and I would make our way into the compound itself and the rest of the platoon would cover us.
For what its worth most of the plan went off without a hitch. A tremendous explosion signaled Marsh and I to press the advantage and rush the confused soldiers that lay in front of us. Some actually turned and ran from me, apparently word of my stunt in the trenches yesterday had spread quickly. The rest of the platoon followed behind us but then our luck ran out with the roar of an engine.
An honest to god panzer tank rolled out of a tunnel we hadn’t seen that ran under the compound and turned its barrel towards us. I almost didn’t hear the blast from how slow time seemed to move. But move it did as the explosion of the shell’s impact scattered bodies left and right. The shell impacted behind us but the sheer force of the blast threw Marsh and I to the ground, knocking us unconscious.
When I slowly came to my eyes couldn’t believe what I was seeing. A man dressed in red priestly robes with a matching red top hat was walking between the bodies. When he approached one that groaned out with agony he’d kneel down and whisper things I couldn’t hear to them, after that he’d snap his fingers. sometimes the person he was talking with would disappear other times they would fall silent and sometimes it didn’t appear that anything happened at all.
Just the sight of the man terrified me and I wasn’t sure why. It was an instinctual reaction, the second I lay eyes on him I froze up and ice cold fear crept its way up my spine. When people accuse me of being the devil this man is who I think of. Even today I’m not sure what it is he does or why. What I do know is that he never looks the same. I’ve seen him appear as male, female, even as an animal on a few occasions but I can always tell. The second I’m near him no matter what he looks like the same old feeling comes over me.
Once my vision had finally focused in on the man he seemed to notice without ever looking at me. I blinked and suddenly he was there, kneeling over me.
“Would you like to live.”
He rasped down at me with a voice that seemed to boom around me no matter how quiet it must’ve actually been. I felt like a child again, staring at Archer for the first time. I’d never really had to fear death before but here I was, sure I was about to meet my end right here. In all honestly I wasn’t injured all that bad, I probably could’ve survived with or without this man help. But something told me that if I said no he’d make sure I would die right here.
“Ye…y… yes”
I stuttered out, barley able to form the words through the pain that stabbed throughout my body.
“You will be my instrument for one night at a time of me choosing.”
The man replied. I stayed silent as I stared into his eyes, trying to determine if the sunglasses he wore were tinted or if his eyes really did burn with an infernal red light. The man cocked his head as if waiting for a response to his question. I’m not sure if question was the right word though, there wasn’t much of a choice for me.
Looking back there was always a choice, maybe I could’ve survived on my own merits, found another way. In the years to come I’d wish I just said no, even if it would’ve cost me my life. But thats not what happened. I nodded and the deal maker snapped his fingers. As soon as he had dark clouds flooded the sky and blocked out the sun, allowing my body to begin repairing itself. The man moved on to where Marsh’s body lay and probably made him the same deal as I felt my body healing. Despite that, my consciousness faded again as I strained to try and hear what the man would say to Marsh.
We never actually discussed the man at all. Not then and not in the years since. Maybe that was all an unspoken part of Marsh’s deal. Maybe both of us just wished that man was nothing more than a waking dream, a vivid hallucination. Whatever the case neither of us ever mentioned that man to each other.
The next time I woke up I was chained to a table next to Marsh. We had been captured and brought before the very scientists we were here to apprehend. There were guards around but they all seemed to be waiting for some kind of order. I was certainly surprised when that order came in perfect English, even more surprised when the order was to let us down so we could talk.
Frank and Stein ended up being quite reasonable people. The two let us stay in relative comfort in the compound as long as we agreed to stay and leave them to their work. That was all the convincing it took for me. I understand that the men I’d served with were all dead and that these two were in some way responsible. Maybe that should’ve bothered me more, today it certainly would’ve. Back then I didn’t think the same way, they accepted me for what I was but only briefly, only out of respect for Marsh. What did the lives of people I’d known for so short a time really matter? Writing this now just makes me realize how cold I was before, I didn’t care for anything beyond myself. I’d made no efforts to find Belle since we were separated and how long had I known her, 100 years, more? I may have pretended I cared but when push came to shove I simply tried to make sure I survived.
Marsh wasn’t as cold as me, in fact he almost immediately reached for where his pistol should’ve been when he was unchained. It took Frank, Stein, and myself weeks to convince him that helping would be the right decision. He didn’t like it at first but little by little I think the scientists grew on him. The guards I’d seen our first day here seemed to thin out the longer we stayed. Wether that was a gesture of trust or simply because they were needed for more important duties I don’t know but it certainly eased Marsh’s mind.
I merely observed the scientists most of the time until Stein asked me for a sample of my blood. It didn’t surprise me that he knew what I was but for obvious reasons I was hesitant to give it to him, especially considering what I’d seen so called doctors do with vampire blood. Eventually he wore me down and I gave let him take a sample just to shut him up. After that I became more involved in their research though not by choice. They had me showcasing my abilities and tested the effects of sunlight on my blood. On a few rare occasions Stein even injected it into other prisoners that were brought in, something I put a stop to very quickly. T
hat sample of blood is why Frank and Stein are still around today. Somehow they managed to isolate whatever part of my DNA allows me to age so much slower than a normal person. They took that and spliced it into their own DNA against my recommendations. The crazy thing was it actually worked. Sure they had a newfound appreciation for rare steaks but beyond that I didn’t notice any of the effects that combining vampire DNA with your own would usually have.
As Marsh and I assisted the scientist’s research however we could we both came to the realization that they needed each other to function. Stein lacked a moral compass and was prone to suggest unethical or risky procedures, sometimes going so far as to carry them out without informing Frank. Frank on the other hand preferred caution in everything he did and sometimes I noticed him personally taking and shredding requests Stein had written for test subjects, hazardous materials, or samples from supernatural entities. The two kept a very delicate dance of checks and balances. Stein ever the daring mad scientist and Frank always playing the role of overly cautious genius.
Marsh and Frank got along extremely well near the end. The two would be up at all hours of the night as Frank explained what kind of things really existed in the world. Marsh always shared these ideas of a world where the supernatural and the normal could live together and I think Frank shared that vision. It wasn’t possible, still isn’t but treating the supernatural as something other than monsters couldn’t possibly be a bad thing. I think thats where the idea of the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs really came from, those talks Marsh had with anyone who would listen.
Overtime one of our favorite conversations was what we would do when the war was over and we could leave this compound. Stein wasn’t sure he would, if his research wasn’t going to a man who’d simply use it to cause more conflict he wouldn’t mind staying. Frank wanted to return home, if that was even possible and he asked if Stein would join him. Those two had also become close friends through our months in the lab. That checks and balances relationship they had made them basically inseparable. Marsh’s answer surprised me though, he said he wanted to get out of the military and start a program, something to help the supernatural live closer to normal lives. At least keep tabs on them so that the quality of their lives might improve. I was stunned, I couldn’t believe he’d throw his career away just to chase this pipe dream of his. I didn’t even know Marsh was concerned with that kind of thing. I didn’t have an answer of my own so I said I’d join Marsh and help with this program idea of his. Actually, even Frank and Stein seemed to agree with Marsh’s way of thinking. Little did we know the war would end less than a month after our talk and we’d all get the chance to actually put Marsh’s little idea to the test.
Once the Americans had come and discovered the compound pretty much abandoned aside from us we were all taken prisoner and shipped back to America. We were all interrogated and they either heard what they wanted to hear, or decided anyone we’d talk to about our experiences would assume we were just crazy. We were released back into society under constant surveillance. They even gave us a sizable home in D.C., it was certainly bugged to its core but thats exactly what we wanted.
Through the next year we used Frank and Steins knowledge and my supernatural nature to track down entities all over the country. We made sure that everything was discussed and planned out in the house. That way however was listening knew exactly what we were doing and how successful it was. It wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows though, some entities would rather we didn’t know about them. Others were naturally aggressive but some we were actually able to help.
Our escapades as a group of four didn’t last much past the first year. Mostly because our master plan of using the bugs worked perfectly. Ol’ uncle Sam had been listening in and wanted his chance at calling the shots but it meant we became a legitimate organization, the BSA. Technically the acronym was already taken but no one ever complained and Marsh never came up with anything better.
We spent 4 years doing everything we could to improve the lives of supernatural beings everywhere. Not every one of our endeavors was a success but we did some good in the world. One such project was blood banks for vampires. While the blood that gets donated is used for transfusions and the like some was put into cold storage for the BSA. That got distributed to vampires who had come to an agreement with us to stop hunting humans for blood. Some vampires were even selected for jobs at these blood banks, under the supervision of BSA agents of course.
The more human supernaturals like werewolves, vampires, and succubi even used us to find jobs in the world. We made in roads for the supernatural in daily life because of it. Werewolves would use their strength for government construction. Vampire’s long lives made them excellent archivists or history teachers because they actually been there for those events. A succubus’s ability to understand and control someones emotions and reactions made them excellent therapists and conflict deescalation specialists. Those are just some of the fields we managed to get the supernatural involved in. While they usually had to hide their natural they were wildly successful.
Everything went well until that fourth year when I first met Baelen. He was headstrong from the beginning, the powers that be were grooming him for leadership. He was everything they wanted, he followed orders and didn’t question things to much. In short, he was the perfect solution to the inconvenience the four of us caused running the organization as we saw fit. But baleen had a mean streak, he didn’t want to protect the supernatural so much as he wanted to put them in their place. Unfortunately a lot of the research we provided had scared pretty much everyone above us who had never even entertained the idea of the supernatural until now. That meant Baelen’s ideas of monitoring and segregating the supernatural population were popular. So popular that suggesting culling their numbers to keep them in check and under the thumb of the BSA was an idea they actually entertained. That sentiment caught on and our orders became more and more militant.
Every time we disregarded them to do things the way we had envisioned the consequence grew steeper. Eventually Frank, Stein, Marsh, and I just couldn’t stand to see what our BSA had become so we left. We couldn’t do anything else to stop what was coming from the inside, no point in going down with the ship.
After that Baelen quickly ended up heading the whole operation. He still took orders directly from government officials and when the BSA became part of homeland security it became Chimera division. Why they chose such a stupid name I’ll never know but the organization was a shadow of its former self. Before we looked out for the supernatural, tried to help. Under Baelen Chimera just exists to monitor the supernatural and “correct” any issues uncle Sam decides to have with them. They’re glorified enforcers that don’t give a damn how the supernatural actually have it. That’s not to say some good people don’t work for them, people like Belle and even Marsh’s own daughter as far as I’m aware.
It sickens me to think I was a part of it though, for all the good we did maybe it would’ve been better if Johnson Marsh’s pipe dream would’ve stayed just that. I can do a lot but I can’t change the past so I guess we’ll never know. A while ago I heard that something had happened in a little nowhere town out in New Mexico. Pretty much dropped off the face of the Earth. The only reason I even heard about it was through Belle’s letters. Apparently Chimera had to do some huge cover up job and decided it was better if the town just never existed. Maybe I should go myself and see if I can’t piece what happened together. Could be that someone else out there has it in for Chimera and is a whole lot more direct about it than me. I’m just imaging it was some runaway experiment Frank and Stein got up to. I wonder where those two ended up, I’ll have to check up on them sometime. This journal writing is digging up a lot of memories for me but thats probably a good thing. Write them down before I forget again. I think that’ll be all for today then, why do I keep addressing these like someone’s reading them? Not much point to that is there?

I'll pop the link right here:
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So short story short, I didn't know what makes a good thumbnail so I made the first one (the really dark one) and let's say that my CTR wasn't great. Then I binge-watched/read about thumbnails and the most important thing I remembered was "BRIGHT COLORS, GOOD CONTRAST", so I made the second thumbnail (it's currently on my channel). After that I was thinking "Maybe I should learn what actually makes a thumbnail POP?" and with that thought I started learning about that for 3 days now. With my new-found knowledge I just kinda downloaded photoshop (was working on gimp earlier) and made the last two thumbnails. I asked my friends which one drew the most attention and to my surprise half of the people said the very first one was the best one. Now I'm absolutely clueless cuz I think it's totally too dark. So now I need your help to tell me which one would make you click and why are they good/bad. Thanks in advance.

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Revenue Sharing Vault

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Community Buy-In

$RAFL at its core has a strong team of people heavily invested in the long-term success of the token. Like every one of our token’s Stakers and NFT holders, we believe in what $RAFL ultimately represents:
Completely Fair Revenue Share for Everyone.
There is no luck in whether rev share will be paid out – the only question is “how much?”
With camaraderie and high hopes for that 26 ball to land 3 times a week… WAGMI.

Quarterly Token Burns

On the first Monday of every quarter, $RAFL will burn all remaining tokens in the Revenue Share Vault after the Revenue Share for Stakers and NFT holders are paid out (the marketing fund will forgo its 7% share).
For instance, if ball #26 is drawn on that Monday, 26% of the Revenue Share Vault will be paid out to Stakers, 7.77% will be paid out to NFT holders, and the entire remaining 66.23% of tokens in the Vault will be burned.

Variable Revenue Sharing

Using the lucky Powerball number (no affiliation; this is an official lottery in the United States: see powerball.com for details) drawn three times per week, a simple calculation is made to determine what percentage of the Revenue Sharing Vault is paid out to Stakers.
Mondays: 1x multiplier
Wednesdays: 2x multiplier
Saturdays: 3x multiplier

• 7% directed into the $RAFL Marketing Wallet
• 7.77% paid out to NFT holders
• Up to 78% paid out to Stakers (If the 26 ball is drawn on Saturday, 26 * 3x multiplier=78)

The only extra note is the first Monday of every quarter, all remaining tokens in the Revenue Share Vault will be burned after all rev share distributions have been made.

More Than Meets the Eye

$RAFL is a uniquely decentralized token based on Variable Revenue Share (BASE token). Our team consists of 12 members, including a seasoned Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and 4 skilled software engineers.
Our mission is to integrate $RAFL seamlessly into the web3 crypto ecosystem, incorporating features such as NFTs and revenue sharing.
In Phase 2, we plan to enhance BASE with new and improved utilities, including:

• Establishing partnerships with other tokens to leverage our proprietary decentralized application (dApp).
• Implementing farming, liquidity pools, and swaps.
• Creating an NFT creator and marketplace.

Looking ahead to Phase 3, we aim to develop a comprehensive suite of web3 tools, expanding our dApp’s capabilities to provide crypto marketing services accessible to a wide audience.
All revenue generated from the services we provide will be used to purchase $RAFL on the open market. The tokens will then be placed into the revenue share vault and either distributed or burnt.
If you have any further requests or need additional assistance, feel free to join us on telegram.

Current Progress

• $RAFL is now listed on CoinMarketCap and also has a verified community profile.
  • https://coinmarketcap.com/community/profile/RAFL/
• The first of many free tools has been released, the URL shortener.
  • https://go.rafl.co/
• There are quests running for $RAFL that can be found on the Galxe Quest home page.
  • https://app.galxe.com/quest/RAFL/GCHK4tz1PU
• Two games free to play games have been released, Ralph’s Day Out and RAFL Crush!
  • https://game.rafl.co/
  • https://crush.rafl.co/

$RAFL has already been paying out 3 times a week since April 29^th and has paid out over $20,000 using our own working staking/unstaking process.
To make sure you are counted as part of the pool for your share of the vault you must be staked 24 hours prior to the payouts that occur every Monday (1x), Wednesday (2x), and Saturday (3x). Be sure to get your investment in $RAFL soon and stake it to start getting payouts every week!
If you have any further requests or need additional assistance, feel free to join us on any of our socials.

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Hello, Redditors! Today, I will guide you through a fascinating Genius project using Arduino and an I2C LCD.
What is a Genius Project?
A Genius project is a classic memory game where players must repeat an increasing sequence of colors and sounds. In this project, we will use four colored LEDs and a buzzer to reproduce the sequence. The player must press the corresponding buttons for the LEDs to repeat the sequence correctly.
List of required materials:

Name	Quantity	Component
U1	1	Arduino Uno R3
S1, S2, S3, S4	4	Button
D1	1	Red LED
D2	1	Yellow LED
D3	1	Green LED
D4	1	White LED
R2, R3, R4, R5	4	330 Ω Resistor
PIEZO1	1	Piezo
U4	1	Based on PCF8574, 32 (0x20) LCD 16 x 2 (I2C)

Wiring
Wire the components as shown below:
https://preview.redd.it/3xo37kngqt1d1.png?width=725&format=png&auto=webp&s=bbeaefc137dbaf76154510a4c1c78159e92a8ac8
Code
The following code is for the Arduino and uses the LiquidCrystal_I2C library. You can find the library here.

#include  #include  #include "pitches.h" #define buzzer 3 #define waitingStart 0 #define playingSeq 1 #define userTyping 3 #define validatingSeq 4 #define kred 11 #define kyellow 10 #define kgreen 9 #define kwhite 8 #define lred 7 #define lyellow 6 #define lgreen 5 #define lwhite 4 #define debugging 1 int interval = 500; int noSound = 200; int seq[50]; int posSeq = 0; int posType = 0; int state = waitingStart; int key = 0; int highScore = 0; LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(32,16,2); void setup() { pinMode(lred, OUTPUT); pinMode(lyellow, OUTPUT); pinMode(lgreen, OUTPUT); pinMode(lwhite, OUTPUT); pinMode(kred, INPUT); pinMode(kyellow, INPUT); pinMode(kgreen, INPUT); pinMode(kwhite, INPUT); noSound = 0; lcd.init(); lcd.backlight(); lcd.print("Simon says"); playWrong(); noSound = 50; Serial.begin(9600); randomSeed(analogRead(0)); generateSeq(); lcd.clear(); lcd.setCursor(0, 0); lcd.print("High Score:"); lcd.setCursor(0, 1); lcd.print(highScore); } void loop() { switch(state) { case waitingStart: interval = 500; if (debugging) Serial.println("waitingStart"); lcd.clear(); lcd.print("Waiting..."); lcd.setCursor(0, 1); lcd.print("Press button"); key = readKey(false); state = playingSeq; return; case playingSeq: if (debugging) Serial.println("playingSeq"); playSeq(); posType = 0; state = userTyping; return; case userTyping: lcd.clear(); lcd.setCursor(0, 0); lcd.print("Game Started"); if (debugging) Serial.println("userTyping"); key = 1; boolean ok = true; while(ok) { key = readKey(true); if (key == 0) break; play(key-4); ok = validateSeq(key); if (debugging) { Serial.print("ok="); Serial.println(ok); } if (ok) { if (posType == posSeq) { delay(1000); posSeq++; state = playingSeq; interval = interval * 0.95; if (posSeq > highScore) { lcd.clear(); lcd.setCursor(0, 0); lcd.print("New high score!"); lcd.setCursor(0, 1); lcd.print(posSeq); delay(2000); highScore = posSeq; } return; } else { posType++; } } } lcd.clear(); lcd.setCursor(0, 0); lcd.print("Your score:"); lcd.setCursor(0, 1); lcd.print(posSeq); Serial.print("You scored "); Serial.println(posSeq); playWrong(); generateSeq(); state = waitingStart; return; } } boolean validateSeq(int k) { if (posType >= posSeq) return false; if (seq[posType] != k) return false; posType++; return true; } void generateSeq() { for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) { seq[i] = random(4) + 4; } posSeq = 0; } int readKey(boolean waiting) { if (waiting) { while (readKey(false) == 0) delay(50); } if (digitalRead(kred) == LOW) return 1; if (digitalRead(kyellow) == LOW) return 2; if (digitalRead(kgreen) == LOW) return 3; if (digitalRead(kwhite) == LOW) return 4; return 0; } void playSeq() { for (int i = 0; i < posSeq; i++) { int note = seq[i]; if (debugging) { Serial.print("Playing note "); Serial.println(note); } play(note); delay(interval); } } void play(int note) { int length = 500; if (note == 1) { tone(buzzer, pitches[0], length); digitalWrite(lred, HIGH); } else if (note == 2) { tone(buzzer, pitches[1], length); digitalWrite(lyellow, HIGH); } else if (note == 3) { tone(buzzer, pitches[2], length); digitalWrite(lgreen, HIGH); } else if (note == 4) { tone(buzzer, pitches[3], length); digitalWrite(lwhite, HIGH); } delay(length); noTone(buzzer); digitalWrite(lred, LOW); digitalWrite(lyellow, LOW); digitalWrite(lgreen, LOW); digitalWrite(lwhite, LOW); } void playWrong() { for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) { tone(buzzer, 500); delay(50); noTone(buzzer); delay(50); } } void setupColors() { pinMode(lred, OUTPUT); pinMode(lyellow, OUTPUT); pinMode(lgreen, OUTPUT); pinMode(lwhite, OUTPUT); } void clearColors() { digitalWrite(lred, LOW); digitalWrite(lyellow, LOW); digitalWrite(lgreen, LOW); digitalWrite(lwhite, LOW); } void printScore() { lcd.clear(); lcd.setCursor(0, 0); lcd.print("Score:"); lcd.setCursor(0, 1); lcd.print(posSeq); } void setupLcd() { lcd.init(); lcd.backlight(); } void clearLcd() { lcd.clear(); } void printWelcome() { lcd.clear(); lcd.setCursor(0, 0); lcd.print("Welcome!"); lcd.setCursor(0, 1); lcd.print("Press a button"); } void printWaiting() { lcd.clear(); lcd.setCursor(0, 0); lcd.print("Waiting..."); lcd.setCursor(0, 1); lcd.print("Press a button"); } void printPlaying() { lcd.clear(); lcd.setCursor(0, 0); lcd.print("Game started"); lcd.setCursor(0, 1); lcd.print("Score: "); lcd.print(posSeq); } 

Check out the project here: Tinkercad Simon Says Game
Feel free to remix and modify the code to make it your own. Enjoy!

Game	Group	Stores	Review
Modern Art 20	DELiGHT		-
Fionas Dream of Atlantis	DELiGHT	Steam	-
Detective Solitaire Die Geisteragentur 2	DELiGHT		-
Geneforge 2 Infestation Hintbook and Extras	DELiGHT		-
Geneforge 2 Infestation	DELiGHT	Steam, GOG	100.00% (107)
Daydream Mosaics 3 Shards of Hope	DELiGHT	Steam	100.00% (2)
Daydream Mosaics 2 Juliettes Tale	DELiGHT		-
Das Artefakt des Pharao Solitaire	DELiGHT		-
Crime Stories 2 In the Shadows	DELiGHT	Steam	78.57% (11)
Catherine Ragnor and the Legend of the Flying Dutchman	DELiGHT	Steam	72.73% (8)
Songs of Conquest	RUNE	Steam, GOG	87.71% (7.4k)
Vague Lizards	TENOKE	Steam	93.75% (15)
Pre Dusk	TENOKE	Steam	100.00% (16)
Master Key	TENOKE	Steam	100.00% (29)
Hexahedra	TENOKE	Steam	100.00% (21)
Deathbulge Battle of the Bands	TENOKE	Steam	99.23% (385)

 

Update	Group	Stores	Reviews
Staffer.Reborn.Update.v1.1.4-TENOKE	TENOKE	Steam	98.46% (256)
MEGATON.MUSASHI.W.WIRED.Update.v3.0.3-TENOKE	TENOKE	Steam	86.45% (319)
Executive.Assault.2.Update.v1.0.8.386a-TENOKE	TENOKE	Steam	84.34% (1.4k)
Braid.Anniversary.Edition.Update.v20240517-TENOKE	TENOKE	Steam	95.28% (323)
Athenian.Rhapsody.Update.v0.96.22-TENOKE	TENOKE	Steam, GOG, Epic	94.27% (181)

 
Q&A
Q: When will [insert game name here] be cracked?
A: STOP! CrackWatch members are not psychic. Games get cracked by completely ANONYMOUS SCENE GROUPS who don't disclose their progress or plans to the general public so NO ONE knows WHEN and IF a certain game will be cracked.
Q: What are all these NFO thingies? Where do I download?
A: NFOs are text files included with game releases which contain information about the releases. CrackWatch only informs which games have been cracked. To download look for the releases on CS.RIN.RU's forum or torrent websites. Useful websites can be found in The Beginners Guide or PiratedGames's Mega Thread.
Q: WTF is Denuvo?
A: Denuvo is a Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology used to protect games from being cracked. Games that have Denuvo are harder to crack and usually take much longer. See Pinned Post for a list of Denuvo games.
Q: An update is out, but it includes the base game as well! Can I only download the update without redownloading the entire game?
A: Yes. CS.RIN.RU is your friend.

Hello,
I want to start my first desktop build it will be a black and white build and I will be using my PC mostly for options trades, web browsing, movies, and youtube videos. I do some gaming on occasions but it's old titles I already have that will need a disc. drive and in my Steam account with RTS games: Total War: Shogun 2 - Rome 2 - Three Kingdoms, Disc. Drive for LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth, Disc. drive for StarCraft II, Steam: Counter Strike is my only shooter game. Total build price around $1,500 is what I want to spend on my first build, I don't need for 4K gaming since I hardly game and my current monitor is a SAMSUNG 34" ViewFinity S50GC Series Ultra-WQHD Monitor, 100Hz, 5ms, HDR10, AMD FreeSync, LS34C502GANXZA, 2023 model. Let me know what you think of my build list from PC Part Picker and if any other recommendations or tweeks on my first build, thanks.
[PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6qMTcH)
TypeItemPrice
:----:----:----
**CPU** [Intel Core i5-14600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/jXFmP6/intel-core-i5-14600k-35-ghz-14-core-processor-bx8071514600k) $296.85 @ Newegg
**CPU Cooler** [Noctua NH-U12A chromax.black 60.09 CFM CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/HCgFf7/noctua-nh-u12a-chromaxblack-6009-cfm-cpu-cooler-nh-u12a-chromaxblack) $129.94 @ Amazon
**Motherboard** [MSI PRO Z790-VC WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mJP8TW/msi-pro-z790-vc-wifi-atx-lga1700-motherboard-pro-z790-vc-wifi) $159.99 @ MSI
**Memory** [Kingston FURY Beast 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/KGCZxkingston-fury-beast-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-kf560c30bwek2-32) $124.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** [Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/yGZ9TW/crucial-p3-plus-2-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-ct2000p3pssd8) $117.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** [Western Digital WD_BLACK 6 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Lvt9TW/western-digital-wd\_black-6-tb-35-7200rpm-internal-hard-drive-wd6004fzwx) $109.99 @ Newegg
**Video Card** [XFX Speedster SWFT 319 Radeon RX 6800 16 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Hg92FT/xfx-radeon-rx-6800-16-gb-speedster-swft-319-video-card-rx-68xlaqfd9) $359.99 @ Amazon
**Case** [Fractal Design Pop Air ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3nD7YJ/fractal-design-pop-air-atx-mid-tower-case-fd-c-por1a-01) $89.99 @ B&H
**Power Supply** [Corsair RM750e (2023) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/YRJp99/corsair-rm750e-2023-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020262-na) $99.99 @ Amazon
**Optical Drive** [LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/z2dqqs/lg-optical-drive-wh14ns40) $54.99 @ Amazon
**Case Fan** [NZXT F140 RGB 89.48 CFM 140 mm Fan](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/tjPQzy/nzxt-f140-rgb-8948-cfm-140-mm-fan-rf-r14sf-w1) $26.99 @ Amazon
**Custom** [Noctua NA-HC2 chromax.black heatsink cover (for NH-U12S, NH-U12S TR4-SP3 & NH-U12S SE-AM4)](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZZ4NnQ/noctua-na-hc2-chromaxblack-heatsink-cover-for-nh-u12s-nh-u12s-tr4-sp3-nh-u12s-se-am4) $19.95 @ Amazon
**Custom** [CableMod PRO ModMesh E-Series G3 / G2 / P2 / T2 Cable Kit (White)](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/jWtQzy/cablemod-pro-modmesh-e-series-g3-g2-p2-t2-cable-kit-white) -
*Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts*
**Total** **$1591.65**
Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-05-21 14:11 EDT-0400

Game	Group	Stores	Review
The Stairway 7 Anomaly Hunt Loop Horror Game	TENOKE	Steam	100.00% (30)
Ship Regulus	TENOKE	Steam	100.00% (2)
Revelatio	TENOKE	GOG	-
Little Odyssey	TENOKE	Steam	100.00% (6)
Against Humanity	TENOKE	Steam	-

 

Update	Group	Stores	Reviews
AI.War.2.The.Neinzul.Abyss.Update.v5.599-I_KnoW	I_KnoW	Steam, GOG	96.43% (27)
Our.Adventurer.Guild.Update.v1.162-TENOKE	TENOKE	Steam	97.74% (303)
Murders.on.the.Yangtze.River.Update.v1.3.28-TENOKE	TENOKE		-
Icarus.Complete.the.Set.Update.v2.2.3.122924-TENOKE	TENOKE	Steam	-
Dream.Engines.Nomad.Cities.Update.v1.0.544-TENOKE	TENOKE	Steam, GOG	74.75% (367)
Bloody.Heaven.2.Update.v0.043-TENOKE	TENOKE	Steam	88.19% (112)

 
Q&A
Q: When will [insert game name here] be cracked?
A: STOP! CrackWatch members are not psychic. Games get cracked by completely ANONYMOUS SCENE GROUPS who don't disclose their progress or plans to the general public so NO ONE knows WHEN and IF a certain game will be cracked.
Q: What are all these NFO thingies? Where do I download?
A: NFOs are text files included with game releases which contain information about the releases. CrackWatch only informs which games have been cracked. To download look for the releases on CS.RIN.RU's forum or torrent websites. Useful websites can be found in The Beginners Guide or PiratedGames's Mega Thread.
Q: WTF is Denuvo?
A: Denuvo is a Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology used to protect games from being cracked. Games that have Denuvo are harder to crack and usually take much longer. See Pinned Post for a list of Denuvo games.
Q: An update is out, but it includes the base game as well! Can I only download the update without redownloading the entire game?
A: Yes. CS.RIN.RU is your friend.

Hi everyone,
Open invitation - pickup basketball at Sunset Community Centre (Sunset / south Main St area). During summer, it seems like less people show up (we usually have around 10-12 people for full-court, but its been just a few peeps in recent days). Noone is a tryhard and we just try to have a good time!
Come join us on Tuesdays from 7:50PM - 9:30PM, indoor courts, small fee (like 7$?) for admission, drop-ins allowed. Just looking for a few people to join us so we can get some more full games going :)
Details can be found here (and you can register if you'd rather not drop-in).
https://anc.ca.apm.activecommunities.com/vancouveactivity/search/detail/481425?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true

Hello! I recently found this fine sub a few months ago. I've just lurked around for the most part, as I had to build up some courage to actually ask for something. I have come to you all today to kindly request the game Ready or Not. I know the game is quite expensive, but that's why I can't afford it myself lol.
What is Ready or Not?
Ready or Not is a tactical sim game where players become apart of an AI SWAT team in a fiction version of Los Angeles. You and your team unravel a mystery throughout the course of the game and the many locations it takes place in. You can customize your character and team to fit your playstyle, whether you want to go all lethal or pacifist.
Why do you want it?
I've always been a fan of tactical games, especially the Rainbow 6 series. But, since they aren't really making any new games in that series, I've been looking for something else to fill that space. And Ready or Not seems like the perfect game. It's a bit less super spies and more normal police tactical, which is great. The super-spies thing was the only part of R6 that I wasn't a huge fan of. I've been following Ready or Not since it's December release that added a campaign, something that I definitely want in any game I play.
Why can't I buy it myself?
Usually I'm not one to ask for stuff. If I could, I would just buy it myself and not bother any of you here. I seriously feel like I complainer who's whining about my life situation if I actually go in depth about it. So, rather than do that, I'll just say due to some unforeseen events that've happened, and just my general situation in life, I can't really afford games right now. Besides that, I hope that maybe in a few months time, hopefully not much more than that, I'll be able to pay it back to someone else here.
If you've got this far, thank you for your consideration and time, or just plain interest. I wish you luck if you're requesting as well, or just luck with life in-general if you aren't.
Link for game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1144200/Ready_or_Not/
Link for profile: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199223351374/

Hello everyone!,
Today I want to introduce a new PSOBB server that some of you might be interested on, specially if you are a former retail USBB or JPBB player or a diehard vanilla player, it's called 'Kiyomizu PSO BB' and today I've decided to open it to the public after running it in a testing capacity these last 7 months or so.
This server aims to make the PSOBB experience as simple as possible, by offering only the original base game and the official quests and features that SEGA had active at the time of the official JPBB servers shutdown. It also acts like a testing ground for the newserv software which emulates all PSO versions online components created by fuzziqersoftware but specifically in the BB side of things in this case.
By keeping the game in its original untouched state we are aiming for the maximum accuracy for archival purposes which in turn retroactively feeds the newserv project as a whole.
If you are curious about PSOBB, never got the chance to play Episode 4, want to start fresh, or want to know how the game server behaved for us back in the retail days, feel free to check it out its open and running 24/7.
Setup Instructions
Download the official SEGA client and install it (make a backup of this installer too as its the original untouched client of the latest official build)
https://archive.org/details/psobb_jp_setup_12511_20240109/
Download the patch and place the two files 'psobb.cfg' and 'wsock32.dll' in the PSOBB folder located at "C:\SEGA\PHANTASY STAR ONLINE Blue Burst"
Note: You can also change the game language by setting the language flag in the .cfg file, 0 for japanese, 1 for english.
https://kiyomizu.moe/psobb/patch/PATCH_EN.zip
Start the game as usual with the original launcher, and upon reaching the Title Screen, input any username/password combination and login, the account will be created automatically (like in PSU Clementine) and the patch progress will start, let it run for a minute or so as it takes a bit and restart the client.
Official Server Site (I'm still updating some sections with further information)
https://kiyomizu.moe/psobb/
Hope you like it and see you in-game!
For mods: I would like to also request a server operator badge as this will be my official account for server announcements from now on.

This is a crossover fanfiction between original fiction titles: Nature of Predators by SpacePaladin15 and The Last Angel by Proximal Flame respectively. All credit and rights reserved goes to them for making such amazing science fiction settings that I wanted to put this together.
You can read The Last Angel here: Be warned, it's decently long, and at its third installment so far. I highly suggest reading it before reading this, or this story will not make sense.

Otherwise, enjoy the story! Thanks again to u/jesterra54 and u/skais01 for beta and checking of work!
First Prev Next (soon)
Memory transcription subject: Captain Sovlin, Federation Fleet Command
Date [standardized human time]: October 24, 2136
What I was doing was risky.
I kept thinking this, as I prepared to spring the idea I worked on. I had Samantha and Carlos look into acquiring a shuttlecraft, for the purposes of infiltrating Aafa. It took a day and a half longer than the UN's initial start date, but I promised them it was worth it. They believed that, and set to work on getting one through their few Venlil resources in the UN. Now that it was in my hands, I was on a trip to Aafa, alone, with no backup or human handlers to my name. They believed I wasn't a flight risk...a mistake on their part, but in a way, I was still performing their goal.
I was still suspicious of Federation governance, even before the humans took stage on the galactic scene. The Sivkit's refugee crisis turnaway, the Krakotl's military extortionate practice, the Federation was full of shady characters who ought to be exposed. I was even working on a source towards what I thought was frivolous and mismanaged Kolshian military spending budgets, but it was interrupted by the human's arrival, and I had set it to the wayside.
Though, neither of those were supposedly leaked by 'me'. Cilany was the one who put it into proper public eye, even if I was her source...
How I wish I could have her here with me, her sharp skill for coercion and interrogation of valuable info in interrogation and interview alike. But the colony she was on was under siege by the Arxur, who struck while the Federation fleet had gone to Earth. All the more fuel for the fire of my suspicions...
I could only hope that Cilany, and by extension the rest of the people there would hold out despite their actions against the humans. None deserved the Arxur thrust upon them.
It would have been far too risky to try and stop by a planet under siege by the Arxur. I would be, at best, blown to smithereens without hesitation, and at worst...eugh...don't think about it, don't think about it!
Plus, I didn't want to give any human assets an idea on my plans currently. I was already going behind their back on this, betraying their trust on this front.
If my hunch is correct, then the Arxur might be coordinating with them, and by extension, feeding info about Federation homeworlds back in their twisted little game. Seeing me pop up in a report would turn heads.
I'm sorry Humanity, but this is for your own good. You cannot trust the Arxur, and the only way we can prevent your manipulation by their Dominion is through convincing a proper attack on them from the Greater Commonwealth.
But now, I found myself on a course to Aafa, alone, all on my lonesome, seeking to do something akin to Noah, but to the most powerful person in the galaxy one-on-one...Nikonus. I felt my ability to pull rank and my reputation would precede me better than the predatory reception of humanity, even though they didn't deserve it. This was a pragmatic decision, not an emotional one…
The trip was not very eventful, roughly [6 days] one way in a ship with as underpowered of a FTL drive as this, but I was trying to sell an infiltration mission, not a courier one. I wouldn't have my claws on anything top-of-the-line for speed in a shuttle. But as my ship hit disruptor fields in-system, and I got a ping from Gunships asking for classic hailing codes, intent to visit, and the like, I sent a message that likely would have shocked their crew.
"This is Captain Sovlin of Federation Fleet Command. I have escaped human custody, and need to request an audience with Nikonus."
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Memory transcription subject: Chief Nikonus of the Kolshian Commonwealth
Date [standardized human time]: October 24, 2136
I walked the outer rungs of the capital gardens, looking for relief to the mounds of bureaucratic paperwork back in-office. A good walk could clear ones mind of most stresses every now and then, and given the circumstances nowadays, I think a longer one is in order.
The Affliaf blooms are quite vibrant today. That's a good omen, for what it's worth...
With the state of the galaxy in a comprehensive deadlock over what to do with humanity, I had to take to some under-the-table talks with Nishtal's military. While the Kolshian Commonwealth was not publically for humanity's invitation into the Federation, they were clearly vocal that they did not wish for the problem to be removed, so to speak. And so, I had to get my tentacles dirty planting seeds of inspiration to some military leaders in and around the Krakotl Alliance. They, thankfully took the predator threat as seriously as they ought to, and mobilized to rid ourselves of the pests.
It should have simply ended there. Humanity should have been exterminated, status quo restored, the whole cropland tilled. But no, a fleet of twenty-thousand failed to even kill a fledgling space-faring species like humanity! Even with the Venlil Space Corps on their side, the battle should have been a wash! And the worst part, was that the true believers on Venlil Prime were giving me garbage intelligence on the matter.
'A ship of unknown origin swooped in and saved humanity? One that was unheard of up to this point'? No, a wad of ectolan spulk, there was no chance it was humanity keeping something in reserve that could even the tide! They likely were feeding false data to their allies, the manipulative little apes. No, humanity being saved stunk of the Dominion's play, and that was worrisome.
Did Giznel and his lackeys go back on our deal, seeing blood in the water? I knew we groomed a deal out of Betterment that'd give them all the wrong ideas...
Needless to say, I had to now figure out where to start on approaching them and confirming our deal was still on the table, and to cease and desist assistance with humanity at once. If they didn't want to play ball anymore, we'd have to consider some Shadow Fleet excursions to pave a path for a public route to invasion. That would change the whole dynamic of the Federation's control structures, and was absolutely not the path this great galactic Commonwealth should go.
So now, I am stuck in a dilemma. Do I assume Giznel and the Dominion are still in on the deal, and haven't made allies with humanity in the backdrop, or do I take the only opportunity we get, and start mounting an offensive while the Dominion's unprepared.
Decisions, decisions...
Not long into my musings, an aide contacted me over holo-prompt. Odd, I didn't have anything scheduled this soon, and central planning proceedings weren't set to start up again until the following day, what was it?...
"Chief Nikonus. There's been a development on the outer edge of the system. Bulwark Patrol states that a shuttlecraft of Venlil-make warped in, one individual alone on scans. They identified itself as Captain Sovlin, seeking refuge from human captivity."
Oh dear. That's not anything I could have expected. The last thing I need right now is more complications...but that wording...
"Why hasn't he been boarded and processed yet? I am hardly the first authority to come to for a asylum dispute."
"He asked for you specifically, your graciousness. Said to request an audience with utmost urgency."
"Is that so?...Hmm." I am currently free of responsibilities for a solid chunk of time. While I did not know Sovlin personally, his record spoke for himself. If he truly was escaping human custody, it was likely he found something out about them that they shared by accident, not knowing he wasn't loyal to them.
If he's come here for the reason I think he might've, there's a very real chance...
"Send him my way as soon as possible then. He's lucky I can spare an audience now."
...that said opportunity has just walked itself right into my garden.
Memory transcription subject: Captain Sovlin, Federation Fleet Command
Date [standardized human time]: October 24, 2136
There was thankfully little fanfare or media attention in bringing my shuttle in. The decision to come alone clearly disarmed their initial worries of human sympathizing or terrorist actions, and soon enough, I found myself amongst an escort of soldiers to Aslou's government district.
I had been to Aafa various times throughout my life. In my tenure as captain, you tend to visit the homeworlds of the larger species at least once in a lifetime, if not several. Most times were not very exciting or noteworthy...but this time, the visit felt downright off.
The gardens were as beautiful as ever, but there were little walking them. The Songbedas were oddly quiet, making an unsettling atmosphere. The population out in the outer and medial rungs of the city split to make way for my escort, as if expecting trouble on their doorstep should they draw attention.
Given what happened with humanity, I wouldn't put it past them. Why is it so...empty?
It was forced to be pushed aside as we finally reached the inner rings of the Capitol Spire. A gleam ran up into the heavens, and a sequence of block outcroppings spun around the structure, green architecture patterns spiraled up and up. It was a beautiful idol of the dedication of megalithic engineering and urban planning of the Kolshian Commonwealth. Under any other circumstances, I would have once felt comfortable walking under its shadow, but now I felt only unease at being in its monolithic shade.
Across from us, not far up the steps leading to the Capitol Spire, was Nikonus and his guards. They were clearly waiting for me. Nikonus looked pleased to see me, somehow. Was there no clear indicator...?
Does he trust my cover?
"Captain Sovlin, your reputation precedes you! I could have sworn you were interred so deep you weren't getting out. Yet, you say you broke out?"
Here goes nothing. Make it believable, Sovlin...
"I...yes, your graciousness. After I was imprisoned on Venlil Prime, the humans kept trying to get me to turn on the Federation. They were convincing, but my loyalties ultimately lie in this government, Chief Nikonus." I put my chest into the last bit of the statement, trying to give emphasis.
He seemed to mull on that for a split second, before he made a gesture to follow him. "We may talk more about your escape inside. I assume what you have meant to say to me is not for public ears?" He glanced about, subtly tilting his head out at the few gathered crowds out and about Aslou's Capitol District. Given how open and flat the area was, with the slightest elevation, you could practically see for [kilometers].
He was right on that. My suspicions would not be for the general public to hear, lest it cause a panic. "Yes. It would not do for the media to run wild with. It could cause unrest."
The Kolshian's eyes seemed to glint at that. "On that, you and I can agree. Come, to my offices." Him and his troop started up the stairs, and I followed soon after, my 'escorts' following closely behind. I could not yet tell whether I was actually in good trust with Chief Nikonus, or whether he was playing up the kindly elder act. Politicians were always shifty like that...
We walked a long way, took several lifts to reach the original Kolshian suites of the Capitol Spire. Passing through halls of elaborate aquatic decor, and indoor habitats, we approached our destination: Chief Nikonus' personal office.
He waved away all but two guards to stand outside the office, as we walked in. As he sat down, and the door closed, the visual look of the Kolshian shifted. His old, elderly demeanor sharpened to a politics-honed edge. The tone of the room felt far more off.
"I hope you know how much your position here is troubling, Sovlin." His voice had none of the kindness it held before. In its place, laid a piercing tone of seriousness. "If I'm anticipating right, you came here with distinctly bad news, given the state of galactic politics and military scuffles. That is...if I can even trust your story at all." He got up from his chair in a way that betrayed none of his age from before, and began to pace.
Or was his earlier light hobbling also just a disarming act?
"I mean really, you mean to tell me you turned yourself in to humanity for 'crimes against sentience', and then go back on your self-inflicted punishment? All so you could come to Aafa to let me know of something I'm already decently certain I know of before you even tell me? Your loyalty in question is a mind game Sovlin. I do not appreciate mind games. You'd best get to your point quickly and succinctly."
There was a chilling quality to that statement. I did not want to see what lied on the end of that thinly veiled threat.
A hitch came to my throat, but I pushed through the discomfort. "I...Chief Nikonus...I do not revoke my feelings about humanity's sentience, but neither do I revoke my faith in the Federation's dream. Despite their predator biology, they are capable of empathy and care for things outside what we'd consider stereotypical predatory behavior. They still deserve a chance at being within the galactic community, of being part of the Federation; no matter what preconceptions are of predators, they are clearly different. But, there's something we distinctly missed about humanity, and I think the Arxur are making an attempt to exploit it."
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Memory transcription subject: Chief Nikonus of the Kolshian Commonwealth
Date [standardized human time]: October 24, 2136
"You've seen the empathy tests, right?" Sovlin mentioned. Of course I had, it was only the thing that had kept me from having their ambassador Noah shot on the spot, where was he going with this?
"Yes, I have. Are you saying there isn't empathy for them?"
"No, Chief Nikonus. They are just as empathic as before. The problem is in how they use it. If a protective instincts in herbivore's is to block the danger from the person, then a predator's instincts is to remove the danger."
Huh?
"I'm not seeing the problem here, Sovlin. Aggression versus protection is a choice all sentients can make, even if one is uncouth for most herbivores to make."
But my rebuttal didn't shake his look any. No, there was mortification interwoven throughout it still.
"Follow with me here, still. The human's empathic desires to latch onto anything as a companion is an odd case, but a documented one. They are looking for friends among the cosmos, and given the first thing they found was the Venlil, they took to them immediately. When they found the Federation, they too attempted to befriend us. And over the Cradle, despite our best efforts to dissuade them, they were curious of the Arxur too. I would know, I was there."
Hmm, so the humans have been making some attempt at contacting The Dominion. Given their Prophet's Word, and their temperament for predators, they likely would act receptive if given some chance. More fuel to the fire...
I motioned him on further. "They...interrogated a Arxur above the cradle. They told them of how Federation first contact went; how the Arxur were starved by the Federation releasing a bioweapon, and how it lead them into conflict during the uplift."
I walked over to my desk, and sat down. My tentacle hovered over a concealed sidearm underneath the lip, just in case. "And...did you believe what that Arxur said was true, Sovlin?..."
Sovlin sighed in denial. "No, your graciousness...but I'm afraid...the humans do." He shifted uncomfortably in his seat as he talked. "The Arxur have picked up on a weakness we didn't see, Chief Nikonus. Likely due to them being predators themselves. They know humanity is a pack predator, so they're seeking to manipulate the humans onto their side using their empathy."
I brought my tentacles away from the gun while I considered, because this was only meaning one thing.
Those bastards ARE going back on the deal! Sovlin, your loyalty has just saved me a world of hurt...
But before I could get a word in edgewise, he continued. "They are using the empathy the humans latch on with to some effect. Given the choice between a galaxy that shuns and tries to kill their species, and a fellow predator lending a claw in the interim, why would they pick anything but the Arxur? Why wouldn't they pick self-preservation?"
Sovlin looked at me with a worried face. I shared in the worry too, the long-term survival of the Federation was unraveling from the worst case scenario. "The humans might be coaxed into cruelty as bad as the Arxur because of that. We missed how their empathy was their bloodlust. And now the Arxur are here to collect on our mistakes."
This is bad. While we had some agreement beforehand with the Dominion, the human's existence on the galactic stage changes the game. The Dominion would look to seek true control of everything, rather than just playing even with us. The [Prisoner's Dilemma] is broken.
...But there is still a solution. And Sovlin proved himself loyal enough to help with it.
I turned back to him, trying to assuage his worries. "Sovlin, while this is very bad news, there is a solution that the galaxy isn't considering here."
Sovlin piped up. "Yes. We'd need to form an intense first strike on Wriss itself, to devastate the head of their government, and collapse their attempts to indoctrinate humanity. Humanity might protest, but it would be for their own good that the Arxur fails to get their claws on them. From there, we can try to reestablish friendly connections, even as strained and painful as they are..."
Oh, you poor naive fool Sovlin. Don't worry, there is a better way.
I enabled a soundproofing field interladen in the walls of my office, for what came next was sensitive. "Not...quite Captain Sovlin, a good plan, and one that will be considered soon. But...what if I told you, there was a way to remove that fellow predator’ link?..."
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Everybody wants Norsca to be relevant and good again. With Epidemus, Tamurkhan, Malakai, Kislev, Thrott the Unclean, Malus Darkblade surrounding you, and the WoC update, a lot of people have complained that the Norsca roster feels slim, bare-bones, and their campaign can feel lackluster. That being said, Norsca has an amazing economy (arguably the best), a solid dependable defensive base in Norsca, the capability for rapid expansion, and strong lords so it definitely DOES have a lot going for it, and Throgg himself can lead an extremely frenzied (or rapid) campaign.
TL;DR of How Throgg and Norsca Work

• Norscan leaders can automatically confederate other Norscan factions by defeating the faction leader. This leads to Throgg having a 4 settlement start by the end of turn 1.
  
• With the blue line skill tree, you can get 9% improved casualty replenishment, another 9% with a Fimir Balefiend. That's a TON of casualty replenishment, especially when you consider the fact that with Mammoths, Ice Trolls, and Skin Wolves, your units rarely if ever drop to a low amount of models.
  
• Throgg gives Trolls & Ice Tolls a physical resistance of 15% and a reduced upkeep of 20%, which makes the unit absolutely fantastic faction wide.
  
• Their tier 3 ports give 800 income, 15% casualty replenishment and +30 growth. Enough said.
  
• Loads of buffs for sacking, and rewards you for razing settlements to the ground. When you raze a settlement, you can dedicate it to 4 gods. Benefits ranging from improved income from ports, improved casualty replenishment, reduced upkeep for your armies, and unique lords.
  
• A monster hunting mechanic that gives items, cash, and of course, unique RoR monsters to join your armies. Surprisingly, this actually isn't really that impactful. The RoR are amazing, especially the Hellcannon, but they're minor compared to everything else.
  

Pros & Cons:
Will try to only give pros and cons relevant to Throgg's faction rather than the Norsca.
Pros:

• Very fresh campaign because wherever you look, you have enemies. In less than 40 turns, it's almost guaranteed you will fight Dwarves, WoC, Nurgle, Kislevians, Dark Elvens, Empire, Norscans, Skavens and a plethora of LLs.
  
• You can get Throggs end game doomstack online very fast. The doomstack stays relevant the entire game. Throgg is fun AF to use, and Ice Trolls & Skin Wolves reliably destroy most armies. I wish I could have 5 Throggs, I'd literally paint the entire map in maybe 100 turns.
  
• Very flexible gameplay that rewards you in every way for being aggressive and moving forward.
  
• Throgg gives his personal armies Trolls +8 MD, +12 Leadership (!!), another -10% upkeep, 20% missile resistance, Frenzy (which is massive on these guys), and most importantly, HORRIBLE REGENERATION which means they can REVIVE DEAD MODELS (ABSOLUTELY WILD). These buffs also apply to Skin Wolves and Femirs. With the red tree, you can give them another +6 MA and 12% WS. With techs, +10% charge bonus, and another +10% WS. **THEY ARE INSANE AND HIT LIKE A WRECKING BALL. To make it even better, Throgg has the ability to give Ice Trolls a global recruitment turn of 1, which greatly improves your ability to navigate in enemy lands.
  
• Norscans encamp stance is a raiding encamp stance providing 10 MD, 10 LD, raids, makes them immune to attrition, and decreases the upkeep of that army by 20%. Huge, huge plus.
  
• When you confederate Wulfrik, he's still the same insane duelist. With his abilities, you can reliably snipe 99% of the LLs with little to no effort. I struggle to see an enemy AI that can take him on except maybe Malus Darkblade and even then, you'd need a large XP gap. Mammoth Wulfrik? No shot. He can drop most generic LLs MD to 0 and stop them from moving.
  
• You can achieve the win condition by as little as 30 turns. Damn.
  
• Easily the best end turn sound effect. Click end turn, inhale, and yell NOOORSCAA.
  

Cons:

• The roster is slim, and as a result, it can become very stale. In fact, I would boil down the roster to two LLs, heroes, ice trolls, chaos trolls, mammoths (sick af tho), and skin wolves. You could maybe play fimirs but you have better trolls so why? That's really not that many units when you consider factions like WoC, Lizardmen, High Elves, Skaven, etc. This is a WH1 faction, they should have so many more units (I get that it may not have as much content from the table top).
  
• You have defendable inner provinces but you're surrounded by enemies. You literally can't be everywhere at once. Although, when you conquer the Northern chaos wastes, you have your back to the edge of the map.
  
• Norsca is too long. It can take upwards of 8 turns to go from 1 end to the other, and there's mountains separating them as well, so you could chase Wulfrik down the middle only for him to be on the other end and all of a sudden you're listening to this.
  
• Outside of your own personal goals, the campaign offers little to no goals after you beat the initial goal. You got the only other LL within 30 turns. You crushed Kislev. The Empire is a grind. You got your tier 5 settlements and units within 30 turns. It can be stale. I personally enjoyed the campaign late in because I like painting the map and watching Throgg eat up different LLs but there were moments where it was weak.
  

Early Game:
You do have a bit of a tough initial battle, but you got it for sure. Let your province allow you to recruit 1 more, recruit and move. Ignore Norsca after you get your initial province, go down, take Malakai out ASAP (very achievable, rush his artillery). get Lair of the Trolls, go down and you'll find Kostatlyn and Azazel fighting, with Kostatlyn wounded. In fact, if you offer to join his war against Azazel, he'll most likely agree to be your vassal (happened in 3 out of 3 playthroughs). Don't let him be your vassal, he won't join wars against Katarin and its in your victory condition to crush him. With this, you have Katarin to crush and you can recruit another lord in Norsca to lead your war to confederate the others.
Build infrastructure buildings ASAP. Minor settlements will have growth building + minor military chains + either the income building (only 150g, so not really worth it), or the building that gives you a wizard hero.
If you decide to raise another army, it could be worth it to wait till Throgg minimizes the global recruit time for trolls. You can save loads of turns and cash because you recruit 3 Ice Trolls per turn. Replace Throggs army with Ice Trolls ASAP though, and make sure that its recruited on the east side of your province because thats significantly faster to reach Throgg with than raising at the capital.
Mid Game:
A decision here: Do you continue conquering past Kislev into the Empire and eventually running into the Chaos dwarves? Or do you conquer the entirety of Norsca and go north? It's up to you. You've probably already accomplished your early victory conditions, so it's entirely up to you.
The ideal composition for non-Throgg armies now are LL, 2 Skinwolf Werekin, 1 Fimir Balefiend, and 1 Sorcerer-Shaman, 6 Skin Wolves, Ice Trolls, and maybe 3-4 ranged units (I add them for flavor but you could just have more Ice Trolls or whatever you want here).
Malus Darkblade will be a PROBLEM. Loads of ranged weapons, artillery, and Malus is a tough, tough guy to beat. Sigvald might also have the legendary heroes with him + upwards of 5-6 armies between him and his vassal who attack you from all sides. Sigvald and Malus will 100% get some of your settlements. You can't be everywhere all at once.
Late Game:
Mammoth doomstacks. Raze settlements. Occupy and paint the map. Do whatever you want. You were done with your objectives in the early game, it's entirely up to you what you want to do now. You've also experienced most of the roster, so it's literally just long term objectives for you. I would actually not advise that you play into the late game, because I am almost certain you will find the campaign stale as hell and the god rewards aren't worth grinding out for, especially now that we have Tzeentch and Nurgle factions.
Trees
In this order for Throgg:

• Blue Tree: I recommend 3 points in despoilers, 1 in Norscan Resilience (You're never there long enough to benefit from the growth and recruitment cost doesnt matter). Lightning strike, unnatural healing, and then you can skip spawn of chaos but you're already there so you might as well.

Into

• Red Tree: You definitely want to optimize for trolls, and then for monsters of the north. On Throgg though, you can skip going for monsters of the north, and immediately go into Throggs line now.
  
• Throggs Line: You can skip Dread Retainers (its good but not necessarily priority). Primordial might is great for WS as well, makes it worth getting.
  
• Yellow Tree: The rest is up to you. It's all good here, I take hard to hit and deadly blade, wound maker, and indomitable/scarred veteran (both good, especially since Throggs regen helps him last vs LLs that cause terror).
  

Research Tree

• Beeline to Corpulent Sails (campaign movement range is insane).
  
• Monster Hunter into Ice Blooded Strength (boost your trolls even more).
  
• The rest is completely up to you, I skip the marauder lines though (so basically just ignore top left of the research map).
  

Stand Out Units, lords, heros

• Trolls: You should know this by now. Beasts, crazy stats, crazy regen, cheaper, physical resistance, easy to globally recruit.
  
• War Mammoths: One of the coolest units in the game, a doomstack of these has a hard time losing.
  
• Skinwolves: I actually got really good use out of these units in the campaign. Anti-large is becoming more and more useful, the regen is excellent, they're speedy as hell, I was surprised by how much I loved this unit. They definitely fall off as the game goes on though.
  
• Chaos Frost Dragon: You will recruit these because they're dragon. They're pretty good. You'll enjoy.
  
• Throgg & Wulfrik are really, really fun. Wulfrik more so than Throgg. He has a ton of bound abilities.
  

Overall Rating & Review
If you're an old head who's played a ton of Norsca, it be very enjoyable to play Norsca with the new LLs that surround you. If you're new and own WH1, Norsca is a fun faction that you need no DLC for to have everything. There's no time wasted in this campaign, no down time, it ramps up as fast as it burns out.
Definitely a fun change of pace, a straightforward campaign, it's not where we would probably want Norsca as a faction and they would benefit a ton from just a few more units and some end game goals. That being said, I don't think it deserves the amount of hate I see it getting. It's enjoyable.
Final rating:
8/10+ if you're a Norsca fan.
7/10 if you're neutral.
5/10 if you're a difficulty nut.
Also everyone, it's my second time writing a guide or a review for Total War, so if you have any feedback, please do let me know in the comments! I submit my first guide for Nakai over a year ago, and I still get messages in my inbox and on that thread for it which really motivated me to make another guide. I'll be more than happy to get back to anyone if they have any questions, I had a great time playing this campaign and I love this game!

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