Every gameplay reveal of a new AC showcases some of the biggest and boldest set pieces in the game, showcasing various elements at different points in the game. But what will Shadows show? Today, I’ll analyze what previous reveals showcased and what we can draw as an inference.
Assassin’s Creed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHBCpaQAbZY
In this 2007 demo, we see the Assassination of Talal, showcasing elements of parkour, combat, and the main goal of assassination, showing a good portion of AC’s core loop. This also takes place about 50% of the way through the game.
Assassin’s Creed 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xIzAs_XkGs
Here we instead focus on new improvements, a theme we will see in each subsequent entry. Ledge and bench assassinations, and most notably the flying machine to reach the Doge, where we fight some brutes and use a smoke bomb to escape. It’s a great set piece to show how much AC2 evolved from the first. This comes from the 8th sequence, so a little over 60% through the game.
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=466zyYiiNCk
Now we dial it back a bit, showcasing the Siege of Monteriggioni. It’s clear the devs wanted to showcase the improvements to cinematic action and combat more than anything, and obviously takes place in the first sequence, less than 10% through the game.
Assassin’s Creed Revelations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh0nRRFLJ5k
Once again, there’s a focus on the bombastic set piece, showing the improvements to animations, cutscenes, and gameplay with the hookblade, new enemies, and bombs. This, however, is at the end of Sequence 6, so nearly 70% into the game.
Assassin’s Creed 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZrklEy9ohQ
We watch as Connor and patriots trudge through snow, stalk in grass, shoots and skins a deer and some wolves. Huge emphasis on physical stealth at the start, which was a big change for AC at the time. Then we move to interactions, parkour through trees, and combat, making it feel more cinematic, before we climb up a cliff and assassinate Silas. This really showcases how much AC3 overhauled everything from the prior games, despite the fort showed being used in a different mission and side content. Eagle eyed viewers may also see that the demo says it is Winter of 1776, which would place it between Sequence 8 and 9, despite the fact that it was Haytham who killed Silas in 1754 in Sequence 2 in Boston.
Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A37l-y9WRPg
Sequence 8, Do Not Go Gently is one of the most memorable missions in AC4, and makes sense for the gameplay demo to show combat and social stealth animation improvements (despite the latter not making the final game), and ending with some naval combat. This is obviously about 60% through the game.
Assassin’s Creed Rogue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG-ImjoPCAM
Side content in the River Valley and North Atlantic was released at the same time, showing some upgrades to naval combat and taking over an Assassin fort. It shows all the new changes, such as ice ram, new eagle vision, and the air gun as expected. As a note, despite being side content, it likely takes place after Sequence 3 since Gist on the ship, so about 50% through the game.
Assassin’s Creed Unity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzBJPOcmke0
As expected, we have a showcase of new parkour traversal methods, showcasing how black box assassinations work, social stealth, tools, and the assassination itself. Sequence 3’s Confession is one of the most memorable assassinations in Unity, and highlights many of the changes very well, and is about 25-30% through the main story of Unity due to later sequences getting much shorter.
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLG_q54eowY
To show off the newest toys with throwing knives and the rope launcher, we’re put into Whitechapel side content, leading to Sequence 3’s Gang Fight. This helps showcase the new changes but does give the twins the rope launcher a little earlier than the base game. That said, it’s about 30% through the main game.
Assassin’s Creed Origins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX0fd4q0baQ
We begin with Bayek’s return to Siwa to assassinate Medunamun, infiltrating his palace complex, slowing down time with the bow, and using physical stealth and parkour to reach Medunamun and combat to kill his guards. It’s a good showcase and only about 5% into the game.
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSw6JeHge1Y
Mercenaries, Combat, Dialogue options, and battles! Trouble in Paradise has it all, and is technically side content. That said, it takes place on Mykonos, which is level 25-29. The base game had a level cap of 50, so it would be expected most players did this around 50-60% through their Odyssey.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGyM5Xh7Jf0
The 30 minute gameplay demo that accompanied the late reveal of Valhalla’s gameplay showcases much of the East Anglia arc, raids on monasteries, castles, and dialogue choices. Due to the non-linear nature of the game, this could be anywhere between 10-20% into the game.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxpYHW-M_Ac
The Concubine is the side quest shown off for Mirage, detailing changes to eagle vision, tools, parkour, and stealth. I personally played this quest near the end, and only saw it appear after I took out that bureau’s main target, so that means it’s about 50% through the game at a minimum.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
So with that all examined, what will Shadows show? We know what the biggest gameplay changes are so far: Grappling hook for Naoe, bulky feeling combat for Yasuke. We have the ability to change light, sneak underwater, and break some environmental assets. There’s also going to be a hideout village that you can heavily customize. So, I’m anticipating we will start in the hideout about 30% through the game, maybe showcase some of those customizations we can do, and make some sort of pigeon-coup like device that will grant us new side targets. We’ll take one on and travel to a nearby mountain castle in the dead of night, sneaking in as Naoe to kill the target. Then she’ll be spotted, and have to flee the castle, at which point we’ll switch to Yasuke who will break through everything and dominate in combat, showcasing new moves and weapons, ending with him killing the target. Then we may even see a timelapse shot the team made to show how the castle looks across various seasons with a montage with how the tactics have to change to adjust for weather and surroundings.
What do you think we’ll see in the gameplay reveal? What do you want to see the most?

A lot of the discussion in a few series has been about how team are getting open shots and are losing because they are just missing them. Bill Simmons even went so far as to say the Mavericks defense didn't stop Oklahoma City... the Thunder just missed shots.
But let's look at something a defense can do and how the current remaining playoff teams are doing at it: Preventing those wide open shots in the first place. The following stats are from Second Spectrum via NBA.com. The stats show the number of wide open shots allowed per game (wide open = defender more than 6 feet away.
Round One

Team	Round 1	Opp. Season Avg.	Difference
Indiana (v. Bucks)	14.3	19.0	-7.2
New York (v. 76ers)	19.7	19.3	+0.4
Boston (v. Heat)	19.4	19.1	+0.3
Minnesota (v. Suns)	17.5	21.3	-3.8
Denver (v. Lakers)	20.4	18.7	+1.7
Dallas (v. Clippers)	14.8	16.6	-1.8

In round one, three teams forced their opponents to take fewer wide opens shots than they took in the regular season: Indiana, Minnesota, and Dallas. A huge surprise is Denver, which allowed LA to have nearly 2 more wide open shots per game than they generated during the regular season. Indiana's performance is also amazing, although the Giannis injury really changed the nature of the Bucks offense.
In raw numbers, the Mavs against the Clippers and the Pacers against the Bucks were the stingiest at allowing wide open shots.
Round Two (so far)

Team	Round 2	Opp. Season Avg.	Difference
Indiana (v. Knicks)	19.0	18.7	-0.3
New York (v. Pacers)	24.3	27.1	-2.8
Boston (v. Cavaliers)	17.8	20.2	-2.4
Minnesota (v. Denver)	19.2	19.7	-0.5
Denver (v. Timberwolves)	17.7	20.7	-3.0
Dallas (v. Thunder)	21.0	27.1	-6.1

In the second round of the playoffs, every team has stepped up and kept their opponents below their season average of wide open shots. Indiana, which had an exceptional performance against a hobbled Bucks team, fell back to reality, however, and have only slightly slowed down New York's open shots. The real big outlier here is Dallas, which forced the Thunder into taking over 6 fewer wide open shots per game than they did in the regular season.
In raw numbers, Denver and Boston are the standouts, giving up fewer than 18 wide open shots per game this round, with the Knicks giving up the most.
Yes, it's about missing shots, but it's also about not having as many wide open shots to miss
I think the above is interesting, in that it shows that defense in the playoffs is more than just contesting shots, it's having a defense that limits the number of open looks of the competition.

Lights out. Lights on. Lights out. Lights on. Vincent strained to keep his eyes open. Indeed, it wasn’t him blinking, it was the sun. It flickered mid day.
He was jobless again, and was trying to take his mind off it. He’d left the apartment, which would soon not be his, to get away from its suffocating evocation. Eventually his mindless sauntering led him to a nearby park, where he found a soft patch of grass to lie in, and perhaps just die there.
The allure of fresh cut grass in the sun had attracted others as well, but everyone was quiet, thoughtful. The recent AI revolution had put many in the same boat as him. It had been something spectacular, at an unprecedented rate the productivity of mankind soared, dwarfing the industrial and digital revolutions. In a mood of euphoric optimism, it enveloped the planet as a swarm of fruit flies with viagra.
In the beginning, managers and mid-managers were ecstatic, finally they would have the type of workers they dreamed of, ones who didn’t moan and complain about every poorly thought out decision they made. And with them gone, a huge useless drain on profit would be removed. Money would be redistributed, recognition at last, with them taking a major chunk to match their exceptional qualities, their uniqueness among their peers. AIs only needed electric power after all.
Of course, that was all a managerial fantasy, and following a brief time of delusional bliss, they themselves got promptly replaced or simply removed. For the people higher up in the hierarchy, who kept their jobs, it felt like removing your socks after a long trek.
The optimists claimed that this was the long awaited transition to a post scarcity society, utopia in the making. Reality, being a pessimist, had other plans. Wealth discrepancy deepened, and suddenly most societies found themselves with two castes: the wealthy, people who still had income and money, and the destitute who had nothing. The penniless made poor consumers, so business stopped catering to them. Governments were already designed to represent the rich anyway, so they lacked political power as well. They became outcasts, people left to die in the streets. They couldn’t even rebel effectively, since soldiers were getting paid, which made them partial to the upper class, and civilians going against modern military forces was somewhat iffy.
In a spasm of altruism, the elite figured that starvation of more than half of the population would be inhumane. Therefore bread and potatoes became free, which fit nicely well below the 1.3% of global GDP that went for charity. Some of the affected wondered whether that was some sort of a cruel joke. They felt like the roach being kept alive as food for the wasp’s progeny.
Since getting laid off, Vincent dreaded his eventual transition to the outcast class. He had not found a job in time, and now he was being evicted. Not much he could do now but join one of the sprawling tent cities, but luckily, he already owned a tent having bought one for just such an occasion.
These new cities, built within the old ones, were slowly becoming their own authorities. It started when people formed gangs to raid large grocery stores. These soon went out of business, since the stratum they served had perished. The stores that remained, that sold to the rich, had big enough margins to afford armed guards, so the gangs had to become larger and tougher. As history teaches us, government is an euphemism for the biggest bully in town, and these gangs were growing into big bullies themselves. Eventually, they started to refer to themselves as tribes, separate entities from their origin countries. And you didn’t want to meet tribesmen when you were going home at night.
The original administrations made several half hearted attempts to suppress these new states, but what was it supposed to do? Kill what it claimed to be its own citizens? Ultimately, citizens who couldn’t afford to consume or pay taxes were not desirable ones, so they gave up.
Vincent was self aware enough to know that he wouldn’t make a good tribesman. He was soft, pudgy, and often out of breath. As the main source of wealth for these people was raiding, he wondered what niche he could fill, but he avoided thinking about it too hard.
And now the sun was flickering. How unfortunate it would be, he mused, if it turned off one of these days, but he knew it wasn’t that. He was surprised to find out that it saddened him it wasn’t.
The remaining governments had their coffers empty in the end, since the populace paid politicians directly, bypassing them entirely. In a new plan, one of managerial cunning, indeed one that only a government clerk can come up with, they decided to block out the sun. Then they would sell sunlight as a service; it was the new SAS model. Proponents of this plan argued that obviously they deserved sunlight for free, but they were not so sure about the tribal riff raff that beat them senseless when they met on the street. The rich didn’t care, because it was a small fee, and hey, the money would go toward fixing the parks. It could even fix climate change!
Since there was no opposition, the decision was made, and the project undertaken. At first, people could hardly believe their reality. Such was the case with Vincent as well, he had indeed forgotten about it until now. A myriad of small robotic satellites were launched with reusable rockets, each with its own AI and at all times connected to a massive computational center via relays. There the monumental computation of where each robot should stand was made, so that any unsubscribed person would get shaded. It was akin to a Dyson swarm, but unfortunately, on the wrong celestial body.
And there it was, the last sunray to ever touch him; it blinked out. Vincent looked up, and saw the sun as in an eclipse with only its corona visible. Unhappily, he brought his gaze down, and examined the other lawn loafers. Nearly the whole place was in the dark, but two people had their own personal god rays. The chosen ones glanced around nervously. Death stares shot back at them. They left in a hurry. Vincent walked home depressed, while a robot shrouded him from orbit.
It was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness.
Months passed, and Vincent found himself the third wife of a tribe chieftain. It was the Sunset Boulevard tribe, named after the street it had occupied during its inception and not after recent events. The area was now almost permanently shaded, and vegetation had completely died out, but humans found ways to persist. Even in darkness, people managed and found things to put value in. Food, water, and shelter had become precious, while electronic gadgets lost all meaning. Vitamin D supplements were the unofficial currency.
Being the third wife had its benefits. It provided uncommon security, and his chores were simple. He had to keep the tent in order and take care of the chieftain’s many children, who were from the man’s other wives.
Vincent had come to accept this existence, which his past self would’ve found intolerable. He fell into the routine of his new life, and the days strung along, but change was inevitably brewing again behind the curtain.
It turned out that blocking large portions of sunlight made the climate go haywire. Giant planetary superstorms became a thing, and the Atlantic was consumed in a never ending hurricane of continental magnitude. It effectively cut off the Americas from Europe, which miffed the rich a bit. Although travel was restricted, they still found their lives largely unchanged, an infinite stream of AI generated entertainment and whatever else was left for money to buy paved the way to a lifetime of hedonism.
For the tribesmen life grew rougher: winters were colder, springs rainier, and summers gloomier. But people persisted. Among them, Vincent had recently become a grandmother. His new routine created distance between him and his old memories of the world that had been, a dream is all it was. As life became harder, and food became scarcer, and the planet itself grew more hostile, his chores expanded to consume more and more of his time. They left him with no time to think or reflect on what was and what could’ve been. Oddly, his present situation fulfilled him, and at the end of the day, when he lay on his roll-up bed under the rotting tent roof, he fell asleep happy.
Conditions worsened across the globe, and officials started to argue that maybe they’d been wrong in removing the sun from the poor. Perhaps, it was said, the divine disagreed with SAS. Such voices remained a minority however, because neither clerks nor politicians were prepared to separate themselves from the sweet cash inflows it produced.
Tsunamis drowned the coasts, and it rained debris from humankind’s abandoned cities across the world. At last, twilight shone over the rich as well. Their assets were submerged and ruined, but they still had money to spend. And where there’s demand there’s supply. Luxurious underground bunkers, offshore platforms, deep sea hotels, and offworld apartments were hastily constructed with the poorly understood technology of days past.
Relentless, time marched on, unperturbed by humanity’s plight, and Vincent lay on his deathbed after a long, long life. A coup had ousted the chieftain, and he no longer had the same status, but was largely left alone to his own devices out of respect for his former husband. The tribe had migrated high up on the Rockies to evade the boiling ocean. He’d even managed to convince a woman to be his wife in his later years, and had a couple of children of his own. Presently, they all sat around his disintegrated roll-up bed, in his rotting tent, and a woman he barely recognized held his hand, and a young man held a palm over his shoulder. The deep sorrow of a final goodbye lingered in their eyes. He tried to remember where’d he’d come from and how it had all begun, but his aged brain faltered.
He closed his eyes for a final time, and while his mind dissolved, one thing remained clear to him. As people drowned in their underwater havens, suffocated underground, and their bones grew weak and their flesh rotted in space, he was here, happy, with his family.

So about twenty years ago I stumbled upon the The Firestar series by Michael Flynn. Flynn recently died last year and it caused me to want to revisit his books
The series follows corporate heiress Mariesa Van Huyten as she launches a secret commercial space flight program within her corporate conglomerate. The plans eventually leaks leading to her corporate competitors to also begin their own space programs igniting a commercial space race. The series explores decade by decade the effects of a corporate space race on science, the economy, and the interwoven personal connections among a wide cast of characters. The series starts with the humble beginning of the first flight tests and by the end there are people living in low earth orbit space stations building planetary defenses.
The series is one the better hard science fiction series I have read in terms of exploring the interwoven effects of how singular scientific advancement could have a compounding effect on science as a whole. The series explores the scientific advancements that cheap reliable access to space and low earth orbit could bring en masse. The scientific extrapolations feel very future present with the rise of Space X and similar companies and show the promise that these technologies could bring to our lives over the next decades.
Another strong point of the series is the wide swath of characters that populate the cast of the series. Many of the characters start out as very one dimensional trope-ish characters in the first chapters but evolve over the course of the series into fully formed characters. The causal in switches between various characters' points of view throughout the series that really keeps it interesting.
Now you might be saying to yourself "this sounds awesome, why hasn’t this series gotten more acclaim?"
Well let's dig down into the brutal flaws series and of the first book especially since I feel like that’s what people get hung up on.
Flynn is an unabashed conservative science fiction writer and it strongly shapes the first book especially.
The first half of the first book is a polemic screed of conservative critiques of the public school system circa 1995. Much of the first book is devoted to Van Huyten's take over of the public school system turning into corporate owned charter schools. "Mentor Academies" become the source of many characters throughout the series and underlying theme is how corporate education leads to their later successes. Also the lead antagonists are an environmental/social justice organization that are ultimately portrayed as anti-scientific luddites.
Flynn is also boomer writing about and opining on the disconnect between his generation and Generation X. Needless to say Flynn, an older white guy trying to write about inner-city minority kids is particularly cringe worthy. One notable scene that leaps to my mind is gang fight de-escalate by various gang members spontaneously breaking out in Shakespear quotes they learned at school. I would say this is less of an issue as the characters age into adulthood in the series but yeah... it gets pretty rough in the first book.
I would strongly recommend this series because despite its quite obvious flaws I really enjoyed rereading it. Flynn had an engineer’s mind and while quite limited in his political world view the scientific elements of the series really shine past its flaws. 3.5 Stars out of 5 stars, would recommend and read again.

I ordered the Rivian crossbar with my R1S. I also ordered Yakima ski rack. I plan to use them once the ski season arrives. However I’m a bit concerned. I’m 5’7’’, so accessing the crossbar is a bit challenging to me 😂. Not sure if anyone here who has a similar height and has used the crossbar can share their experience. I’m thinking about getting a collapsible stool to make it easier to reach stuff on the roof rack…

In event of full scale SHTF your not gonna be able to hunt really anything effectively after a year. Wisconsin has one of the highest deer density’s of any state 24 per square mile Wisconsin is 65,498 square miles equaling approx (rounded up) 1.6 million deer but 895,000 hunters are reported annually (yes I’m aware some are out of state but remember this is SHTF anyone able to is gonna be out there hunting) Wisconsin has a population of 5.89 million people 38% of the population (not counting people right across boarder) is between 20-49 (most likely age of people able to survive) 38% of 5.89M is 2.238 million people, say only 50% of that population survives initial SHTF and or is able to hunt that’s still 1.119 Million people which would possibly hunt. Which is why it blows my mind when I hear people think there will be game after SHTF, because last year to in Wisconsin had a 37% success rate meaning even based off legal hunters strictly that’s 331,000 deer (assuming 1 per hunter only) bagged a year of normal season. That’s not counting that in SHTF people are gonna shoot them year round, the season in Wisconsin is approx 4 months for all season types meaning we can times that 331k by 3 (but I’m gonna do 2.5 for argument sake of decreasing population) that’s 827500 deer gone of the 1.6 million leaving 772,500 but let’s say that the population is capable of doubling a year the population will still dwindle to nothing in a few years and that’s assuming strictly 1 deer per every 4 months by hunters at a 37% bag rate the population wouldn’t be reliable after even 3 years

Rate how I spec'd our M340i! https://www.bmwusa.com/build-your-own.html#/studio/fbqngq03/summary
Background: My wife and I have been sharing our 2021 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring Reserve (2.5T), but with our first child on the way, we need a second car. While I commute 3-4 days a week and she works from home, we can imagine a ton of situations where she would need her own car. We test drove almost every sporty sedan on the market (G70, TLX Type-S, C43, S4), but we made the mistake of driving the M340i first. It was the benchmark we compared everything against and we didn't feel anything measured up to its comfort, features, tech, build quality, engine/transmission combo and – if we're being honest – brand cachet. My wife would have been perfectly fine with a 330i (she previously owned a E90 328ix), but since we plan to keep this car for at least 10 years, I wanted to get the legendary B58.
We looked at buying used but thanks to advice from many folks in this subreddit, we were able to swing a 5% discount on a new car from our local dealer plus $1,000 discount for using BMWFS. (For those coming from the personal finance subs: we're borrowing the minimum amount and paying it off in 3 months.)
Commentary on the spec:

• Tanzanite Blue: Both M340is we test drove were this color and my wife immediately fell in love with it.
• Cognac interior: Another choice by my wife who has great taste.
• High gloss ash grey trim: I looked at all the interior trim options at the dealership and while I usually don't like glossy trim, I thought this blended in the best with the black dash. The cognac provides enough interior contrast.
• 18" wheels: When the all-season tires wear out, the 18s will get wintesnow tires and I'll get a 19" wheel/tire set.
• Premium Package: Duh.
• Driving Assistance Package: These are features that came standard on the Mazda so we wanted to have them.
• Shadowline Package: I really like the blacked out trim - pure vanity!
• Adaptive M Suspension: A small price to pay for the added comfort of driving on mediocre Twin Cities streets.
• Power tailgate and remote start: Convenience and features that also came standard on the Mazda.

We briefly considered the Parking Assistance Package, but we didn't need the 360º cameras, even though it's a really cool feature. This'll be my first BMW and first sedan (!) so I'm super excited. Overall, our car seems lightly spec'd and it's exactly what we want/need. This sub has been a great resource for me already!

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With the release of X-Men 97 and it's massive success, everyone has been wondering what other shows could the same treatment, including a potential Revival of Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, I have been thinking the same thing. Wondering about how it would play out, what storylines and characters should be used, and how different it would be from the original show (Especially how different it would have been compared to the original plans for seasons 3-5.). I wanted to know what do you want to see in a return of the show? Here's a list of some ideas, Characters and Inspirations I had for the show:

• Gorr the God Butcher
• Jason Aaron's acclaimed run on Thor
• Civil War (as a season long arc)
• Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)
• Iron Heart (Riri Williams)
• Jessica Drew (If they can)
• A reworked version of the first half of season 3 as a standalone season
• Dark Reign
• The X-Men having a presence of some short in the show (although maybe not a major one)
• A big storyline involving Thanos and the Infinity Stones
• Falcon
• Siege
• A proper adaptation of "Emperor Doom"

hi! i’ve never posted before so i hope this is an okay question— if you were to change anything about the show moving into the 50th season, what would you change? at times, it feels like the show is almost on life support, and i’m curious as to what you guys might think would help it moving forward!
in my opinion, i think the cast needs to be significantly cut down and we need new weekend update anchors. there’s too many people so nobody gets the chance to showcase their abilities. i also think the reliance on very niche hyper specific social media trends sort of hurts the “rewatch”-ability of certain sketches on youtube. (but i do think that’s kinda part of a larger problem with how quickly trends and discussion move now online lol)
no hate to the show! love it endlessly but i think it’s struggling a bit and a lot of things need to be changed for it to thrive again. :)))

Our Coachella Valley Firebirds are on the road again for Game 3 of the Pacific Division FINALS tonight and looking to extend their 2-0 series lead. The team will be heading down the 10 to face the Ontario Reign on their home turf. Note the odd time for a Sunday game -- 7pm PT instead of in the afternoon.
The Firebirds took control of Friday's Game 2 right out of the gate, with goals scored in the 1st by John Hayden, Cale Fleury, and Jani Nyman on the power play. The Reign were generously gifted a goal early in the 2nd, since we took away their car wash party. Shane Wright put one in the net midway through the second, leaving the Firebirds up 4-1 going into the 3rd. The last period was all about the PP goals, with Ontario scoring two and Cale Fleury netting his second goal of the night. Early birthday boy Chris Driedger made 33 saves and the Firebirds won 5-3.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Chris Driedger
⭐️⭐️ Shane Wright
⭐️ Cale Fleury
Still filling in for the ever-awesome u/ErsoRoot.
LET’S GO FIREBIRDS!!! #FUELTHEFIRE
CV Firebirds / AHL / Affiliate Updates:

• Watch parties will be happening in Seattle at 32 Bar & Grill and Spotlight29 Casino (doors open at 6pm);
• ECHL Affiliate KC Mavericks beat the Toledo Walleye 5-1 on Friday in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals, leading the series 2-0;
• No baby news yet!

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PACIFIC DIVISION FINALS - 1 Coachella Valley Firebirds v. 3 Ontario Reign 2-0
Time: 7:00 pm PST
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Head to Head

Current Season (2023-2024)	3-2-2-0
Previous Season (2022-2023)	5-1-0-2
Overall	8-3-2-2

Last Regular Season Match-ups

Date	Away	Home	Results
Apr 10, 2024	Ontario Reign	CV Firebirds	ONT (1) - (3) CV
Mar 15, 2024	CV Firebirds	Ontario Reign	CV (4) - (3) SO ONT
Feb 23, 2024	CV Firebirds	Ontario Reign	CV (1) - (2) OT ONT
Jan 20, 2024	CV Firebirds	Ontario Reign	CV (4) - (2) ONT
Dec 2, 2024	Ontario Reign	CV Firebirds	ONT (4) - (3) OT CV

2023 Calder Cup Playoffs - ONT lost to COL in the 1st round 2-0
2024 Calder Cup Playoffs PACIFIC DIVISION FINALS - Best of 5

Date	Away	Home	Results
May 15, 2024	Ontario Reign	CV Firebirds	ONT (2) - (3) CV
May 17, 2024	Ontario Reign	CV Firebirds	ONT (3) - (5) CV
May 19, 2024	CV Firebirds	Ontario Reign
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Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2024-05-1812638685
Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-64-2024-05-1812638692

Winners

• ClaymoreTobi on Mono B Coffers
  
• Selfeisek on Mono B Rack
  

Decklists

51	Saturday Modern Challenge 1 (May 18 2024)
1.	Mono B Coffers	(8-1) ClaymoreTobi
2.	Domain Zoo [Jegantha]	(7-2) JohnMarston
3.	BR Grief	(6-2) jvidarte
4.	Hardened Scales	(5-3) Chichichi
5.	BG Yawgmoth	(4-2) Xerk	@Xerk_MTGO
6.	Hardened Scales	(5-2) kePs
7.	4c Living End	(5-2) Dalminho
8.	Amulet Titan	(4-3) HouseOfManaMTG	@HouseOfManaMTG	[Twitch]	[YouTube]
9.	Amulet Titan	(4-2) Jumba
10.	Domain Zoo [Jegantha]	(4-2) zzh
11.	4c Living End	(4-2) gamertoad
12.	4c Living End	(4-2) MeninoNey	@MeninooNey
13.	BR Grief	(4-2) zarbo
14.	61-cards Jund Asmo	(4-2) kasiso
15.	Mono B Rack	(4-2) DiamondAtog
16.	BR Grief	(4-2) cicciogire	@cicciogire1
17.	Amulet Titan	(4-2) yPrincipe	@yPrincipeMTG
18.	Domain Murktide	(3-3) virp
19.	BR Grief	(3-3) Archer365
20.	BR Grief	(3-3) ShadowTitan1
21.	Amulet Titan	(3-3) mtgobazaar8
22.	Esper Control [Kaheera]	(3-3) eclipse4343
23.	RW Burn	(3-3) BERNASTORRES	@P22Bernas
24.	BG Yawgmoth	(3-3) Rapsidian
25.	61-cards BG Yawgmoth	(3-3) Felix_gao
26.	Domain Zoo [Jegantha]	(3-3) Venom1	@OowashiAkatsuki
27.	RW Burn	(3-3) musasabi	@flyingsquitou	[Twitch]
28.	BR Grief	(3-3) Bedevil
29.	4c Living End	(3-3) AFX	@afxmtg
30.	UR Breach	(3-3) Mogged	@CKikidis
31.	Temur Prowess [Jegantha]	(3-3) _Falcon_
32.	RW Burn	(3-3) NaentarK
33.	Domain Rhinos	(2-4) raiden6
34.	Domain Zoo [Jegantha]	(2-3) zsmiley
35.	Abzan Elves	(2-4) Musagete
36.	BR Grief	(2-4) _Batutinha_	@_Batutinha_	[Twitch]
37.	RG Assault Loam	(2-4) whiterknight
38.	Domain Zoo [Jegantha]	(2-4) AKvsJJ
39.	RW Prowess	(2-4) milikin
40.	Temur Riku	(2-4) TheMightyMedo
41.	BG Yawgmoth	(1-3) toondoslav	@toondoslav
42.	Mono B Rack	(1-5) simiced_horizon
43.	Abzan Amalia	(0-5) PtyLtd
44.	BR Grief	(1-5) sokos13	@sokos13_
45.	BR Waste Not	(0-2) soggymeatball
46.	UB Mill	(0-2) Cana-Brava
47.	Dredge	(0-2) Haqy6510
48.	BR Shadow	(0-3) ale_ax95
49.	4c Living End	(0-3) manohito
50.	BG Yawgmoth	(0-2) MacIsaac
51.	RW Burn	(0-1) slsh
	4c Living End	LucasG1ggs	@GiggsMtg
	Mono B Rack	-Nausea-
	RW Burn	Asa_Akira

75	Saturday Modern Challenge 2 (May 18 2024)
1.	Mono B Rack	(10-0) Selfeisek
2.	Domain Zoo [Jegantha]	(7-3) Varo	@Varo7S
3.	Temur Prowess [Jegantha]	(7-2) nahuel10	@Nahuel10Mtg
4.	Jund Saga [Jegantha]	(6-3) RespectTheCat	@RespectTheCat90	[Twitch]
5.	Bant Living End	(6-2) kahluah777
6.	RW Burn	(6-2) Folpip
7.	RG Crimes	(6-2) Simaomero
8.	Domain Zoo [Jegantha]	(5-3) DjentReznor
9.	5c Creativity	(5-2) mh7lucky
10.	61-cards Amulet Titan	(5-2) mcwright_	@mcwright_
11.	61-cards UR Murktide	(5-2) SuperCow12653
12.	Temur Prowess [Jegantha]	(5-2) _Falcon_
13.	BR Grief	(5-2) klien7
14.	Domain Zoo [Jegantha]	(5-2) jbtwist	@JbtwistMtg
15.	UR Murktide	(5-2) RodrigoPinheiro
16.	UR Murktide	(5-2) avb
17.	4c Living End	(4-3) Ant_Are_MTG
18.	5c Creativity	(3-3) FourzTV
19.	UR Murktide	(4-3) haiSOOOOdesu
20.	RG Prowess [Jegantha]	(4-3) Janisss
21.	Mono B Coffers	(4-3) pfWORTH
22.	RW Burn	(4-3) FranMtg
23.	BR Grief	(4-3) Capitano_CL
24.	61-cards 4c Breach Station	(4-3) daibloXSC	@MarcTobiasch	[Twitch]
25.	BG Coffers [Umori]	(4-3) Walri
26.	UR Murktide	(4-3) O_danielakos
27.	BR Grief	(3-3) sokos13	@sokos13_
28.	4c Living End	(4-3) MissTrigger
29.	BR Grief	(4-3) Bedevil
30.	Temur Prowess [Jegantha]	(4-3) TrashBoat100
31.	Jund Creativity	(4-3) GLince
32.	Temur Prowess [Jegantha]	(4-3) Alan07	@AlanLB07
33.	BG Yawgmoth	(4-3) Fatcaster_Mage
34.	Domain Murktide	(3-4) virp
35.	UR Murktide	(3-4) Junkmener
36.	RG Crimes [Jegantha]	(3-3) Azazel1892
37.	Domain Rhinos	(3-4) raiden6
38.	Mono B Coffers	(3-4) Anaip90
39.	Temur Prowess [Jegantha]	(3-4) CrouchingPig
40.	RW Burn	(3-4) MdvWin
41.	4c Goryo's Vengeance	(2-4) 567konner
42.	BR Grief	(3-4) Marcuzinho
43.	UR Murktide	(3-4) Shiny_Beest
44.	BR Grief	(3-4) pokerswizard
45.	Temur Prowess [Jegantha]	(3-4) Azja	@AzjaMTG
46.	Affinity	(3-4) BartGrap
47.	4c Living End	(2-2) GinkoHS
48.	Amulet Titan	(2-4) Bob49	@Bob449449
49.	BR Grief	(2-1) solace
50.	61-cards Amulet Titan	(2-5) Nandisko
51.	RG Prowess [Jegantha]	(2-4) AmazingtheMonkey
52.	BR Grief	(2-5) Niko41
53.	Belcher	(2-4) g-rey2996
54.	BR Grief	(2-5) Shadowz2005	@Shadowz2005	[Twitch]
55.	Mono R Burn	(1-5) deleon91
56.	BR Grief	(2-4) zarbo
57.	Affinity	(1-4) Jositoshekel
58.	Amulet Titan	(1-3) Dreddybajs	@PocketJacesCast	[Twitch]	[YouTube]
59.	Affinity	(1-3) TheNectar
60.	Hardened Scales	(1-3) kePs
61.	Mono W Taxes	(1-4) homerman750
62.	Hardened Scales	(1-2) Pururin
63.	UR Murktide	(1-2) ArchaeusDota	@ArchaeusDota
64.	Mono G Tron	(0-6) Magic_Dads71522
65.	Domain Zoo [Jegantha]	(1-3) IMonsterAA
66.	UR Murktide	(1-2) vSUPREME973
67.	BR Grief	(1-2) Misplacedginger	@misplacedginger	[Twitch]
68.	Domain Zoo [Jegantha]	(0-2) Zoob5555
69.	BG Yawgmoth	(0-2) SleepingSnorunt
70.	4c Living End	(0-3) SPyromancer
71.	4c Living End	(0-2) rinconete
72.	Mono B Coffers	(0-3) matttothec
73.	BR Grief	(0-2) Slatorade	@Whoot1234
74.	RG Crimes [Jegantha]	(0-2) kharmic
75.	4c Goryo's Vengeance	(0-2) _Milhouse
	BG Yawgmoth	BryanOlvera1
	Jund Creativity	immvp
	Amulet Titan	Jumba

Full Metagame Breakdown

8 BR Grief 5 Domain Zoo 5 BG Yawgmoth 5 4c Living End 4 Amulet Titan 4 RW Burn 2 Hardened Scales 2 Mono B Rack 2 Rx Prowess (1 Temur, 1 RW) 1 Mono B Coffers 1 Jund Asmo 1 Domain Murktide 1 Esper Control 1 UR Breach 1 Domain Rhinos 1 Abzan Elves 1 RG Assault Loam 1 Temur Riku 1 Abzan Amalia 1 BR Waste Not 1 UB Mill 1 Dredge 1 BR Shadow 

12 BR Grief 9 UR Murktide 8 Rx Prowess (6 Temur, 2 RG) 6 Living End (5 4c, 1 Bant) 5 Domain Zoo 4 Rx Burn (3 RW, 1 Mono R) 4 Amulet Titan 4 Coffers (3 Mono B, 1 BG) 3 RG Crimes 3 Creativity (2 5c, 1 Jund) 3 Affinity 2 BG Yawgmoth 2 4c Goryo's Vengeance 2 Hardened Scales 1 Mono B Rack 1 Jund Saga 1 4c Breach Station 1 Domain Murktide 1 Domain Rhinos 1 Belcher 1 Mono W Taxes 1 Mono G Tron 

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown

3 BR Grief 3 4c Living End 3 Amulet Titan 2 Domain Zoo 2 Hardened Scales 1 BG Yawgmoth 1 Mono B Rack 1 Mono B Coffers 1 Jund Asmo 

3 UR Murktide 3 Domain Zoo 2 Rx Prowess (2 Temur) 1 BR Grief 1 Living End (1 Bant) 1 Rx Burn (1 RW) 1 Amulet Titan 1 RG Crimes 1 Creativity (1 5c) 1 Mono B Rack 1 Jund Saga 

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Maybe they explained it and I somehow missed it, but there are two things that bother me. First, how did Diana got this big, like I don't have feeling that many years passed before she show up again as child (last time we saw her, she was baby).
Second, Nick lost his Grimm powers after sleeping with Adaline. But, later he slept with her and nothing happened. Ok, Adaline lost her powers, but I'm talking about time after her powers returned.
I wanted to post this earlier, but couldn't wait to finish the show (I will write my review of whole series tomorrow or whenever).

I have a 3 year old German shepherd (male) that I’ve had since he was a little puppy. He seemed healthy and grew up in my house alongside my roommates dog, he had a happy life and enjoyed playing in the yard. At around 1.5 years old he started developing multiple rashes, I can attach pics soon but it was HORRIBLE. The vet treated him but did not tell me what the cause could be. “Just happens” or “allergies”. It took him months to heal, then a while later he started having redness and rashes around his penis area and a new vet said it could be seasonal or food allergies. So we treated him with antibiotics and a spray and switched foods. It’s a bit better now. Now he has ANOTHER rash developing as it did when he was 1.5 and I have NO idea why or how to figure out what it is since the vets seem to be no use. Any thoughts??