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George William grew up in a city in England and he was forced by his father to be a brawler. He was forced to fight in street fights to pay off his fathers debts. eventually, he grew sick of this and decided to run away. Couple of years later, he began gambling one day he was cheated out of $5000 This was when he was 12, and it was his first kill he killed everyone at the table as they ganged up to steal his money after this, he fell into a life of crime, robbing banks and spending countless nights on the run, he came to meet Dave Evergreen when he was 20 years of age, they met during a bounty hunting job which is when they started the bond. A couple of years later they met Jon, Daniel,hunter, and Jack, This then lead to their bounties going up to around $5000 each and being well renowned outlaws throughout the country and their gang became known as the Williams gang with George as their leader. Unfortunately along the way many of the gang were lost leaving only George, Dave, Jack and Jon. Somewhere in his life, George Williams started a family which consisted of his wife and son. These were brutally murdered after the Pinkerton detective agency found where he lived.
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Full Name - George Williams Alias' - Mr W

Nicknames - sir

Gender - male

Age - 55

Appearance -gray hair and thick beard Race- white/british Scars/Mutilations (If Any) -left eye missing Height - 6’3

Weight - 100kg

Place of Origin - england

Religion (Optional) - n/a

Owned Firearms - 2x Schofield revolvers and lancaster repeater and rolling block rifle Draw Style (Optional) -

Bounty - $5500

Family (Optional) —hidden-

Character Relations (Optional) - jack and jon were like his sons and dave is a brother to him

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The Short Version can be found here.

Part 1 can be found here.

Example 5 - There's more to a BBC YouTube title

Returning to this dastardly subreddit, for my next example, points 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 are relevant. OP provided a screenshot of a BBC YouTube title, stating: "Israeli hit squad dressed as doctors kill Palestinians in hospital." Per point 2, by failing to immediately link to the video, or immediately mention what the video contains, folk could come away with the conclusion that the BBC never reports that these were militants. In other words, some might believe that the misreporting here extends past the video title, when it does not, and this could be avoided by providing salient details sooner rather than later. This submission was made during the temporary ban, and I thought it was interesting enough as a case study to come back to.

Example 6 - Oxfam's full position

For this submission/meme, points 1, 2, and 6 are relevant. I saw that we weren’t going to get good-faith engagement with the entirety of Oxfam’s position here on why they initially opposed airdrops, and I attempted to outline the full extent of their views so that it can be critiqued appropriately. This meme is not too dissimilar from some Twitter leftist fixating on one short clip of Destiny during one of his heated gamer moments; his actual positions aren’t being engaged with, and it’s intellectually dull. There’s more to Destiny’s positions than a twenty-second clip; there’s more to Oxfam’s position than the one tweet. The fact of the matter is that there’s a long series of tweets here, and while the tweet OP chose to highlight is risible, is dumb, and is insufferable, we are more than capable on this subreddit in being more nuanced and fair when it comes to our criticism.
As I highlight, there were some concerns here that were not entirely unreasonable. At the time of my comment, there weren’t yet any reports on injuries due to airdrops. These reports appeared in the following days and weeks, where Gazans were killed when a parachute in an airdrop failed to deploy, and some drowned in their attempts to retrieve parcels that landed in the sea. Retrospectively, I wouldn't say that aid should not have been airdropped merely because it would result in these deaths, but a fair assessment of Oxfam here at the time should have taken these concerns into account.
Oxfam’s associate director also endorses a Twitter thread where some prescriptions are given on how ought this aid delivery be facilitated. He recommends that the Gaza port be reopened, and to open more crossings. The Biden administration recognized that airdrops would not sufficiently alleviate the problem of being unable to get sufficient quantities of aid distributed, and while the port was not reopened, Biden did announce that a temporary port would be built. Further, Israel approved the reopening of the Erez crossing.
The misinformation in OP’s post stems from the fact that folk will be disinterested in reading the twitter thread or any additional threads where they might have elaborated on views. Out of the thousands that interact with the post, a significant chunk will come away with the incorrect belief that Oxfam’s opposition to airdrops was merely due to what was stated in the meme. That is misinformation being propagated — not the most egregious, Hamas-esqe level of misinformation in the world, but misinformation nonetheless.

Example 7 - NYT: Bananas, or Cool as a Cucumber?

For our final example points 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are relevant; it’s the whole shebang. To give a quick recounting here, Hobbitfollower isn’t the only masochist that might, occasionally, choose to exclusively sort by new. When I saw the submission, I read the article, and I was a bit annoyed that the Jerusalem Post article doesn’t even link to the mission report that I was interested in reading. I searched for it, posted a link to the report in the very first comment of the thread as surely my fellow dggas would also like to read the report, and then I, well, read the report.
When I returned back to the thread, I quoted favourably from the mission report to support another individual's comment. (I would again quote from it in another thread the next day to highlight why Israel struggled to acquire forensic evidence.)
But as I scrolled down the thread I came across the subject of our example; 50 upvotes, no article linked, and clearly a charged comment. Consider the steps involved to truly engage with this comment; one would need to:

• Click and read the article.
• Search for the mission report.
• Read the mission report (as some folk probably won’t wanna read 20 pages right off the bat).
• Search for the NYT article; bypass the paywall (which is trivially easy nowadays but is still a barrier, and people are lazy); and read the article.

This is a very charged thread: there are going to be a large group of pro-Israel folk browsing this thread, frustrated and irate as bad memories are invoked of all the times they’ve had to deal with or seen pro-Hamas folk engaging in rape denialism. In much the same way a leftist sub is not going to be interested in a dispassionate analysis of an Israeli strike with high civilian collateral damage, this sub — at times — will struggle to calmly assess the subject matter. An expected behaviour isn’t necessarily the correct behaviour — the actions we believe one ought to take.
When a misleading tweet goes viral, the damage has already been done, as a considerable amount of people won’t see the subsequent Community Notes that might be slapped on it. Likewise, some of the thousands who see OP’s highly upvoted comment will think, “Oh, this has a lot of upvotes, I guess it must be true. How horrible of the NYT to frame this as a both sides issue”, and thus misinformation has spread. This incorrect belief will mold their perceptions of the NYT. When they encounter more reporting by the NYT on I-P in the future, they might even think back to this moment: “Ah, I remember when these bozos tried to say that the Israeli accusations were the same as the Palestinian accusations.”
I also referred to OP’s comment as disinformation. In every example discussed so far, I don't assume malicious intent. I just begin with the foundation that a mistake was made, and I don’t enmesh myself by throwing out accusations of lying. In this case, however, OP has indirectly acknowledged that I was correct, but they still haven’t bothered to edit their original comment. Once again, this comment is a really good example of point 1. I obviously also disagree with their conclusion, and the process by which they’re arriving at their conclusion is still very flawed — and other people are simply going to adopt their conclusion while not even attempting to reach there by their own independent assessment. If you see someone quote from an article, and they don’t even link it, and the comment is very charged, I would encourage y’all to seek out the article yourself; you may come away with a different interpretation.
I'm sure you've seen this meme before: "I'm just waiting for Destiny to comment on this so that I know what to think 😎." We meme about it, but there is, of course, an undercurrent of truth here, as we have confidence in Destiny's ability to research, and thus we feel comfortable adopting his beliefs and opinions. It's nice not having to do the research ourselves. Lazy fucks.
This applies to Reddit comments you see as well. Don't just adopt the conclusion of someone else because their beliefs align with yours and they're speaking with authority. Do the legwork yourself; be mindful of The Six Points; and you might find that someone on your own side is actually spreading misinformation, or is espousing an opinion that you disagree with.

Purgatory

I was perma-banned some time after my previous comment for a comment I made in a different thread. Before I get to that in the next fuck-me-who-knows-how-I'm-gonna-write-that-I'm-so-fucked section, I did want to bring up two final examples.

Example A - Haaretz and Amputations

For Example A, points 1, 3, 4, and 5 are relevant. Obviously, I can’t attempt point 6 because I was banned. Now, I actually agree with OP as I share their skepticism towards the notion that these amputations are “routine”, but referring to the article as a "fake story" is too strong, and, as always, their process here is flawed. The claims they make here about the Haaretz article and CNN article are misleading, but it is immediately upvoted because it feels right, particularly because the first reply just poisons the well. Haaretz did not speak to an anonymous person, they are reporting on a letter they have seen written by a doctor and sent to senior Israeli officials; the doctor did not justify the claim that the event is routine based on having seen only two amputations, that's merely the amputations they saw in the week they wrote the letter (but the phrasing here is ambiguous, as the doctor could be referring to the handcuff injuries as being the "routine" event); and the IDF did not confirm or deny all the claims, but gave a fairly standard, boilerplate response instead. The misleading claims in this comment was eventually addressed — and, as I’m sure you’re irritated by the repetition by now, the goal of this post is to turn this “eventually” into an “immediately.”

Example B - Wikipedia and Devious Editing

For Example B, points 1 and 5 are relevant. I want to be very careful with this one as I don't want to be misconstrued. Similar to the previous example, I mostly agree with their conclusion that these Wikipedia pages can be very flawed, and partisan editors can tarnish the objectivity that we wish could be maintained across all articles. However, you know the drill by now, point 1. There’s much to be said about the infamous “24-hour window” debacle, and I made a submission a while ago on this. I think there are parts of this story that both the pro-Palestine and pro-Israel crowd get wrong — but the latter is generally more correct, and I would agree with OP here that the information here is, at the very least, incomplete.
However, per point 5, the articles they are critiquing are not linked. How many people here actually sought out the two articles referenced here? As I’ve already demonstrated, we know how many misleading or false claims you can get away with before they’re finally addressed. A user in that thread made some edits to the contentious lines in question in the Wikipedia article. This was the Wikipedia article at the time OP’s comment was made. OP quotes this section:

Prior to the raids, Israel had called for the more than a million people living in the north half of the Gaza Strip to evacuate during a 24-hour window, while Hamas instructed those residents to stay put.

The two citations here are a Reuters article and a Politico article. The Politico article is arguably redundant, but it’s not being cited because it’s supposed to make a statement about a 24-hour window; it’s being cited to support the statement about Hamas:

Hamas is complicating the situation, urging residents to stay in their homes.

The Reuters article also mentions this:

“We tell the people of northern Gaza and from Gaza City, stay put in your homes, and your places," Eyad Al-Bozom, spokesman for the Hamas Interior Ministry, told a news conference.

Contrary to what OP said, both articles use the word “evacuation” at some point. The first part of the quote from the Wikipedia page is supported by this statement in the Reuters article:

On Friday Israel gave more than a million residents of the northern half of Gaza 24 hours to flee to the south to avoid an onslaught.

In a follow-up comment OP claims that the archived link, which pulled the earliest version of the Reuters article available, does not support the line. This seems to have been an error on the part of whoever chose this hyperlink. When the Wikipedia article first mentions calls for evacuation, this was how the Reuters article cited looked like at the time; regardless of the veracity of the claim, the article did support what the Wikipedia page mentions.
To reiterate, OP is completely correct about this pernicious problem with Wikipedia. It’s just that in this example, I don’t think it qualifies as a case of those darn pro-Palestine editors back at it again. The nuanced position here is pretty difficult to get to, and I don’t think the editors wrote this line in the interest of distorting the truth to serve their own side.

Example B.5: A better yet slightly flawed post on Wikipedia and Euro-Med Monitor

This post about how Hamas supporters are influencing Wikipedia does better in terms of substantiating their claims — but there are issues here that I would have loved to address, and there is a good critique on OP’s prescriptions that was buried at the bottom. Unfortunately, OP has been suspended from Reddit. If you’re reading this mate, call me 🥺.
There are a lot of hyperlinks in OP’s post (lol, sez fucking me), and it’s completely reasonable that someone won’t feel inclined to click every single one; that’s not an expectation I would ever demand. From going through the post, there are several small critiques I would have made (e.g., while I don’t believe the Mondo article should have been cited, OP claims that in the article, “The only people criticizing Wiesel here is the author of the opinion piece.” FWIW, the article does reference and cite a Haaretz article, and a Foreign policy article, both of which levy criticism against Wiesel), but I’m just going to focus on this line:

In fact, it is owned by a man named Ramy Abdu, who is a literal Hamas lobbyist.

If you’re going to call someone a literal Hamas lobbyist, that is definitely a link I’m clicking. What I know about Abdu is simply what I can assume about his beliefs from various tweets I’ve seen by him over the past several months; but I’ve never looked into their background other than being aware of their position at EMM. Upon opening the link I see… a 2013 article about Clare Short. From reading the article, it looks like OP missed some steps in outlining how they arrived at their conclusion, and I saw only a few people inquiring about this. To fill in the steps on what I presume OP wanted to say, from the article they linked:

Moshe Ya’alon, former IDF chief of staff, outlawed the Council for European Palestinian Relations (CEPR) – a Belgian non-profit organisation that lobbies on behalf of the Hamas-led Gaza Government – using emergency defence regulations.

I haven’t looked into CEPR, and they obviously disputed the lobbying charge; I’m just going to take the claim at face-value. In 2011, Abdu was assistant director of the CEPR, and still held a position there for several years. They've since left the organization, but per point 1, if this is how OP arrived at the conclusion that Abdu is a “literal Hamas lobbyist”, I think it could use a bit more work, with additional clarification on what they mean by lobbyist here. I’m sure they can do it, it just happened to not be in this post.
I'm not going to harp on about point 5 here as I only apply that to incidents where a claim is made; one or two articles are linked; and then no one reads them, assuming the claim must be true as long as articles are provided. I would literally never make the prescription that if someone writes an effort-post, we must click every hyperlink to fact-check. I mean, it's not like I would have any other motivation for saying that... sweats profusely 🙄
Just to make one final point on EMM, it is a rubbish outlet, and any time I encounter one of their articles, I roll my eyes knowing I’m going to get some outlandish claim where I can find fuck-all for corroboration from other outlets. However, sometimes there is corroboration, where EMM was the first to notice that the IDF labelled a bicycle as an RPG in the drone footage they published, and then the NYT confirmed the finding (except for the other stupid claim made in the tweet.) But anyways, these moments are astronomically rare.

Example C - A Mysterious Royal Website (What a weaselly little --)

Okay, I lied, one final example as it’s interesting to see how people here parse articles and headlines, but before I address the example, let me talk about Reuters headlines.

Reuters headlines

They’re not always consistent on this front, but I generally like how Reuters writes their headlines. A Reuters headline will often contain the phrase “US says”. [30] [31] [32] What I’m expecting in the article when I see a headline containing this phrase is some official representing the Biden administration outlining what their particular policy, position, belief, etc., is on whatever the subject matter may be, or some action they took which makes it clear what their position is. In the given examples, we have statements from Biden, Blinken, the US military, and so on. Sometimes the US officials remain anonymous, sharing information in private briefings.
If there isn’t an official statement by the US available on a matter, the headline might use the phrase “source says” to talk about ongoing developments. [33] [34] “Reuters will use unnamed sources where necessary when they provide information of market or public interest that is not available on the record. We alone are responsible for the accuracy of such information.” [35]
Relevant to Example C, Reuters uses the same guidelines for “Saudi Arabia says” [36] [37] and “sources say” for information relevant to Saudi Arabia. [38]

Israeli outlets, A royal family website, and Saudi sources: An amusing chain of events

Keeping the previous section in mind, when I came across this version of a Jerusalem Post article posted to this subreddit, you can imagine what I’m expecting here — particularly because this would be momentous news to see Saudi Arabia make a public statement that they helped defend Israel. Instead, we get reporting on what Saudi Arabia’s royal family said on their website, and what a source connected to the Saudi royal family told KAN, another Israeli outlet — and we don’t get links to either of them. If there was no statement on the royal family’s website, this would have been a bad headline to write based on what this source said. Unfortunately for the JP, there is no official website for Saudi Arabia’s royal family. You’ll see in the current version, they remove the reference to that website, and also add the following line:

The Al Arabiya news site said sources had informed it that Saudi Arabia had not participated in the interception of Iranian drones and missiles.

Here’s the article by the Saudi state-owned outlet, which is essentially their mouthpiece to deny the ongoing report. I24news, however, didn’t get the memo:

Saudi Arabia publicly acknowledges role in defending Israel against Iranian attack
While Jordan had openly disclosed its role in the defensive maneuver, Saudi Arabia's acknowledgment came in the form of a summary on its official website

When I first saw the JP submission on this subreddit, I bookmarked it for later to come back to and find the sources, as it’s not the first time I’ve seen dubious reporting from KAN news. I was also curious if anyone in the thread was going to highlight some of the discrepancies in the article, and, well, shoutout to this keen reader! Fact-checking the JP article slipped my mind, but thanks to a comment I saw on another subreddit, they correctly pointed out that the website referenced was not affiliated with the Saudi royal family, and thus the article the JP and other Israeli outlets had presumably read should not have been taken as an official statement. Christ, this is obvious from the very first line:

A source from the Saudi royal family, who prefers anonymity, converses with the Kan public broadcaster. The individual subtly acknowledges Saudi Arabia’s supposed involvement in thwarting Iranian attack drones bound for Israel the previous evening, citing that Saudi Arabian airspace automatically intercepts “any suspicious entity”.
The same figure takes a swing at Iran, accusing them of instigating a conflict in Gaza. This, they suggest, is a deliberate attempt to unravel the progress established towards normalizing relations with Israel, as per Kan’s report.
In the words of the official, as put forth by Kan, “Iran is a nation that endorses terrorism, and the world should have curtailed it much earlier.”

Why would the official Saudi royal website use an anonymous source within the royal family to make their public announcement, and why would they quote what the official said to an Israeli outlet?!
It’s fascinating to see this play out: the supposed source spoke to Kan News; Houseofsaud presumably sees this and makes an article on the Kan segment; the JP sees this article and the segment, poorly reads it, and then cites it and the original Kan segment; outlets like the Daily Wire pick up on the story from the JP; and then on it goes, spreading like wildefire, before the Saudis take note (“oh fuck, oh fuck, where are these reports coming from?”) and disseminate a message denying that any “official” website publicly confirmed their involvement. The Saudis are involved, and they’re keeping tight-lipped about the extent of their involvement.
Just to quote one more line from the i24news article because it’s shockingly poor:

The post subtly hinted at Saudi Arabia's involvement in intercepting suspicious entities in its airspace, highlighting the kingdom's proactive stance in safeguarding regional stability.

This is written based on this line from the HouseofSaud article:

A source from the Saudi royal family, who prefers anonymity, converses with the Kan public broadcaster. The individual subtly acknowledges Saudi Arabia’s supposed involvement in thwarting Iranian attack drones bound for Israel the previous evening, citing that Saudi Arabian airspace automatically intercepts “any suspicious entity”.

It’s the individual/source who is being subtle, not the post itself as i24 news mentions.
Anyways, this is not a case of misinformation by the subreddit. There's nothing wrong with posting a JP article, and this is easily the least offensive Example, but point 5 is nicely relevant here. I thought y'all might find this to be interesting, particularly because some people probably still believe that Saudi Arabia has publicly acknowledged their involvement, and maybe that could be someone reading this section. It's also another example where, because I’m banned, I can’t offer a bit of nuance. stares intently at 4THOT
It’s a shame Destiny didn’t finish reading the article, I’m curious what he would have said. He speculates that the report was from intelligence or monitoring, but moves on before finishing the article; it’s also the updated version of the article, without the tidbit about the Saudi royal family website.

Finito

I'm going to close out this section here. There's always more to include, more examples that demonstrate the aforementioned points, but I'd rather focus on my own comments instead of threads where I was unable to contribute my thoughts. There's been a plethora of discourse here surrounding the campus protests, and maybe those are still ongoing if I manage to post this at a sooner date. For completely legitimate and fair justifications, all of these threads are going to be very charged; and maybe upon reading this post some of y'all might feel more inclined to analyze these situations dispassionately, mindful of cases where the reporting might not be the greatest.

Example D - A Late Fact-check (Still lying, dude!)

I fucking lied again, there’s more. Literally the day after I finished writing the above paragraph, a new example popped up that I can’t resist the temptation to include. Stop giving me material! As I spoke of above, the campus protests have resulted in a charged atmosphere on the subreddit, which means that this post stating that a “Jewish-Israeli family’s restaurant was targeted in a hate crime” is immediately catapulted to the front page. The biggest problem here is that, per point 2, the presentation of the post led folk to believe that this was a recent event because OP had omitted the date this took place, and this led to one user to thoughtfully suggest that it might be worth setting up a GoFundMe to help the owners with the repairs.
To reemphasize the point I’ve made throughout this post, I’m looking to incentivise better behaviour to occur sooner. It took nearly 10 hours before one jolly chap came along to do the fact-check. Naturally, had I seen this post while browsing arnew, I would have done the same, and so would a couple other users here as well who are good for this sort of thing — and that's unfortunate that I’m saying a “couple” instead of “many.” There is no curiosity amongst everyone who interacted with this post to inquire into the event; not even something simple as requesting OP for an article. So folks, always ask for a source if OP doesn’t provide one just so you have a bit more context. (Also, I am fascinated with the anecdote OP attached to this post. Did they just make up their credentials?)

Example E - Hebrew Sources and False Confidence

This is a wonderful example to close out this section because it exemplifies so many of the problematic behaviours that I have demonstrated in this post. I was only made aware of this thread because a user here DM'd me a link to the thread. I will refer to the individual posting misinformation in the comments as "OP", and I'll refer to the submitter of the post by their username, Sylmd. The rebuttals to OP are excellent, and I will focus more on the behaviour here.
Sylmd posted a submission doing a quick lil' fact-check on a Destiny tweet, noting the fact that he seemed to have misread or misremembered a particular report. I say "seemed" here in case Destiny was referring to some other report or article he had read, but that seems unlikely as he has referenced this report in several of his debates, and the report was the subject of his previous tweets. Regardless, it was a small mistake, and apart from failing to immediately link the tweet and the report (link your sources you silly goose), Sylmd's post is civil, calm, and makes no accusations of malicious intent.
According to OP, Destiny was actually right, and 300+ IDF soldiers were in fact injured. Now, there's so much that is astonishingly problematic with OP's comment, and I gotta... mention it all! Sorry!
Naturally, they don't ever quote from their sources, which means it's on us to try and find the relevant sections. OP claims that the articles linked will demonstrate that 380 Israelis were injured -- despite the fact that Sylmd is obviously doing a fact-check on how many Israeli soldiers were injured, and that's literally the subject of Destiny's tweet.
Whatever, I'm sure the articles at least "discusses around 380 injuries"? Fuck no they don't! There's no mention of this figure anywhere, and OP somehow racks up 50 upvotes when they accuse Sylmd of lying after they correctly point this out. Did these people actually read the articles, find this magical 380 figure, and think, "Grrr, Sylmd you mendacious scumbag, I see through your Hamas propaganda." Sylmd was sitting at -31, one hour after the thread was made. (If you refer back to Example 2, you'll see that I felt compelled to make a submission when I saw a user was being downvoted for correctly pointing out that an article did not prove a particular claim.)
It gets worse. Apparently, you have to "click through all the links in these articles buddy." Well, okay, that's pretty elaborate, how silly of us not to realize this. OP wants us to open up nine Hebrew articles, translate them, and then tally up the number of casualties. Problem? Surely we get to the 380 figure if we click through all the hyperlinks in the article? Fuck no we don't! And even if we did, this is the most blisteringly cumbersome way to prove a claim. The sheer condescension in OP's comment is equivalent to that of a Twitter leftist: "It's not my job to educate you honey, you must read the literature."
So where does this mysterious figure come from? Well, as Sylmd correctly pointed out (before OP mentioned it), they are grabbing this figure from Hebrew Wikipedia. Sylmd doesn't provide a link to the article in question, so I will provide it here, and as you can see, the two articles that OP linked came from this Wikipedia page. I'm not convinced OP actually read either of these articles.
That's not all. They then linked a report in Hebrew in their edit. Where did they get this report from? It's not on the Wikipedia page, maybe this is something they have bookmarked? Nope, they got it from another user in the thread! After all is said and done, they still somehow racked up 270 upvotes for this awful rebuttal, and they were, "Proud to take a blast for defending the truth."
Do I even need to mention the points here? It's an authoritative comment; the linked articles give an "aura" of being correct; and there's confidence in all their comments.
To quote from Example 1:

Anyways, since I began this post it looks like the upvotes and downvotes on the original comment have since shifted. Mashallah. It's the behaviour I was describing before: all the low-effort garbage gets upvoted first, and then other people break the circlejerk and try to add nuance. But it would be nice if the nuance was added first and foremost without the need for tedious fact-checks.

That still holds true today.

Consistency and Principles

Do I only address misinformation from the pro-Israel side? Not that it should matter, but no, I will address misinformation from the pro-Palestine on this subreddit if I see it and I feel like addressing it. I was irritated to see muppets like Rob Rousseau spread conspiracies about a "suspicious link" between ISIS and Mossad, and I encountered a user here who was sprouting similar conspiratorial nonsense. You’ll notice that (1) I was blessed to be called a “Reddit pseudo intellectual libtard” (not wrong, not false, this hurts bro); and (2) I apply the exact same methodology here as I do for the examples of misinformation I've addressed elsewhere — which isn’t to say I’m doing anything commendable here. I just read the articles, trying to find the primary sources where relevant, and then see if the “reporting” accurately conveys what was said or written.
However, digging up the original source can be a time-consuming endeavour, and compounded by the fact that I might not speak the relevant language — which means that there was a case where I inadvertently made a comment containing misinformation. A couple months ago someone requested a steelman of the argument that Israel is conducting a genocide against Gazans; I offered one, and to support the case I used a misquote taken from a Bloomberg video which omitted a crucial part of Yoev Gallant’s statement: the reference to Hamas, and thus radically changing the context of the statement. I hold myself to the same principle when it comes to curbing misinformation, and I was more than content to edit my comment to ensure it did not propagate further than it already had.
Some of you eagle-eyed readers might recognize this Gallant quote, as it made a very marked appearance within… South Africa's genocide case against Israel. Here, that salient reference to Hamas is also omitted, and the accompanying footnote cites the same Bloomberg video that I did. As I wished in another reply, Bloomberg did indeed take the video down eventually. Now, I can be excused for my mistake as I’m not making the positive case outside of my steelman. For South Africa, this is unbelievably shoddy work when you're officially bringing a genocide case against another state.
Anyways, I've gone through many examples in this schizo-post, and it's entirely possible that I've made an error at some point; the irony is not lost on me. Feel free to point these errors out. I might not agree with your assessment, but I'm always willing to hear the arguments.

Prescriptions: The Six Points (Déjà vu)

I'm going to end with The Six Points because that's the focus of Part 1 and Part 2. As previously mentioned, this post is not intended to demonstrate that the misinformation the pro-Israel crowd spreads is as egregious as the misinformation the pro-Palestine spreads, whether in general or on this subreddit. While misinformation from the pro-Palestine crowd slips by every now and then on the subreddit, I would make the case that, generally speaking, it is quickly addressed. In my experience, however, I was finding quite a few cases of misinformation from the pro-Israel crowd were taking a concerning amount of time to be addressed; and in the interest of ensuring that it does get addressed in a more timely manner, I believe the following prescriptions would be helpful to keep in mind when browsing the subreddit:

1. Value the process just as much — if not, more — than the conclusion.
2. Be wary of how the presentation of information or the omission of pertinent information can lead to the inadvertent spread of misinformation.
3. Be aware of how “charged” topics/threads lead to poor reasoning that lacks dispassionate analysis.
4. Be aware of how pre-existing beliefs about an individual or organization alongside the usual biases leads to a reluctance to fact-check, where claims are taken at face-value because they feel right.
5. Link the article. Read the article. (Thoroughly.)
6. Redirect criticism to areas where it will be the strongest.

Click here for Part 3. Warning: you might get stung by a bee 🐝

If you are a player and have not played through this adventure from Tales of the RED: Street Stories, kindly go somewhere else.
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Okay fellow Referees (and experienced players) let's talk about the 2nd adventure in TotR, Agents of Desire. When I first read this adventure, I was STOKED! What an idea! My players will be wondering what is going on until about the halfway point, and even then be questioning what is going on until closer to the end, there's hardly any combat (we just did the first TotR adventure, A Night at the Opera, and my party had a TOUGH time against the cyberpsycho in that one, so a more thought-intense edgerun is just what the doctor ordered), and the personalities in Agents are spot on - the snooty maitre d', the heist crew, the blackmailed tech... they all feel like they make sense in this situation.
Actual experience running it - my players figured out that Kodai had Soulkilled Aisha (and almost instantly recognized that Kodai's pet name for her, Ai, was spelled A I, or artificial intelligence) or something equally creepy (she was a holo-playmate, she was an AI from across the Blackwall, etc). I have had some experience in trying to surprise gamers before, but I really thought it would take my party longer into the session before they pegged to the fact that something wasn't right in the state of Denmark. But beyond that, I still liked this adventure. It was a tighter story and made more sense than A Night at the Opera (the Inquisitors are working with a cyberpsycho? I know they're classic mook bad guys, but, um, no, I would have used someone else - skavs, Raffen Shiv, wanna be boostergangers) I was just surprised at how quick my players figured it all out. And the posed moral quandary - do the players turn in Kodai and LaMarch to Netwatch or the NCPD or even one of the corps? - is not such a quandary for my hard-bitten party of futuristic survivalists. "Who's paying us to do what?" "Kodai is paying you 1,000 eddies each for returning his girlfriend." "Done." And that was it. To the rest of us, here in the real world, yes, we (and my players, though not their PCs) would have been horrified and looked to put EVERYONE involved behind bars and turned the evidence over to NetWatch, but to my party it was just a thousand eddie payday. They didn't even have to resort to violence, even though they offered it a couple of times. Not all the time, but definitely every once in a while, I appreciate an adventure that doesn't require initiative to be rolled.
Preparation suggestions - I can't think of all the crazy stuff my players will come up with in a session, so just be ready to improv your ass off. Our Solo asked Jane (the waitress from the Heist Crew who had stayed in La Lune Bleue) out on a date when he figured out she was in on the theft of the agent. Didn't see that one coming! So I rolled with it - Jane riding pillion on his bike pickpockets (not a skill on her stat block, so I improvised she was pretty good with it, and she rolled higher than his Perception roll) the Solo's pistol and hops off the motorcycle at the next light. Almost gets away, except the rest of the party rolls up with guns drawn and she gives up. Again, I liked the adventure. It's good by itself, or you can chain the TotR adventures together pretty easily (someone else on here put up a little guide on how they did it, I apologize for not remembering your name).
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EDIT: before I forget, go watch Seth Skorkowsky's review of Agents of Desire, he does a better job of it than I do.
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EDIT the 2nd: I did find the post that I am using to run TotR as a campaign (here) and a bunch of reviews posted here in the sub that provide good info to Referees looking to run them (here).

The Context:
A user posts a meme to /starterpacks mocking that OOP describes as the “oppressed gamer” — specifically their obsession with the attractiveness of female characters and feelings of persecution, among others.
Many in the comments take exception to the meme, with side-by-side comparisons of the looks of actors and their female character models proliferating.
The Drama:
Someone tries to argue that game developers are indeed making women uglier:

But There are numerous examples of gaming companies using motion capture of real woman for female characters and changing the game model of the woman to the point where the facial structure and features of the game model barely resembles the female model, which seems to happen less often with the male motion capture actors. Look at Mass Effect Andromeda. The main male actor looks exactly like the male mc. The main female actress barely looks like the female mc. They were both motion captured, yet only the female looks completely different. Look at Spider Man 2 where Mary Jane barely resembles her real life actress. This seems to be a genuine trend going around that is happening too often and consistently to be just a coincidence. It’s stupid that the game devs are seemingly going out of their way to change the facial structure of game models for female characters in order to make them more “realistic”, even though they are literally using real woman.

This comment stinks like dirty incel.

How is my comment wrong though?

You're complaining about video game characters not looking like some anime big titty porn stars and looking like real women. Perhaps going outside and looking at real people would help.

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they are in fact complaining that video game characters do not look like real people. Specifically studios intentionally editing the 3d scans of actual women they hired for the role and half the time making them uglier for no reason by messing with their faces, meanwhile the scans they do of men are always 1:1. A good example of this is the new star wars outlaws game. In this game the female protagonist has a completely different face compared to the actress they scanned, however the actor's models look exactly the same.

Well achtually....
Have you seen real people? Get out of here.

Yes I have seen real people, and I have a problem with video game characters being intentionally distorted to not look like real people. Stop being disingenuous by pretending that editing people's bodies to make them look completely different, then acting like this is normal is somehow ok. This is the entire reason why the body positivity movement exists.

It is ok. You incel kids that seem to care about video game women's bodies is fucking weird. It makes no difference to anything except your addled little mind.

So you think all those ads where women's bodies are distorted to look unnaturally slim with big boobs or have their faces altered to be more symmetrical and have smaller chins, noses, and lips are perfectly fine? You're a massive hypocrite. Stop calling literally anything you didn't take even two seconds to think about incel behavior. Intentionally editing the look of people's bodies to make them look uglier or more attractive is not ok.

Things degrade from here, with the slapfight devolving into one user posting multiple photos of actresses side by side with the models of their characters, ostensibly in an attempt to prove that developers are making women in games uglier.
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You’re embarrassing yourself How many anti woke videos have you seen today Please talk to a real person today

You haven’t actually proved any of my points wrong.

MJ from spiderman 2 looks different because she was in an accident that messed up her face. Also that worker all the anti wokes said that looks like MJ was a hoax as well
I don’t care about the rest of them. Mass effect andromeda had bigger problems than you needing to get a hard on You need to fix your priorities of what’s actually wrong in the gaming industry

I’ve just looked at her instagram account and some of her recent photos from April and March and February. Her facial structure and her facial features, even now, still look barely anything like the game model’s features.
Also, for Mass Effect Andromeda, the male model looks the same as the game model while the female model doesn’t. :

Wow the west truly has fallen
Gaming is le woke sjw cringe
I don’t give a shit

The same user as above begins to post more photos, trying to prove his point.

You seem unhinged the way you think this pic of this character proves any point you are trying to make.

This character model looks literally nothing like any of the pictures from the actress. Her chin, cheekbones, nose, jawline, etc, are all noticeably different.

You can take a pic of any single person alive today and make it not look like them just thru lighting.
nothing you are doing is akin to scientific analysis
you are literally bemused and shook by basic principles of photography

I have looked at multiple different pictures of Mary Jane in the Spider-Man and the actress on her Instagram account, including ones with different angles and lighting. In every single one, all of the facial features in the game version don't match the real life actress. Many people have noticed that, it's why this controversy happened in the first place.

we know a lot of people are into this, that's why OP made the pic in OP, to make fun of the great many of you who are obsessed about this. it's not a controversy that exists outside terminally online Gamer TM communities.
EDIT: and people from those gamer conspiracy communities stalked the actor you are making these accusations about until she quit her job. So maybe fucking stop with the dumb online gamer conspiracies. The fact that there are many people into this is not a comfort or a sign that it is true and good.

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Mfer has never talked to a woman. Dudes mom won't even give em the time of day

Is your best reply seriously insulting me? You literally haven't proven anything I've said wrong.

Lmao absolutely no self awareness. It comes with age

You can't even make a proper argument against my points, yet you are saying I am the one with no self awareness.

Yeah it comes with age. You're obviously 12. You said shit so stupid it doesn't deserve an earnest reply.

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Do not pull out bullshit statements like "your statement is so dumb and wrong, I don't need to explain why". That means literally nothing and proves literally nothing. You might as well say "I'm right because I say I am", and it would be just about as meaningful of a statement.
Anyone can say "your statement is dumb" or "I am obviously right", whether or not what you are saying is actually true. It's literally one of the worst ways someone can argue against people's points, because it means that someone is just trying to shut down people's arguments without actually saying anything meaningful to refute it, most of the time because they can't form a proper argument against it themselves.

Lmao you got alot of experience in being wrong huh? Fucking incel loser stfu and go away

Again, no actual arguments, just insults. You are just proving my point again. You can’t even write a response without saying “fuck” or “loser”.

Lmao fucking loser. When you finally grow tf up you're gonna cringe so hard about this phase in your life.

Free markets are discussed:

Conservatives claim to love the free market. They didn't get help from anyone and neither should you. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps! So if conservatives want a game with nothing but hot women with their titties and asses hanging out, even full nudity, they should make that. What's stopping them? Man up, stop blaming liberals, and do the job yourself.

It's not free market if the state / establishment actively interferes to push in a certain direction.

I didn't know the government was keeping titties out of video games.

If you examine that comment, you'll notice that the statement it's making is entirely about you.

If you had any kind of self awareness you'd know that no one fucking likes you, you smell bad, and you should probably just give up on your sad pathetic excuse for a life

Things get personal:

Games are meant to be for the male gaze. If you say otherwise it's cope.

They are but it makes them worse for anyone who isn't a straight man.

Yes but I want sexy women in my escapism

Well, most people don't.

Watch porn. It has beatiful women fucking ugly freaks like you. Lmao

And what of the woke mob?

It's a weird culture war thing. They think the "woke mob" wants to subvert "traditional" gender values by making characters less "conventionally" attractive and ruin video games because feminism is about hating men or something.

Oh "they" don't "think" that, there are already examples of it happening, the subversion part at least I don't think the intention is to ruin the games or media its being done to its just usually the result in many cases but ofc not every case.
Nobody cares if you want to make the wokest tv show, movie or game ever made its when you have to change already established characters or lore because your story/game doesn't stand on its own without an already established IP it gets annoying. And I don't really understand who it is for either because the most liberal people I know who are woke AF don't like this either and find it to be pandering and patronizing.
So lets not pretend its not happening because that is the stupidest way of trying to avoid debating it, we all know it is happening and it might be intended to make us argue each other as a diversion from more pressing issues as much of this culture war seems to be trying to accomplish.

We are out to get you gamer

Member when everyone was like "fuck the rich" and occupied together all over the place? And then suddenly for no reason at all people where fighting eachother over stupid shit?
Yeah don't worry about that, just attack everyone who doesn't think like you like a good little pawn, there are NAZIS out there after all and YOU need to be a HERO!

Run for the hills gamer

One user is dragged for saying “wokism”:

I'm sorry if you're ugly and you wanted to be represented in video games but I ain't paying 70 bucks to watch/play ugly characters who have no other reasons to be ugly than wokism.

nawww bro said "wokism" unironically
I bet you threw down your controller in disgust the first time you loaded up Super Mario Bros.
How dare the woke agenda made you play as such a disgusting pile of pixels! If they wanted representation for stubby Italian-American plumbers they shouldn't have gone after YOU'RE monies!
Stay strong Gamer TM.
"Wokism" you didn't have to tell everyone you don't have friends
"wokism" ate my son!!!

The Flairs:

Is gollum as attractive as Andy serkis?
I didn't know the government was keeping titties out of video games.
Watch porn. It has beatiful women fucking ugly freaks like you.

Not a gamer hope this is okay to ask. Mom (56F) is a gamer and has been since Atari. She kind of fallen off (except mobile games) lately but my sisters and I are going in on a switch and some games for her for Mother’s Day. We are pretty lost and definitely need help choosing games! She’s a for sure fan of animal crossing so getting that absolutely. And I know she is not a first person shooter fan, but….
Past games I’m certain she was a huge fan of:
-Tiger Woods golf and Outlaw golf (if anyone remembers that)
-tennis game (not sure but it was Xbox)
-sims
-Pac-Man and mrs Pac-Man, space invaders and classic Mario arcade style games. (Is there a bundle version with these?)
-Zelda
-Mario sunshine and Star Wars pod racer N64
-crash bandicoot
-donkey kong across the board
She has owned most systems except Xbox 360 and Ps5 (and newer if there is? 🫣) if that helps. After I moved out she bought a Wii couldn’t really tell you what she bought gamewise or what her Xbox games were. I hope this gives a general idea?? Looking to get her probably 3-5 games to get her started.
The real thing is I know they have iterations of most I’ve already listed - but want to get her something in the same “vibe” but something new and different based on real people recommendations. TIA

Since Season 40, a common bit of contention in the Survivor fandom has been the fact that Survivor doesn’t use season themes anymore. Jeff has gone on the record saying that season themes started to get stretched a little thin after settling in Fiji, and after the pandemic, he wanted to free the show of the burden of needing themes for each season. I, for one, have always thought that season themes were a very fun addition to the show, and I think they should bring them back, probably after season 50.
But I figured I’d try to put my money where my mouth is. Jeff and the production team were having trouble coming up with themes that had a catchy title and could persist from the beginning to the end of the season. I sat down this afternoon and tried to brainstorm some season themes I would try to implement if I were on the production team.
People commonly suggest themes like Legends, First Boots, Old School vs. New School, and Back to Basics, and while I would love to see those themes, I tried to come up with unique themes I haven’t seen floating around before. These are themes which could apply to newbie seasons with a few notable exceptions.
Here’s what I came up with, ordered as the seasons I see production most likely to implement to the least likely. But I think each of them would have interesting twists that would be fun to watch.

1. Survivor: Guts vs. Gamers vs. Gremlins

So I had to indulge myself and include at least one three tribe vs. format similar to HHH. This would be an altered version of brains vs. brawn vs. beauty, another popular theme. The equivalent of the brains tribe would be the Gamers, who are focused more on being geeks and nerds rather than being generally smart. The equivalent of the brawn tribe would be the Guts, being composed of athletes, daredevils, and others with dangerous careers like oil rig workers and climbers. Lastly, the equivalent of the beauty tribe would be the Gremlins. Instead of being a bunch of models, the Gremlins would emphasize the social aspect of the game by being comedians, pranksters, and other people that production thinks would be funny to interact with each other.
I think this is a believable theme as Survivor has set a precedent for doing similar seasons in the past. I also think each tribe would be interesting to watch as the interpersonal dynamics and playstyle would be very different on each tribe.

1. Survivor: Lawmen vs. Outlaws

In Survivor: Pearl Islands, they explored the theme of pirates with the Drake and Morgan tribes being named after famous pirates of history and the sabotage rewards. In a similar vein, I’d like to see a Wild West themed season with tribes called Earp and Cassidy. Of course, it doesn’t fit as well as pirates in Pearl Islands cause there were never cowboys in Fiji, but hey 44 had a half-baked medieval fantasy theme, so why not?
The lawmen tribe would consist not just of police officers, obviously, but of natural leaders and people that tend to value honor and camaraderie. The outlaw tribe would be made of people who don’t seem to fit in, or would cause chaos on the island. For a feel good story, I can definitely see production wanting to put some people on the outlaw tribe who have been to prison and have turned their life around afterward (obviously nobody that’s done anything too egregious). If this is a returnee season, this would be a fantastic place for Richard Hatch to finally return.
For a twist in this season, I think it would be cool to bring back the Survivor auction in a big way, by allowing the cast to earn money during rewards to save up for the auction they know is coming late in the season. This money could come from rewards or from finding it in caches around the camp.
Also, Jeff needs to wear his cowboy hat the whole season.

1. Survivor: One World 2

Okay, so I know it seems like I’m just taking old seasons and bringing them back with new twists, and I promise I have more original concepts later. But my idea for One World 2 actually started out as something completely separate, but the title of One World fit so well that I just had to include it.
I would love to see a full international season. As it is, Survivor can only cast people with US or Canadian citizenship and a passport, but they’ve casted a few immigrants. My proposal is to bring an all newbie cast entirely made of US immigrants, each one from a different country around the world, preferably people who were raised in their home country. The season would become an incredible mixing pot of different cultures, and of course you can include the original twist of One World with everyone starting on the same beach.

1. Survivor: Nowhere to Hide

Here’s my first spicy season. The previous three seasons are ones I can see production considering and from now on, these are fantasy seasons I would love but are unlikely to ever happen. Survivor: Nowhere to Hide is focused around one major twist. You cannot earn immunity for yourself. When you play an immunity idol, you cannot play it for yourself. When you win an immunity necklace, you have to give it to someone else. During the premerge, the immunity challenges would need to be kept the same, but the twist could still be involved with there being a few more idols hidden around camp than there would normally be.
I think this would add an interesting dynamic to the game, though it would definitely need to be contained to this one season.

1. Survivor: World Cup

Was Survivor acquired by ESPN? No, it’s just that the theme this season is sports. A cast of newbies is assembled, each with a background in some sport or other athletic venture. Each immunity and reward challenge is just the cast playing through a game of different sports. During the pre-merge they would play team sports like basketball, kickball, and sand volleyball, and after the merge, they would move on to individual games like tennis, golf, and archery.
Out of all celebrities who have played Survivor, most seem to be athletes, so in a cast comprised entirely of athletes, I think that they would have a shot to go farther than they usually do.

1. Survivor: Checkmate

Whereas the previous theme was a cast comprised of only the most athletic individuals, the cast of Survivor: Checkmate would be only the most intelligent that production could muster. This would be a fantastic season to have a returnee cast, but would also work with newbies.
In a game of chess, there is no luck involved, only strategy. You begin each game knowing exactly what it takes to win, and you have to beat your opponent in a battle of wits to get there. To mimic this in a game of Survivor, all tribes would start with an in-depth roadmap to all the twists, tribe swaps, and advantages in the season, as well as how many idols and advantages are hidden at each beach. Certain secrets could still be kept to keep the viewing experience exciting, such as the nature of each summit, what a potential beware advantage contains, and where idols are hidden, but for the most part, all players should start the game knowing how the game will look from Day 1 to Day 26. This may take a bit of the flair from each twist since the audience knows it’s coming, but I believe this theme will bring a level of strategy to the game that the show has never seen before.

1. Survivor: Old Dogs vs. New Tricks

Two previous survivor themes that were interesting but had flaws were Fans vs. Favorites and the old vs. young theme of Nicaragua. The latter theme didn’t work out well and they scrapped it almost immediately, whereas fans vs. favorites is fun, but it leads to the fans getting steamrolled most of the time. What if we were to combine these two themes? A fans vs. favorites season with a tribe of old returnees vs. young newbies? The weaknesses of both themes could potentially counter each other.

1. Survivor: Island of Dreams

The last three themes are ones I’m fairly confident would never come to pass, but I just think would be really cool. In Survivor: Cambodia, production allowed the public to have a vote on who the cast would be. In Survivor: Island of Dreams, what if the community had the option of voting on everything ELSE involved in a Survivor season?
After a cast of newbies is flown out to Fiji, production allows the public to vote on which advantages and twists will be in the game, which reward and immunity challenges they will face from a preset list, and what each reward will be. They could even accept write-in advantages and rewards to be added to the vote with production’s screening. I think it would be huge for the community to be able to create the perfect season.
Since the season would be called Island of Dreams, there could also be heavy theming on nighttime challenges. Also, the summits could be flavored as dreams, and production could have them leave camp in the middle of the night rather than after challenges.
Also, Dreamz is back.

1. Survivor: Knowledge is Power

The Knowledge Is Power advantage has been a controversial one, but it did have a catchy name. If they retire the advantage, let’s see them return it in a season of its own theme.
Survivor: Knowledge is Power will be a complicated season. There are no hidden immunity idols, and there are no advantages, beware or otherwise. In their place are “tomes” and “totems.” Here’s how they work. At the beginning of the season after the initial reward challenge, all 20 players get to choose a totem: a small talisman with the likeness of an animal like a bull, a frog, or a crab. Jeff tells the cast that each of these totems carries a different advantage, but in order to learn what they do, they need to find clues in the form of tomes. Tomes would be leather-bound journals hidden where normal advantages and idols would be, and inside each are two or three clues of what some of the totems do. Tomes could also be won at reward challenges throughout the season.
Each totem can be played in the voting chamber, nullifying your vote similar to the shot in the dark. After you play your totem, you gain a scroll advantage that you are able to play when Jeff asks for advantage plays. Some totem effects could include:

• Write your vote after the other votes are read.
• Give yourself an extra vote advantage (basically Bank your vote)
• Gain a map to an idol.
• Make another player lose their vote at their next tribal council (this would be a public announcement).
• Nullify a single vote against yourself or an ally after the votes are read.
• Steal another player’s unplayed totem.

So there are 20 totems, and it’s probably too cumbersome to make 20 separate advantages for each totem, but you could have two copies of each totem for a total of 10 unique totem effects. This accentuates the knowledge is Power theme in that once one totem has been played, the holder of that totem’s twin now knows what their own advantage is.
This, I believe would be a fun counter to the common suggestion for a season where every player starts the game with an idol.

1. Survivor: Storm of Secrets

So I know this season is never happening, but I just decided to go all out on a fantasy season that throws all rules to the wind. By the end of my brainstorming, I ended up with a season that is basically a completely different show, but whatever, I think it would be fun. And how fitting is it that the most chaotic and hectic season would be one where its abbreviation is SOS. Hang with me here.
In Survivor: Storm of Secrets, Jeff would open the season with an explanation of the rules for the audience from what looks like the confines of a cabin, and he’ll start throwing out Jeffisms about how this is the most unorthodox season Survivor has ever seen. 20 returning players arrive in Fiji and are divided into two tribes on mats. Signs denote the tribe names as Devant and Houdini. The theme of this season is illusions, puzzles, and smoke and mirrors.
Upon the cast’s arrival, they realize Jeff is not there to announce their entrance. As confusion unfolds, players will eventually start to wander off the mats, potentially asking the camera crew if something is going wrong. Before they wander too far from the area, a group of five black-robed masked figures called Secret Keepers appear wordlessly on the beach, one of them carrying a speaker. Blaring from the speaker is the voice of Jeff, who then explains the rules to the survivors.
Jeff Probst is hidden somewhere on the island. Throughout the season, the survivors need to explore and collect clues they find to uncover the secret of what happened to Jeff. Escape room puzzles are littered throughout the campgrounds, some containing riddles, some containing keys, some containing the answers to the puzzles they’ll find later in the game.
During the challenges, Jeff is not present. The Secret Keepers escort the players to the challenge sites where they will learn the rules from a set of written directions as well as a walkthrough from a recorded memo from Jeff. From his secret cabin, Jeff will also walk the audience through the challenge’s rules. For the first time since Survivor: Africa, Jeff will not be narrating a play-by-play of the challenges, which I believe will add an air of mystery to them. The Secret Keepers will announce when a player has won immunity, and present the immunity talisman or necklace to the winners.
During tribal council, Jeff will also not be present, but he will arrive with a live feed to his secret cabin. He will have a short conversation with the tribe like he normally does, except from the other side of a screen. But when it comes time to vote, something is different. Instead of the normal routine, the tribe themselves get to decide how someone will leave the game. The only rule is that at the end of an hour, one player needs to leave the game, and the decision must be majority. They can vote like normal, they can have a live vote, or they can play a game to decide the person who goes home.
After the second tribal council and the two tribes have gotten to know each other, the game changes. After a reward challenge, survivors learn that there are actually six beaches, not just two. Each survivor can choose which beach to go to spend the next two days, and each beach contains new clues and puzzles that must be solved to find Jeff. The tribes can be split up from here to cover more ground, and members from both tribes can go to the same beach. If they want, both tribes can even send all members to one beach, though they haven’t merged. Over the course of the pre-merge, the tribes need to search all six beaches to find enough clues to get farther in the game. Tribes will be able to strategize and exchange information when they meet up before and after immunity challenges.
Once the players reach the merge, the seventh and final beach is revealed. The area of this camp is gigantic, spanning multiple miles, and Jeff’s cabin is located somewhere here. If enough pre-merge puzzles have been solved, players can assemble their clues to go looking for Jeff on the seventh beach.
Once Jeff is finally found, he will give the player who found him three immunity idols, an unprecedented reward in survivor history. If multiple survivors find Jeff at the same time, they will have to compete in a duel Redemption Island style to earn the three immunity idols.
If everything goes according to plan, there should still be a couple votes left before the finale. Once the hunt for Jeff is complete, he will return to the challenges and to tribal council where everything will go forward as normal until we’ve found our Sole Survivor.

1. Survivor: Conclusion

So I went off the rails with that last one, I know, but I had fun coming up with it okay. What do you guys think of my fantasy seasons? Would you want to watch them? What other sorts of season themes would you like to see going forward?

Hi GoG, I hope you're doing good! I'm Paul.
This is my fourth attempt for Red Dead Redemption 2 on this sub. For me, Red Dead Redemption 2 is a dream, and I wasn't lucky enough to get it till now. I'm hoping for anyone to help me get it.
So, here's the scoop. I've been eyeing Red Dead Redemption 2 for what feels like ages now. The Wild West theme just calls out to me, you know? There's something about the rugged landscapes, the cowboy lifestyle, and the whole outlaw vibe that's got me hooked. I am longing to play the game for so long. It is one of my favorite game since I saw the walkthrough done by Markiplier
The thing is, I'm currently unable to fetch the cash, and my parents aren't too keen on me spending $60 on a game, especially when there are bills to pay and all that responsible adult stuff. But man, I am doing my best to get it...I adked some of my friends and now this... Bro words will not be able to express how much I would be thankful if you help me out.....
If you could help a fellow gamer out and gift me Red Dead Redemption 2, I'd be grateful. I promise to pay it forward someday and spread the gaming love, just like you guys are doing.
Thanks a bunch for considering my request, and keep being awesome!
Link to steam profile : https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199232138102/

Attention all grown-up gamers! Are you fed up with getting ambushed by trigger-happy teens who've never even heard of a 401(k)? Look no further than "The Xennial Gang," where we're all about mature fun and outlaw shenanigans in Red Dead Online.
Whether you're a seasoned gunslinger or just dusting off your cowboy hat, we're on the lookout for players who appreciate the finer things in life – like a good shootout and a solid retirement plan. We don't care if you're a level one or a hundred and one, as long as the third digit of your birth year is a 7 or 8, you're welcome in our posse.
If you find yourself sending professional messages on LinkedIn one minute and reminiscing about your Top 8 on Myspace the next? Then saddle up, partner, because you're exactly the kind of Xennial we're looking for. Join us in "The Xennial Gang" and let's teach those kids about personal responsibility and good credit!
DM me your PSN ID if you're interested.
Update: I thought Posse's worked like GTA Crews, but apparently even a persistent posse has major limitations.
Please make sure your social club info is updated and linked to your PSN name. I've been sending out Crew invites through Rockstar's website. From what I can tell, crews will still appear in RDO even though they're designed for GTA Online. This will allow everyone to stay in a group without needing to reform the Posse every time. That's my theory anyway.

Hi GoG, I hope you're doing good! I'm Paul.
This is my third attempt for Red Dead Redemption 2 on this sub. For me, Red Dead Redemption 2 is a dream, and I wasn't lucky enough to get it till now. I'm hoping for anyone to help me get it.
So, here's the scoop. I've been eyeing Red Dead Redemption 2 for what feels like ages now. The Wild West theme just calls out to me, you know? There's something about the rugged landscapes, the cowboy lifestyle, and the whole outlaw vibe that's got me hooked. I am longing to play the game for so long. It is one of my favorite game since I saw the walkthrough done by Markiplier
The thing is, I'm currently unable to fetch the cash, and my parents aren't too keen on me spending $60 on a game, especially when there are bills to pay and all that responsible adult stuff. But man, I am doing my best to get it...I adked some of my friends and now this... Bro words will not be able to express how much I would be thankful if you help me out.....
If you could help a fellow gamer out and gift me Red Dead Redemption 2, I'd be grateful. I promise to pay it forward someday and spread the gaming love, just like you guys are doing.
Thanks a bunch for considering my request, and keep being awesome!
Link to steam profile : https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199232138102/

Made a compilation for those planning to do the non-insignia route. I highly recommend on doing the insig route though. Good luck and have fun farming!
(If you find any errors or any suggestions, please comment so that I can fix or implement it.)
Format: Item (quantity): /location - How to get

0 - The Fool's Humble Beginnings

• /oaklore - Kill Undead Infantry

1 - The Magician's Desire

• Staff of Inversion: /escherion - Kill Staff of Inversion
• BattleMage Armor: /castle - Buy for 100k gold
• Nightlocke War Staff: /aqw3d - Kill Nightlocke Staff
• Calamitous Warlic's Tome: /ruinedcrown - Kill Calamitous Warlic

2 - The High Priestess' Intuition

• Dishpan Cleric Costume: /cleric - Kill Chaos Dragon
• Chaotic Healer: /newfinale - Buy for 100k gold
• Battle Cleric of the Dragon: /terminatemple - Merge items below
  • Gold Voucher 25k (16)
  • Termina Sigil (90)
  • DragonGuard Badge (15)
• Amia's Cult Secret (2): /fotia - Kill Amia the Cult Leader

3 - The Empress' Initiative

• Queen's Sage Scythe: /goose - Merge Cysero's Cookie (200)
• ShadowFlame Empress: /brightforest - Merge items below
  • Gold Voucher 25k (8)
  • Shadowed Empress
  • ShadowFlame Armor Scrap (100)
• Fragment of the Queen (10): /transformation - Kill Queen of Monsters
• Empress' Finger's Ring (3): /firstobservatory - Kill Empress' Finger (Accept Drago's quest as well for Ancient Remnant)

4 - The Emperor's Authority

• King Klunk's Crown: /evilwarnul - Kill Legion Fenrir
• Crowned Skull of Na'al: /infernalarena - Finish questline to unlock shop item
• Zealous Crown: /thorngarde - Finish "Zyrus is Lost" quest and merge items below
  • Zealous Veil
  • Zealous Badge (4)
• Lich Emperor's Catalyst (4): /warundead - Kill Lich Emperor

5 - The Hierophant's Servitude

• Blessed Abezeth: /celestialarena - Finish "Battle Diabolical Warlord!" quest and merge Lumin Badge (100)
• Inquisitor of the Light: /lightguardwar - Merge items below
  • High Crusader
  • Medal of Justice (50)
• Divine Elixir (55): /poisonforest - Kill Xavier Lionfang (buying/crafting through alchemy is costly and might take a while)
• Chaos Weaver Cleric's Doctrine (5): /chaosweb - Kill ChaosWeaver Cleric

6 - The Lovers' Embrace

• Love Token (666): /battlewedding - Kill mobs in the map
• Time Heart (166): /portalmazec - Kill Vorefax (you can try /portalmaze or /portalmazeb if the boss is hard or it takes too long)
• Storm Heart (6): /pride - Kill Valsarian
• Mercutio's Heart (66): /mercutio - Kill Mercutio

7 - The Chariot's Triumph

• Racing Trophy (300): /table - Complete the racing mini-game
• Sphinx Sentinel: /crocriver - Merge items below
  • Gold Voucher 25k (4)
  • Sobekemsaph's Hieroglyph (20)
  • Sobekemsaph's Scale (20)
• Dread Deadmoor BattleAxe: /deadmoor - Kill Lucid Nightmare
• SMU Brutalcorn's Horn (77): /ultrabrutalcorn - Kill SMU BrutalCorn

8 - Justice's Righteousness

• Ouroboros Scale (88): /camlan - Complete "Coocooned Gold" quest
• Libran Scales: /lightoviacave - Kill Imbalanced Knight or Mage
• Akriloth's Scale (888): /gravestrike - Kill Ultra Akriloth (you can also kill Sepulchuroth in /shadowstrike)
• ArchFiend Dragonknight's Scale (8): /underlair - Kill Archfiend DragonKnight

9 - The Hermit's Solitude

• Fa's Gamer Fuel (99): /garden - Kill Fa
• ARTX 3090 Controller: /mverse - Kill Major Mushroom
• Soulseeker's Grim Hood: /marsh2 - Kill Soulseeker
• Nothing's Solus (999): /pocketdimension - Kill Nothing

10 - Wheel of Fortune's Destiny

• Lucky Pet: /pilgrimage - Kill Lucky
• Second Chance Coin (10): /onsen - Complete "I heard you like Gacha" quest
• Treasure Chest (250) - drops from all monsters except few ones
• Ultra Lobthulu's Fortune (100): /ultralob - Kill Ultra Lobthulhu

11 - Strength's Fortitude

• Enchanted Martial Artist's Gi: /superslayin - Merge items below
  • Gold Voucher 25k (4)
  • Martial Artist's Gi
  • Fatal Lily (25)
  • Pockey Ball (25)
  • Dragon Orb (10)
• Strong Axe of Golmoth: /dreampalace - Merge items below
  • Axe of Golmoth
  • Scales of Golmoth (15)
  • Token of Fire (20)
• Fortitude Tonic (11) - /alchemyacademy or craft in /alchemy with Necrot + Roc Tongue
• Strong Drag's Intact Wing (11): /dracocon - Kill Strong Drag

12 - The Hanged Man's Discernment

• Chained Rune Bonebreaker: /archportal - Kill High Legion Inquisitor
• Noble Sacrifice: /necrodungeon - Kill 5 Headed Dracolich (5th Head)
• The Answer: /battlefowl - Kill Zeuster Projection
• Astero's Insight (12): /fortressdelve - Kill Astero

13 - Death's Mortality

• Death's Oversight (10): /shadowattack - Kill Death
• Death Pit Arena Medal (250): /deathpit - Kill mobs in the map
• Enchanted DeathKnight: /bonecastle - Merge Bonecastle Token (60)
• Super Death's Scythe Fragment (13): /superdeath - Kill Super Death

14 - Temperance's Frugality

• Celestial Wings of Guiding: /celestialrealm - Merge Infernal Token (100)
• Blessed Coffee Cup: /lightguard - Complete "Holy Roast" quest
• Northern Crown (10): /snowmore - Kill Jon S'Nooooooo
• Azkorath's Wing (14): /infernalspire - Kill Azkorath

15 - Devilish Temptation

• Fiendish Outlaw: /fiendpast - Kill Dage the Lich
• Fiendish Remains (50): /voidrefuge - Complete "Carnage Delenda Est" quest
• Glass Horns: /ashfallcamp - Kill Blackrawk
• Fiend Champion's Spike (15): /originul - Kill Fiend Champion

16 - The Tower's Upheaval

• Earth Stone (500): /fableforest - Complete "Back to your Roots" quest
• Dragon Runestone (20): /alchemyacademy - Buy in merge shop
• Arcangrove Tower House: /buyhouse - Merge items below
  • Arcangrove Blueprint
  • Building Material (25)
  • Foundation Material (25)
  • Decor Material (15)
• Nevanna's Revelation (16): /gaiazor - Kill Nevanna

17 - The Star's Hope

• Star Scrap (500): /starsinc - Kill Living Star or Star Sprites
• Rising Star Token (116): /herolobby - Kill Training Partner
• Dark Stars: /deadlines - Kill Eternal Dragon
• Star Sapphire Fragment (17): /skytower - Kill Star Sapphire

18 - The Moon's Illusion

• Moon Rock Fragments (300): /lunacove - Kill mobs in the map
• Blood Moon Warrior: /marchosiasfight - Kill Marchosias
• Celestial Khopesh: Open Book of Lore - Complete CruxShadows in /cruxshadows questline and merge items below
  • Khonsu Seal
  • Stellar Khopesh
• The Moon's Reflection (18): /astravia - Kill The Moon (accept La's quest as well for La's Gratitude)

19 - The Sun's Optimism

• Golden Sun Seal (190): /titanattack - Kill Titanic Paladin
• Sun Zone Chit (190): /sunlightzone - Kill mobs in the map or complete "Suckers for Supper" quest
• Armor of the Sun: /thirdspell - Merge Thirdspell Token (60)
• The Sun's Enlightenment (19): /astraviacastle - Kill The Sun (accept Drago's quest as well for Astravian Medal)

20 - Judgement's Absolution

• Trumpet: /astraviajudge - Kill Trumpeter
• Judgment Tonic (20) - /alchemyacademy or craft in /alchemy with Dragon Scale + Moglin Tears
• Enchanted Lance of Doom Reborn: /shadowbattleon - Merge item below
  • A Whisper (30)
  • Lance of Doom Reborn
• Minos' Sentence (20): /judgement - Kill Minos

21 - The World's Voyage

• Darkon's Receipt (22): /garden - Do "Darkon's 1st/2nd/3rd Errand" quest
• Teeth (22): /eridani - Do "Sweet Dreams Are Made of Teeth" quest by killing Creature 6
• La's Gratitude (22): /astravia - Do "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie" quest by killing The Moon
• Astravian Medal (22): /astraviacastle - Do "Vanity Project" quest
• A Melody (22): /astraviajudge - Do "A Storied Vow" quest
• Bandit's Correspondence (22): /eridanipast - Do "Pastorela" quest
• Suki's Prestige (22): /astraviapast - Do "Morning Mood" quest
• Ancient Remnant (22): /firstobservatory - Do "Taurus Gugalanna" quest
• Mourning Flower (22): /genesisgarden - Do "Wheel of Fortune" quest
• Unfinished Musical Score (22): /theworld - Kill Encore Darkon

If you reached this far, congrats on getting the class! Get your items in the shop and rank up your Arcana Invoker in /icestormunder.

I got my pc about 5 year ago. I think the person built it themselves, and from what I can tell (I'm not super knowledgeable on PC builds) the parts are older than 5 years. It has treated me well but I recently did some benchmark tests and see it isn't performing well compared to the newer stuff that's out.
Since it is pretty old I'm not sure if it's logical financially to upgrade the parts rather than just buying a new pc.
I'm a casual gamer, mainly playing Dota 2 and SWTOR, but I want to start playing Destiny 2 and the new Star Wars Outlaws when it comes out.
If i bought a new PC, I would want it to be under ~$800, which makes me think it might still be plausible to upgrade.
Here's my setup:
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz, 4001 Mhz, 4 Core(s)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Motherboard: ASUS Z97A Rev1
RAM: 2x8GB
Storage: 500GB SSD

Hey fellow gamers,
I recently had a heart-sinking experience while playing Red Dead Redemption 2 (RDR2) on my Xbox Series S. I was knee-deep in the Valentine portion of the story, fully immersed in the Wild West, when disaster struck. 🤯
Here’s the scoop: I was using the nifty Quick Resume feature (which, by the way, is a game-changer), and in my excitement, I completely forgot to enable autosave. Rookie mistake, I know! 😅
when I restarted my console—boom! My entire progress was wiped out like tumbleweed in a dust storm. 🌵💨
I’ve already started the game four times (yes, you read that right), and I’ve painstakingly preserved maximum honor throughout. Losing all that hard work feels like getting a bullet between the eyes from a rival outlaw.
So, my fellow outlaws and cowpokes, here’s my desperate plea: Is there any way to recover a saved file? Can I somehow fast-forward to where I left off? Or am I doomed to replay the same saloon brawls and horse chases until the cows come home?
Share your wisdom, fellow gunslingers! 🤠🎮
P.S. If anyone knows a secret cheat code to turn back time, I’m all ears! 😉