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I have found a guy that services and overhaul dupont lighters, I sent him my L1 and it came back like a brand new device, better more consistent flame, looks beautiful, lasts longer till refill, just everything better. The other thing he does for me is I send him pics of items I'm considering on ebay, and he tells me if they're authentic or fake. Anyway, if anyone UK based is looking for a reliable service guy, DM me and I will share details cos the guy is a hero.
joe alwyn definitely dodged a bullet so happy for him he looks so glowy at cannes i think i really love this man.
he seems so calm and mature unlike HER who's literally showing off her fake ass pr relationship with a dumb asf guy who legit looks like a cavemanđđ like how cringe is that? i cannot with my feed on every app with pictures of them at her tour or at a game or some club meanwhile her fans are like oHmYgOd ReLaShiOnShiP gOaLssss đđđđđnooooo eww that's nothing near "goalss" imagine ppl in their mid thirties acting like that one high school couple everyone avoids. i used to be her fan for such a long time but no more.
i cannot imagine the pain joe must be going through cause first she let her fans bully not just him but his costars family everyone, then revealing HIS fucking mental health struggles to the whole world in her songs only for her fans to bully him even more and mock his depression(and thats what they're doing) and then after a whole ass year of swifti@s sending him death threats and saying he cheated, she releases guilty as sin accepting that she was imagining fucking another guy (a racist nazi) while she was with joe bcs she was "bored" by his depression! girl be serious!! i was officially done with this fandom the day they broke up and these maniacs started talking shit about him like all her exes and calling him a red flag(tbh he's the greenest one it seems).
and now that joe is finally getting the time of his life at cannes for a movie that might be his biggest one yet, guess what she decides to do next? her so called ''vacation'' pics with caveman get released with no one but her own team leaking to the press that they might get engaged very soon. ALL THIS only to flip the narrative from him and get HER all the attention. so cheap. and even after all this still he's never said a word bad about her. this guy has my respectđ
the quality of taylor's music has been degrading ever since 2022 and all she ever does now is re-release the same shit in 13 different versions and act all oh so shakespeare. her idea of feminism is so fucked up she was never a girl's girl and then she dares to call her ttpd set on eras tour as FEMALE RAGE THE MUSICAL?! girl what do u even understand by the word female rage? exactly nothing. plus don't get me started on ttpdđđ that album-
honestly im so happy for joe he's out of it now finally. i just wish this toxic degrading fandom just leaves him alone. he never deserved any hate he received. JOE YOU HAVE ALL MY BEST WISHES ILY
(helpp i can't stop edting this post and keep adding things cause the more i dig on the more pettier she gets gawdđ)
I was getting so many what seemed like either fake or far away people liking me that it led me to believe that bumble was posting or manipulating my data to show I live somewhere I don't live. SO at first I took a piece of paper wrote the year and my first name and my city and took a pic of it and posted it with my pics. Bumble removed it even after multiple attempts. So no I will use photoshop to create a text embedded in my pic that says the year, my first name and my city.
Hey there just wanted to share my experience a week later to show people what to expect and how Iâve handled my situation
7 days ago I was messaged from an account with 400 followers and roughly 200 following, account was on Instagram and was supposedly a 19 year old girl from Nevada with bible verses in her bio
She texted me, I was suspicious and somehow she managed to convince me it was really her and even sent photos holding up 4 fingers which I thought for sure would let me know I was being scammed - but after asking a few ways of photo verification I was convinced as my requests were fulfilled
Yada yada yada we exchange pics and I get hit with the ultimatum of send $800 or have my pictures sent to my family and friends (they had screenshots of my following from tiktok, Facebook and instagram).
Iâve never been in this situation before so of course I was frightened but I felt the best thing to do was convince them I genuinely had no money, I managed to convince the scammer I only had $150 in my account (I have 2 bank accounts and this one had $200 in it so I transferred $150 into an empty savings account to show) and I stupidly sent the money. If I knew then what I know now I would not have sent the money. After sending the money my phone died and when I turned it on I came back to multiple threats and more screenshots of the scammer making group chats with many family members and friends. After reading up on what to do and looking through this subreddit I decided to block on both instagram and my phone number (I gave them my phone number as they wanted to talk over messenger instead)
After blocking, I changed my profile picture to black, changed my account name and deleted my bio, I also deleted my tiktok as I donât really have a need for it anyways
It took 4 days for them to reach out again over a different phone number except it was a different person and they had no clue about my situation as they thought I was still in school and they were threatening things to do with the principal of the school (Iâm 22 lol)
I immediately blocked and havenât responded - I went to instagram to check if Iâd been messaged again there and turns out the original account that scammed me had been deleted so that was a plus
I asked some friends who were supposedly in the group chats and they said they never saw a request so I believe somehow they fake the group chats even if itâs on instagram
But yeah itâs now been 7 days since the initial text, it took about 4 days for me to realise they have nothing over me and if I donât comply thereâs a very high chance theyâll do fuck all so even though I canât be 100%, I feel 99% certain they wonât do anything
TL-DR ;
I sent $150, blocked and reported and nothing came from it Was messaged days later from a different scammer with my pictures and immediately blocked The people they made group chats with to threaten me have assured me they havenât even seen a message request As stressful as the situation is, these people think of us as dollar signs and if we block them and give them no feedback - we turn into question marks and question marks are worth fuck all to these people so they move on
My best piece of advice I can give after doing research and experiencing it myself ; Block, report and donât even respond to the messages I sent them money, I also blocked them and will continue to do so with confidence they wonât do anything
Stay safe everyone and trust me when I say no girl just wants to exchange nudes for nothing, itâs either a scammer or itâs a cruel prank xoxo
The moment a lot of you have been waiting for is here!
A couple of notes before you read (or after because I would just jump into the list right away too)
- Direct quotes from Ali herself are in italics.
- I tried my best to keep everything in timeline order. Some people like The Come Back Kid I placed in the order where they reconnected/talked about on the pod. But I did my best to note this.
- All this information came from the FMH podcast, the Patreon, the original FMH blog, TikTok and other podcast that feature FMH/Ali. I also crossed reference information with this sub. I got most of this done with the help of the Patreon and listening to 1.75x speed but I lost accessed to the Patreon because my subscription ended.
- I'm open to edits! Things around the matchmaker era confused me and if anything is incorrect or if I'm missing someone, please let me know! I will note where corrections are made.
- Some people don't have anything simply because only a name was said or I couldn't find any details about the person/date
- And of course, please be respectful of all the sub rules!
Names on the original FMH blog
- Mr. Adorable aka The Coach
- Trouble
- Waffles
- Future Husband Brian (FHB)
- Cookie
- Peter Pan
- Ambiguous Goodbye Guy
- Bad Bitch Man
AOL chatroom Boyfriend Mentioned on Tiktok and on the pod once
Myspace Boyfriend Mentioned on Tiktok
Third Boyfriend Met on
eCrush.com in 2002 and this was mentioned on the Cracked Up podcast, The Dave Glaser Podcast and Tiktok
The Kiwi Met on a 2 week Model UN type youth trip in high school when Ali was 15, never a boyfriend but she had a huge crush on him, he tried to kiss Ali and she literally ran away, didnât talk the rest of the trip but exchanged numbers and screen names (Aliâs was FineGal13 or BeachJewel760), she made him a mixtape cd called âAliâs really cool mix for The Kiwiâ but never sent it and she still has it. In 2021, he DMâd her when she posted photos of her and her mom in France and invites her to visit him in London, she says she canât but says they should catch up if he comes to NYC
Fourth Boyfriend Met on OkCupid when you had to use it on the computer, this was mentioned on Tiktok
The Homecoming Date or Light Switch First boyfriend? (she goes back and forth calling him her first bf or a situationship), a family friend, a month younger than Ali, dated in high school but went to different high schools, football player, made him ask her to her Homecoming dance over email (her words), Ali hid in the bathroom the whole Homecoming dance, 3-4 revisits of this situations as adults, saw him on Bumble a few years ago and texted him that he had a typo in his bio, â
he very much wanted to be with meâ and now heâs married with a kid. His mom is still â
obsessedâ with Ali and she listens to FMH
Random college guy Freshman year of college, Ali doesnât have a nickname for him/doesnât remember his real name, met this guy through a friend, was texting him to invite him over to hot tub but her phone autocorrected to
âhow about some hot rubbing tonight?â but Ali didnât noticed/didnât correct it and he never replied, Ali had a house party and got really drunk and was all over him, he left the party early, she messaged him on MySpace 3-4 times asking why he left
The Resident Matched on
Match.com, first guy she dated in NYC after college, older than Ali, a doctor, lasted 3 months â
maybeâ, he didnât like Aliâs friends, got a card from him on her birthday and it said â
Love, The Residentâ and it took Ali back a little, Ali drinks black coffee because of him, he coordinated having her mom visit NYC for her birthday then he broke up with her a week later
The Ghost Met at a bar when she was 25, turns out they matched on OkCupid and they already had a date scheduled next week, they dated for 6-8 weeks, had sleepovers,
âThe worst ghosting experience Iâve ever hadâ, he borrowed The Great Gatsby from Aliâs roommate, planned to make dinner together after a beach trip in August with her friends and never showed up, Ali is blowing up his phone and gets no reply, two weeks later she finally texts
âare you alive? check yes or noâ and he responds âYesâ, Ali then ask if he could return the book and gets no reply again, 5 months go by and she receives the book in the mail with the note: âHereâs the book back. Sorry. P.S. sorry about last summer. I was in a bad place. Youâre a great person and your salmon is amazingâ, since then she has ran into him twice on the streets and matched with him on Bumble
The Coach/Mr. Adorable First serious boyfriend at 26/27 in 2013, matched on
Match.com or met through work depending if youâre listening to the pod or reading her OG blog, clean-cut look, played volleyball, Ali invited him to a friendâs birthday party and they made out in the streets at 4am, on their second date he asked Ali if she was seeing any one and when Ali said no he ask her to be his girlfriend 3 days after their first date, dated for almost 1.5 years or almost 2 years depending on if youâre listening to the pod or the Patreon, first time saying âI love youâ to a guy, â
lovely guyâ, never would posted Ali on his instagram until Ali said something, he âlivedâ with her for two weeks while he was in between apartments, tried blind folding/hair pulling during sex and she didnât like it, by the end of their relationship Ali didnât like sex and thought she wasnât a very sexual person, after they broke up Ali drunk texted him at 2am and he picked her up and she spent the night and she took her things in the morning in a rolly suitcase, from her blog in 2015: â
I just want to be careful I donât end up with another Mr. Adorable situation, where I find myself dating my platonic best friendâ, had drinks with him in 2016 from the blog:
âNot in a romantic way (at least on my end)â, Ali still talks to him sometimes through casual instagram DMs, heâs currently (as of 2021) dating someone for 4+ years and Ali thinks theyâre going to get engaged
Trouble OG 2015 FMH blog, never mentioned on the pod,
âI was immediately enamored with himâ, met at a Beer Olympic party but he worked with one of Aliâs best friends (Ali was still dating The Coach at the time), lived in BK, tattoos and stubble, Aliâs best friend said he was a âfuck boyâ,
âhe very much made me see that it was the right thing for me and The Coach to not be togetherâ, from her blog in 2015: â
he has this look in his eye like heâs constantly laughing at me â in a super sexy wayâ, he texted her saying he didnât see anything romantically with her and she sent a gif of someone shrugging
Personal side note: Ali has mentioned she has cheated on someone but never disclosed who she cheated on or with. I feel like she cheated on Mr.A/The Coach with Trouble because of the timeline. Just a guess.
Waffles Matched on Bumble, OG 2015 FMH blog, he asked Ali fuck/marry/kill breakfast foods, dated 2 months around summer time, on Fourth of July while watching fireworks he said how they had a great day and Ali replied with something along the lines with âyeah, it would be better if I could call you my boyfriendâ
, he said he wanted a relationship but just not with Ali and shortly afterwards they stopped seeing each other
The Buffalo Lived in Buffalo NY, 6â5, Scorpio, met in 2015 at Adults National volleyball (Aliâs team won that year) where he was heckling her while she was playing, asks Aliâs mom for her number and Aliâs mom said âI guess youâre tall enoughâ and told him to ask her himself, he flew her out and she met his parents, dated over summer, exclusive but never boyfriend/girlfriend (but called him her LD boyfriend on TikTok), texted and talked on the phone a lot, Aliâs best friendâs favorite ex âthey had really good banterâ, in October he invited her to his cousins wedding and she invited him to her friends wedding, after Ali bought her ticket to his cousins wedding (with the promise he would buy her ticket to her friendâs wedding) he ghosted and stonewalled her, she âpoured her heart out to him on voicemailâ and he never replied, she asked him to pay her back for her ticket and he got mad that she âmade this about moneyâ, 2 years later he told Ali that he freaked out because he really liked her and saw a future with her but knew she would never move to Buffalo and it would ânever workâ, Ali said at the time she would have considered moving for him, Ali used to have him blocked on Facebook and told all her friends not to update her on info about him (unless she asked). Heâs now married and goes to Disney with his wife (which Ali kind of scoffs at?), Ali said on TikTok that she dodged a bullet
Baby Bic Met him at Adults National years ago, had a flirtationship with him in 2016 when he was 19 years old, ran into him at the Adults Nationals 2021, last texts she got from him were about getting his fake ID taken away at the bar and him visiting her in NYC but Ali didnât want to buy him beer and drink at her apartment
The Chef Matched on Tinder around 2016, he loved karaoke, â
total shitâ, asked Ali to be his girlfriend and to meet his mom after a month, off and on dating, broke up the first time because he was talking to his ex, lied and flew to Mexico to see his ex while dating Ali, that ex sent Ali a Snapchat of them in bed together on that Mexico trip, Ali broke up with him via text and called him a shitty boyfriend, heâs the reason Ali deleted her Snapchat because of drunk Snaps he would send post break up, FB messaged Ali 6 years later (while Roark was visiting/staying with Ali) and said sorry for being a shit head. Aliâs best friends hated him
The Dentist Met on Halloween in the wild, Canadian, dated NYE 2016- May 2017 â
nice guy, not my guyâ, one of Aliâs best friendâs favorite ex âhe adored you,
âhe was too sweet for meâ and
âhe had no edge to himâ, he painted Aliâs cat for her 30th birthday but she was annoyed it was just Rory and not both cats, The Chef texted Ali while on a date/sleeping at his house
ASV - Aspiring Sober Vegan Met through a friend (her best guy friendâs college roommate) the day before she had to fly out to her dadâs memorial, a doctor, into meditation, remembered him â
being cuterâ when they went on a first date, felt âthe sparkâ, had â
omg this is awesome sexâ, Ali described this relationship as a âslow burnâ and âthe most attracted she ever been to a partnerâ even thought she didnât think he was that cute in the beginning, dated 2-3 months before he tried to ghost Ali but they talked and broke up, four months later they start casually dating/FWB because heâs moving but this turns into a âmiddle distance relationshipâ and he moves to Philly, had a lot of communication issues but didn't have a lot of fights, wants to live in Ohio and give a % of his income to charity, Ali was close to saying âI love youâ but didnât, he uninvited her to meet his extended family and they got in a fight, broke up with her a couple weeks before their 6 month anniversary at the park while on a picnic and told her that sheâs still his favorite person, Ali used to think he was â
the one that got awayâ and would frequently have dreams about him. From what Ali knows, he's sober but not vegan
The Scientist 2017 or 2018ish, from San Diego, went on one date, Ali ended up ghosting him due to the decline in her dadâs health, saw him on Hinge while she was in San Diego for 3 months in 2020, texted him and apologized for ghosting him, ended up going on 2-3 more dates, took a selfie in front of his house and sent it to him but acted like she didnât know that was his house and made a TikTok about it, things ended up not working but she doesnât make it clear on who ended it. She can now see she shouldnât have been going on dates during this time when her dad was sick.
Good on Paper Divorced Dude Met a couple of years ago (she told this story on TikTok in 2020) on Bumble
The Groomsman Met at her friend Ashleyâs wedding in Chicago Oct 2019, had a â
two night standâ with him, texted/talked/FTâd for 3-4 months, divorced, never dated seriously/FWB, saw each other a couple time when he came to NYC, Ali stopped talking with him due to FMH and her trying to find a serious relationship, he starts dating someone, follows FMH on insta, slid into her DM in 2022 and then sent her soup while she was sick, turns out heâs single again, 2 months later Ali is heading to Chicago and texts him â
Hello! Reminder that my arrival to your neck of the woods is imminentâ and turns out he is now seeing someone and Ali doesnât see him while in Chicago (at least she doesnât mention it)
Unnicknamed person He was her plus one at her best friend from collegeâs NYE wedding 2019/2020, met and hung out with Aliâs mom, posted photos of them together on her personal Insta story, â
fully dating but werenât official heheâ doesnât have a nickname/never gave him a nickname? This could be The Latvian/the person she texted her friend in DC about saying âI think Iâm on a date with my husbandâ
Starts FMH on January 2020 on Instagram/TikTok
The Traveler He was browsing Bumble while Ali was in the bathroom during their first date, he was banned from Bumble and was using his grandma phone number. Ali turned down a second date
The Duke Early FMH, went for long periods of time in between texts, 7-8 Zoom dates while Ali was in San Diego and he was in NY, Ali said you could see three of his exâs on his instagram page (without scrolling), they finally went on one date and it was
âmehâ but they did kiss on their date
The Oyster Matched on Bumble (he had one photo and no bio) two weeks before Valentines Day, Gemini, a lawyer, part of the 13 First Dates in 30 Days series (he was #13), dated Feb 2020-Aug 2020, love bomber, felt âthe sparkâ and became official after 3 dates, best first date ever??? at the time, said âI love youâ to Ali after two weeks, â
For most of my relationship with The Oyster, he didnât live in the city he had moved to Connecticut without telling meâ, would fight all the time, opposite political views, Ali felt like a â
fucking summer camp directorâ because she planned all their dates and he would get upset if Ali didn't have a plan, sought out a therapist (Megan) because of her relationship struggles because of him, went to Mass/church, he wanted a traditional marriage/life/wife/kids (at one point had Ali thinking she wanted that), didnât want to live in NYC, didnât support BLM, Cindy hated him
The Pilot Went on 3 dates, texted a lot, didnât hear back from him in four days and when she said she was looking to date someone who showed more consistency, he replied saying he met someone the day after their last date who seems to have more free time than Ali and he wants to pursue that but would like to be friends, Ali said on TikTok that this other women âbent her schedule to his scheduleâ and she was unwilling to do that. Mostly talked about him on TikTok
The Analyst Matched on Bumble two years ago and went on one date, re matched in 2021 and he stood Ali up, she send him a text âgetting stood upâ script and he never replied. Only mentioned him on TikTok (?)
Ali and Roark start FMH: The Podcast February 2021
The Boomerang First date on the pod? I couldn't find anything else about him
The Scuba Diver The Music Man One date,
âhe didnât do anything wrong, heâs just not for meâ, amped up small talk, complimented Ali a lot which made her feel awkward cause she wasnât feeling it, he texted her and asked for a second date and Ali sent the no ghosting script
The Bet Uses the phrase âok betâ, 28 years old shoe designer, only went on one dinner date to a spot he picked, turns out its cash only and he didnât bring cash, was not into him , not looking for the same thing
The Dinosaur Nickname was previously The Hawaiian, first date at Dinosaur BBQ, stood in a parking spot to save for Ali, he asked for a kiss after their date and Ali declined saying maybe next time
The Rose He sent her a rose on hinge, first date was an hour long walk in the park while drinking beer
The Comic Matched on Hinge, older than Ali (Aliâs friends express how happy they were to hear that), had brunch on their first date (was the first part of a double header but the second guy canceled), listed as âmoderateâ politically on Hinge, good and easy convo, went back and forth twice over text and then never heard back from him,
âtechnically not ghosting...â The Camper Met in the wild at a volleyball tournament in July, lives in Chicago, 27 years old, hung out the whole time, over heard Ali asking someone to get her a make out partner, gave Ali his number, drunkly ask him for a FT date in the future and he didnât reply, Ali texts him again about a volleyball thing and he replied back with not a lot of enthusiasm, Ali is going to Chicago in Sept for a volleyball tournament and sheâs already planning on playing 4-on-4 with her best friend vs. his roommate and maybe The Camper, he texts her saying he has to work on the date of the tournament and wonât be able to do the 4-on-4 game, â
I feel like I got broken up with someone I never want to date in the first placeâ Aliâs Matchmaker contract starts in August 2021 - 6 matches
The Schmoozer Went on a dinner date, was chatting up the waitress in a kind of creepy way, was bragging about a lot of things and it turned Ali off and Ali texted him her no ghosting script
The Accountant 1st matchmaker match, 31 years old, lives in BK, his dad has also passed away, easy to talk to, on the third date she wasnât sure if she saw a future with him and in her gut doesnât feel like this would be a slow burn, Ali breaks things off with him, months (?) later he sent Ali a 5 min long voice memo and they said they were both down to see each other as friends. He later on dated and ghosted Erica
The Aussie Matched on Hinge, in politics, from Australia but lived all over the place, asked Ali what sheâs looking for on the first date and he said heâs âcasually looking for something seriousâ, Ali accidentally walks up to a different person on their second date, Ali texts him saying she would love to see him before he leaves on a trip and she wasnât happy that it took him till the next day to reply and he canât see her before he leaves
The Goalie Was supposed to be Aliâs 2nd match, heâs a paying client, Ali didnât hear back from him for a while when she told him where she lived, he wrote to the matchmaker saying that she lived too far away even though it states where she lives in her matchmaker profile
The Journalist 2nd matchmaker match, ended things because she was dating/pursuing things with The Discoball and paused her matchmakers matches
The Threepeat Matched multiple times on dating apps but this recent time with Hinge, Amazon seller, first date was a pizza lunch date (with bubbles aka champagne) and he gave her a single yellow carnation, talked a lot about her âside hustlesâ aka her food blog, coaching, FMH and the pod (Ali didnât mentioned the name on FMH), had an awkward half kiss during the date and then gave her a peck when they said goodbye, he had no night stands by his bed?, spent the night but told public pod they had a movie night, different kissing styles, 6 dates, broke things off with Ali two days before her first date with The Rower WHILE Ali was on a Halloween girls trip
The Rower Dated from Halloween 2021 till early Feb 2022, Pisces who is 6 days older than Ali, has an ex-fiancĂ© (they dated for 8 years, engaged for two of them, she broke off the engagement with him 1.5 years ago once he started dating Ali), has a shared dog with this ex, slept together around Xmas on the fourth date and Ali got a UTI, first time having âomg this is awesome sexâ since ASV, first person Ali slept next to wearing an eye mask "
that's a big step for me", had him watch 90 Day FiancĂ©, on New Years Day told her that he sees âlong term relationship potentialâ with her but doesnât want to be exclusive after 5 dates, â
we didnât talk all weekâ, he said he wasnât as ready as he though to date someone seriously and âI donât know why I donât want to be in a relationship with youâ they broke up over the phone, Ali said heâs a good human and wants to date someone like him, 3.5 weeks later Ali drunk texted him at 3:00 am saying â
its really hard not to talk to youâ which Ali said was a lie, he replied back (few days? A week later?) while Ali was on another date and it made her cry a bit, she replied back saying â
the door is closed but not lockedâ in regards if he wants to get back together.
âFin⊠for nowâ 2022
The Discoball Matched on Hinge but didnât go on a first date for two week, Gemini, used to be a singer in a band, moved from DC to NYC, went on 7 dates in 2022, had a dog w/ ex and ex got full custody once he moved, met one of his friends on the second date, slept with him on the second date
âmorning and nightâ, he tried to find the podcast without knowing the name, podcasted from his house in DC, he would send Ali photos of them together âall the timeâ, gave a virtual presentation from his hotel room, did Molly together in DC, had him watch 90 Day FiancĂ©, moved to BK (didnât see each other for 2 months pre-move), had a sex-less sleepover (a milestone for Ali), he showed up for her on her dadâs death date (something that a person sheâs dating has never done), used to listen to the pod but stopped before they stopped seeing each other, ghosted her after they had a talk about moving things forward to exclusive and Ali texted him something along the lines of âyour silence is the answerâ when she didnât hear back from him for a week and he ghosted her. Ali said he sucks in #77 AUA
Lisbon The Brit M&M The Come Back Kid They went on 2-3 dates in Nov 2018 and reconnected in May 2022,
"felt immediately comfortable", sat next to a very drunk lady on their second 1st date and was supportive but "didn't step on Ali's toes" when the drunk lady said something offensive to Ali, couldnât remember if they slept together or not, knows about FMH, ghosted Ali
The Trainer The Cold Brew The Nomad 3rd matchmaker match, reminded Ali of The Oyster, wanted kids and didnât want to live in NYC forever, Ali was upset at first because her matchmaker was supposed to screen for that but the matchmaker DID check and it wasnât mentioned when she was screening The Nomad, no second date because those are dealbreakers to him
The Catcher Matched on Bumble,
âgood not greatâ after their first date, ~April 2022, talked about sports a lot on their first date
The Gentleman 4th matchmaker match, knew about Aliâs FMH socials before their date, Ali didnât like his texting style, awkward intro on their first date â
like hugging a 2 x 4â, he runs a dating event company and actually email Ali to be a guest on the pod when FMH first started, awkward goodbye, didnât discuss the actual first date on the main pod because she doesnât want to give him a reason to reach out again
The Tennis Pro Ali had a good time on their date, â
He is an adult, heâs matureâ BUT â
I donât think he was into itâ
The Padre Matched on Bumble, 3 dates, from San Diego,
âenergy mismatchâ, doesnât want to know or listen to FMH, no psychical connection/kiss, only a kiss on the cheek on their last date, â
I havenât spoken to him since Friday night [a week]â, she didnât want to do what The Threepeat did to her (break up while on vacation/traveling), she said it might be a MOO
Roark leaves and Erica joins the pod Oct 31st 2022
Captain Kirk 5th matchmaker match, found him on Bumble before their in-person date, ghosted Ali AND the matchmaker???
6th matchmaker match Last match and Ali states she will not talk about this date or anything about it
JFK Kirk? Matched on Bumble, didnât realize heâs located in SD, exchanged personal instagram info, not sure where things went or how things ended
Kirk #1 Met in the wild, make out a lot the night they met, â
stealing kisses throughout the nightâ, exchanged numbers, planned a date (no specifics, just the day) but when Ali texted him day of he asked to reschedule (no specifics again), he replied back that heâs picking up a rental car, told him sheâs looking for someone to respect her time and he never replied back
2023
The Falcon First date of 2023, matched on The League, first nickname was âLeague Kirkâ, hard to talk to, felt like Ali was always reaching for the next topic, likes to travel, â
there wasnât a vibeâ, MOO
The Roommate Used to be her friendâs roommate and have met before (Ali doesnât remember but it was the day after that exclusive convo with The Rower),
âtotally cuteâ, reunited at their mutual friendâs engagement party January 2023, made out at the bar, comes back to her place and sleeps over (no sex), Ali questions why her friends never set them up and its because he was taking a break from dating, first date they made out a lot at the bar (again),
âI really felt like we were already a coupleâ, âIt didnât feel like a first dateâ, mentions her FMH content has popped up on his FYP, tried texting him after their date and he wasnât giving effort, sheâs glad she didnât sleep with him because â
one night stands arenât my thingâ, MOO
The Belgian Matched on Bumble, accidentally had their first date during a trivia night at a bar, easy to talk to
The Viking Ali forgot they had a first date on the day of said date
Tinder Man Matched on Tinder (duh) on Valentineâs Day, first Tinder date in three years, good convo on first date but got a pushy vibe from him at the second bar they went to, put his hand up her sweater and was kissing her in the bar, made Ali uncomfortable and she told him that after her asked her on a second date
The Historian Matched on Bumble, good conversation on the first date with a wide range of topics like â
urban planning and its impact on feminismâ, heâs in grad school
The Georgian Matched on Hinge, he asked if she was free on Friday and she said yes but didnât hear back from him in two days and in that time she made plans for Friday, rescheduled for a Saturday afternoon date at a dive bar, ate on her way to her date
âit would be next level rude to eat on the subwayâ, good first date, talked about places he wants to take her to
The Publicist Matched on Tinder, lives in BK, Jewish, one year younger then Ali, good first date, invited him to the Chaotic Singles Party that night, came over to Ali's apartment (which Ali said was messy) before and he made her favorite cocktail for her, a couple of listeners met him at the CSP, goofy and silly convo mixed with deep and serious convos, second date was at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens and a tasting menu dinner, he made a Resy reservation and Ali got an email saying she was added to it â
fuck receiving gifts, THATâS my love languageâ, he's into words like Ali, he sneezed and Ali said "God bless you" but then corrected herself and said "gesundheit" and he leaned over and kissed her and said he loves that she cares about her words, he met her friends on the third date â
It felt so easy. It felt so comfortableâ, her friends took âsneakyâ picture and videos of them together which Ali said she loves a sneaky pic, took all their date recap videos on his phone, cooked Ali steak on their fourth date, "
it's very comfortable", had him watch 90 Day FiancĂ©, Ali met two of his friends and some of his teammates he plays a rec sport with, had sex the day they took a trip outside of the city, Erica met him before their trip to Greece and I said âheâs dorky in a good wayâ, WhatsApp video chatted while in Greece and told her âsee you in two days!â at the end of their call, said she felt less anxious about him compared to other relationships while on vacation, sent him a birthday present while she was in Greece, felt an energy shift coming back from vacation and didnât hear back from him 3 days after she came home, Ali requested a call to talk about this distances she was feeling,
âI did the 12 date rule and it didnât work!â, she said the distance help her see that theyâre not compatible, went on a total of 9 dates. Ali talks about the âbreak upâ on episode 123
Mr. Chaotic Matched on Tinder but he saw Ali at the Chaotic Singles Party and Cassidy the host is there mutual friend, went to a brewery and played games on their first date (Ali said this was her favorite first dates in episode 147 where they recapped 2023), works in entertainment industry, very high energy, knows about FMH and he said she's entertaining to watch, splits his time between NYC and some unknown city, texted while she was in Greece,
âThe man gives good textsâ Random Matchmaker Match Withdrew his match to Ali because he found her FMH socials. Talked about on #71 AUA
Gone with the Wind Matchmaker match, said some gross things about women in volleyball outfits on their first date, Ali told her matchmaker about this, âI would describe him as misogynistic overallâ, Ali was glad he did say those weird things so early on so she didnât waste her time, the matchmaker flagged his account. This was around June 2023
The Rock Ali knows him from an activity that they used to be involved with in the city (she's very vague about what this is) from 8 years ago, he had a very serious/long term GF when they met, follows her personal Insta, has never talked about him because heâs never been a âprospectâ, summer 2023 they met up to catch up and found out that heâs now recently single but heâs moving out of NYC for work, Ali texts Cindy saying she thinks this is a date, Cindy said to tell him that you really want to kiss him, he ends up telling Ali âI really want to kiss youâ, made out at the bar, Ali invited him back to her apartment and they had sex the night before Ali ended things with The Publicist, â
one night stand vibesâ but she said she was down to do it again, Patreon only and talked about on #75 AUA
The Tourist Matched on Hinge, just moved to Brooklynn, went to a brewery in BK for their first date, Ali showed up to the date dripping in sweat, allergic to cats, he sent Ali a âno ghostingâ text the next morning
The Stout Matched on Bumble, â
we had really great banter right awayâ, laughed the whole time on their first date, talked about going on a second date during their first date
Speed Racer Matched on Bumble, drinks first date, axe throwing second date, made out after their second date, MOO, randomly texted Ali ~6 months later because he said one of Aliâs date recap videos about him popped up on his FYP (Ali and Erica think this is a lie), he thought Ali wasnât into him, he claims he was doing all the work with texting even though there was only a few messages since they exchanged numbers after their second date
Billy Joel Recently sober, Ali said she felt like they had several inside jokes before they met in person, ate pizza on her way to their first date, second date was getting coffee and going to the museum, they cooked dinner together for their third date at Aliâs apartment and they watched 90 Day FiancĂ© (he didnât like it), he Googled how to clean a red wine stain when it spilled on her countertop, he asked if she wanted to have sex and she turned it down, the next day/the day before a 7am flight Ali booty called him and they had sex, she was drunk and said the sex wasnât good/they stopped mid way, helped Ali pack for her flight, Ali said heâs at a crossroad and he doesnât seem like a long term fit, Erica found a condom on the ground while cat sitting, Ali said she didnât regret hooking up with him but wishes she hadnât done it, MOO
Sales Cycle 30 seconds in and Ali said he was very boring, only really talked about his job, stared at Aliâs boobs, â
might be a MOOâ, texted her âmerry christmasâ
2024
Pie Guy/Dr. Laundry Matched on The League, 34 years old, requested a nickname change from Pie Guy to Dr. Laundry, he had to cancel their second date because he got hit by a car, went on two dates, Ali sent him a pic of his subway stop saying something along the lines of âthe stop isnât looking as cute todayâ and turns out someone he dated with in that photo, were supposed to go on a third date the night she got back from a bachelorette party but he didn't answer her text when she said she landed, the next day he asked her how her trip was not acknowledging her previous text at all, Ali expressed her disappointment and he replied that he was tired last night, she said she would've been understanding if he said something then ghosted her
Andddd I stopped listening to the podcast around the Dr. Pie Laundry Guy but have stayed up to date with everything via this sub.
I have a huge interest in dating culture, human behavior and data similar to Ali and this little project of mine was really interesting once I got the framework of this list. I started this list once I found this sub in December 2023 and started re listening to the Patreon while working out (and lost 10 lbs ayeee) and writing down information in my notes app. I did my best to keep this list unbiased and just give facts and information that was said.
My own thoughts after making this list is that I'm very sad for Ali. I didn't realize the extent of her dating history. I think about my own dating history or even my friends who are in their 30's and dating and Ali's dating lore runs so deep. Is Ali unlucky with love? Did she pass on someone that could have been great for her? How has she had so many dates with little success in a long term partner or even going beyond 6-8 dates? Or is Skyline the person she has been waiting for? What's the pattern with all this dates/men? So many questions.
I truly do hope Ali finds her guy because I believe theres someone for everyone. Until then, I'll be hopping into this sub (cause y'all are too funny and give the best advice) and waiting for Ali to find Mr. Height.
Enjoy and I look forward to everyone thoughts! I'll keep my eye out for any edits that need to be made.
Bonus quotes:
âLongest relationship was a little under a year and a half. Havenât made it past 6 months with anyone elseâ - AUA #7 11/27/21
âI spent the first 10+ years of my dating life being sort of perennially singleâ -1. The Actual First One episode 2/21/21
"I think my parent's story is the reason why I think that I can romantically get back together with an ex and it'll work out" -The Dave Glaser Podcast 4/5/21
âAlmost every relationship Iâve ever been in, with a couple of exceptions, started as a situationship.â -21. The Undefined One 7/11/21
âAll of my boyfriends have been whiteâ -Aliâs BFF Special on Patreon 4/23/22
âYou definitely need an older guyâ -Cindy on Aliâs BFF Special on Patreon 4/23/22
âIâve been on the dating apps since high school. Dating websites at the timeâ -Aliâs BFF Special on Patreon 4/23/22
âWho would be the perfect man for Ali?â
âClearly a combination of the The Dentist and [the early stages of] The Buffaloâ -Cindy on Aliâs BFF Special on Patreon 4/23/22
âDo you consider The Rower or Disco ball to have been situationships?â
âNo, I don't consider either The Rower or The Disco Ball to be situationshipsâ -question asked on TikTok 11/9/22
You picked an onlyfanner over me then you got interested in a girl you knew for less than a month and flirted with her and probably sexted with her or got close during the time we werenât talking btw because I cut you off after you chose to not support me while being sick and instead focus on your pathetic worthless dick and what you dont want to do with it you shared something about no fap in the next two weeks since we stopped talking while i was waiting like a retard for you to reach out or post somewhere anything nice to me as an apology which never happened then you kept commenting on the onlyfanner posts im sure some of which were blatantly out of pity knowing im going to see it but ik mostly you were jerking off to it but oh you couldnât care for one night about me instead of worrying about getting hard and your imaginary relapse into porn whichâs all bullshit because u never stopped watching porn and fapping you then manipulated me again to send you pics and said all the future faking and shit you said sooo specifically because u knew I wanted to hear it but I even knew it was all brutal lies with real life evidence and confused myself thatâs how manipulative you are and then you snapped at me for crying and never tried to console me you outright picked the other girl over me and blocked me even tho you and her were just talking but secretly you were pursuing it then you just let out and became a full on ho now i dont care Iâll finish later
My (17f) have a guy friend letâs call him J. Heâs super nice and sweet and we got close very fast. Well over the time that weâve known each other my friends, siblings, and even my parents keep saying that he likes me. I grew up with an abusive sister who is moving out next week, so being told no one wants you, your whole life, I just shot down this information. A few weeks ago J came to me and said he had a small crush on my friend Lorelei (fake name) but she had just gotten out of an abusive relationship so (through me) we very kindly shot him down. He said he didnât think the crush would go anywhere anyways. Fast forward a few weeks, and we are texting every day, and he calls one or twice a week. Last night we had prom, and we went âtogether â we went with a big group of friends really. Anyways, we basically stuck together the whole night, and he even asked me to dance a few times. Sometimes I would be dancing and I would look over and see him watching me. Could he have been watching ANYONE else? Yes. Probably was, but it looked like he was watching me. I got asked to dance by a few of our friends and he seemed almost annoyed? He even took pics on his phone of just him and I. After prom we were in the car, driving to go out to eat, and we were in the back of the car. I was to tired that I decided to rest my head on his shoulder, and he rested his head on mine. Yes he probably was just tired. And at the restaurant he sat across from me and one of my best friends texted me and she said, he kept staring at me when I wasnât looking, or would smile when I was talking to someone else and start laughing or smiling. On the was home (it was a long drive) I fell asleep and I woke up resting my head on his shoulder again and he was asleep too. Head rested on mine. Could this all just be cause weâre close friends? Yes, probably is. But with everyone telling me he likes me and me being more oblivious than someone watching an avalanche barreling towards them and not seeing the danger, I thought I would come on here and ask. So?
Swordlances and Shield Bros (that actually attack) have gotten a lot of criticism in the BB community, but how bad are they really?
I wanted to find out, so I did a run where I banned most of the meta builds, as well as throwing weapons and close range two handers. I also banned gunners, qatal duelists, mace duelists and cleaver duelists. I also banned berserk and killing frenzy as I wanted to experience the stamina system without relying on berserk recover.
Reach weapons were allowed as their damage is more in line with other weapons. Possibly a mistake though, as they circumvent the weirdness of the stamina system.
Standard pure defense tank builds and normal banner builds were allowed, in order to keep the test focused on the performance of the other builds. Sword duelists were allowed as a filler option for bros without the stamina to do anything else, flail duelists were allowed for guys with bad melee skill.
This started off as a challenge run but it turned into more of a build testing experiment as the off meta builds turned out to be strong enough that it wasn't really much harder than a normal run (until the end). So I fought certain battles multiple times for testing purposes, but still let bros die normally.
Team composition:
4 Attacking Shield Bros, 4-6 frontline Swordlances, 1 Normal Banner, 1 Normal Tank, rest filler in the form of sword duelists & flail duelists. One Shield Bro was also a spearman. Two Swordlances were semi ranged units with around 46 ranged skill and carried crossbows so enemy parties with weak ranged would advance normally. Exact builds in pics.
Team Part 1 .
Team Part 2 Results:
This team actually had a relatively easy time with most fights, getting in ~215 fights by day 149 and finding / buying 33 famed items while only finding a few champions and only buying a few good items. Core bros from early in the game hit level 15. I am not a speed runner or super high fight density player, so that's a decent result for me, which indicates the team was actually surprisingly strong.
Builds:
Frontline Swordlance:
This made up the bulk of my damage. While swordlance has gotten a lot of criticism, frontline swordlance just seems like a good tempo build for most of the game. Aside from gunners, it's simply the easiest way to AOE without requiring high stats or good armor. You can use a daytaler with mediocre starting stats for swordlance, while AOEing with a two hander requires a much better recruit who can survive a fair amount of enemy contact.
Winning against large numbers of humanoid enemies in early high tier camps is largely based on morale checks and getting fearsome procs. Using AOE abilities is a good way to get fearsome procs. Obviously it clears out weaker enemies and that lowers the morale of stronger enemies. But the damage doesn't really fall off too badly until you get to the most heavily armored enemies. It's even fine vs Chosen as you can use the increased reach and mobility to focus fire and get in multiple AOEs and stay out of trouble. Maybe vs later Chosen camps past day 150 that would become more difficult.
In general, with pathfinder + polearm you almost always get at least one attack in and you can focus fire very easily, while keeping your damage bros safe, which goes a long way in terms of tempo compared to other builds that have more dead turns.
Swordlance is also good against beasts like Lindwurms as many beast fights seems to favor the strategy of walk forward, hit with reach weapon, walk out of attack range. You can just AOE the lindwurms down while your damage bros are perfectly safe.
Is it better than Javelins? Probably not, javelins are OP, but it uses a much easier to obtain recruit type and it does have advantages in some fights compared to javelins, as in many of the more risky mid game camps the enemy likely has more range than you, forcing you to advance. Swordlance can simply walk right up to the walls and reap away, while throwers have trouble setting up throwing lanes and one range attackers get clogged up and can't attack.
Swordlance can also invest in a full set of defenses and survivability perks. (That's why it's "Frontline Swordlance".) It doesn't have to waste a scarce backline spot but can safely take contact from even Chosen temporarily, as long as it's not getting swarmed by them. So the more relevant comparison is Swordlance vs Dodge Quickhands. In that comparison Swordlance seems to have a lot of advantages while the disadvantages are minor (especially since in a normal run you can just keep a two handed axe as backup.)
Swordlance damage only really became a problem vs masses of uncontrolled, heavy armor enemies, like if you fight all the Ancient Undead at the same time in Monolith (more on that later). However, in normal fights Ancient Honor Guards aren't challenging due to predictable AI and by day 150 Orc Warriors are still in relatively small numbers and are easily controlled and their morale is easily broken. I guess if you played super late swordlance might start to struggle in some larger camps.
Swordlance build: Poleshield:
Stole this build from this subreddit, thanks! Most of the time he plays as a normal swordlance, but he has the option to swap to a heater shield when he gets stuck in melee and needs the defense. Start with swordlance out, swing (5 ap), swap to shield (4 ap). End turn. Next turn, wait with relentless as shield stays out, swap to swordlance at the end and swing (4 ap + 5 ap). Next turn you will go before slower enemies so you can swing again and put your shield up for the rest of the turn. Most swings hit while shield is up. For most of the game this wasn't needed very often and he instead used a 4 ap weapon as a sidearm so he could dump his stamina into damage as quickly as possible. He tries to stay out of trouble so he doesn't need the shield. However on Monolith or in dangerous situations the shield option did come in handy. One polearm swing per turn isn't great damage, but with AOE it's not horrible and the shield does a lot to keep them alive until they can get out of trouble (can reach 50 defense with dodge). It's also helpful to have the shield out when you use recover.
Swordlance build: Fake Ranged Tempo Poleshield:
If you aren't going to build ranged units, you probably want a couple of fake ranged units, otherwise enemies with minor ranged abilities (like orc young with javelins) won't walk up to you as they normally do. Just take a mediocre ranged recruit with high based ranged skill and get him up to 46 ranged skill, then put the rest of the stats in melee. Start the fight with a crossbow in hand so it's loaded. The AI treats it as a normal ranged unit and will advance normally. You still have to advance if they have a lot of ranged so it's the same as normal runs. He can actually hit quite often with his crossbow vs certain enemies. Bags and belts performed great on these guys but duelist was for a specific weapon and probably shouldn't be taken normally. One died but he had similar stats.
Shield Bros:
While four shield bros that attack plus a tank and a tank banner (who usually just stands there holding the banner) is overkill (or uhh underkill) in terms of low damage defensive units, the shield bros performed surprisingly well in terms of tempo, even though I was never able to find an ideal candidate for a battleforged hammer + shield bro.
In a normal run it often takes a quite a long time to find candidates who can hit a stat line like 85/35 at level 11 to qualify as fatigue neutrals, which means that you can end up with a team full of nimble damage dealers with few defense bros aside from the tanks. That delays your ability to shift to optimal tactics, where the front line is made up of high defense high armor bros who take most of the enemy attacks, while the damage dealers stand in safer positions and try to only get attacked by one enemy at a time.
A unit who wouldn't quite measure up as a fatigue neutral can be made into a Shield Bro instead and he'll have plenty of defense to fill a front line spot and stand up against 3 enemies or more, while still contributing some damage over time.
Probably the most desirable attacking shield bro is a battleforged hammer shield bro, but that only works with high fatigue backgrounds, I didn't get the right recruits for that so I was forced to compromise on my shield bro builds.
Shield Bro Build: Fatigue Neutral Iron Lungs:
Stamina management is a huge problem without access to two handed weapons. Getting attacked by a lot of enemies quickly uses up a lot of stamina and only a small percentage of recruits can have enough stamina to tank in battleforged armor and still swing two times per turn. I never really found many skilled recruits with a high stamina pool like that.
Battleforged is still essential though. Bros with iron lungs can be fatigue neutral and swing certain weapons twice per turn, every turn. Normally that's limited to cleavers and swords, but if you get famed weapons you can expand the list of one handed fatigue neutral weapons. I was lucky enough to get famed weapons for these two, although they were not great ones.
Defensively, these guys performed better than the numbers indicate as they didn't take any bleeds, injuries or fearsome checks. And while their defense is only in the mid 50s with shield, that still makes them significantly tankier than a normal fatigue neutral. Their damage is pretty bad but it adds up in the course of long fights, so I think you'd lose tempo in most fights if you substituted pure defensive tanks. In Monolith they could survive for many rounds tanking up to 7 ancient undead at a time, which nimble or nimbleforged bros could not handle.
With recruiter retinue it makes sense to check a lot of guys for traits anyway and this can be a high impact way to use some guys with iron lungs and mediocre stats. It's a bit niche but I would consider using this build in a normal run, especially if I got an appropriate famed weapon and didn't need a duelist. One of these guys started as a 55*/2* Iron Lungs Daytaler, his performance as a damage sponge + damage over time was solid in this build, but as a duelist he'd have been mediocre and used up a lot of tools. In this run more damage was needed, but in a normal run there is usually a shortage of high defense forged units.
Shield Bro Build: Hammer Shield
One handed Hammer still performs well even without double grip or duelist. Destroy armor still does a lot of armor damage on the appropriate enemies and the regular attack will always proc fearsome, which often means he can simply walk up to an orc warrior or chosen and rout him with a couple hits, while having 60 defense.
This run didn't really maximize the strengths of the hammer shield bro, ideally he'd be a high stamina background in forged armor and he'd be paired with high damage teammates like a barbarian two handed axe that just need a little armor softening.
Nimble and nimbleforged are definitely fine for large camps at 150 days of scaling and earlier but if the late game camps scale to the point where he has no choice but to be focus fired by many high damage enemies, then you'd want a forged bro instead. Mine started to run out of steam when fighting both undead groups at once in Monolith. Still, this is a build I would routinely consider adding to the line up. Another great reason to build this is that Nimble Hammer Shield combines well with Spear + Shield, which is great for mid game tempo.
Shield Bro Build: Spear Specialist
Spear specialist performs a similar role to the indomitable tank, but becomes available earlier. Due to the way the AI works he can often hold off as many as 4-6 enemies for several turns. The spear specialization perk is very valuable as you can continue to refresh spearwall even while tanking another enemy, often you can arrange it so the only available spot for an enemy to attack is next to the spearman, causing several enemies to waste their turns trying to move in. Two handed enemies like chosen and berserkers are particularly crippled as they can only move one tile and attack, so you either force them to waste their turn by moving, or if they walk into spearwall they lose their turn if the spearman hits even once. The spearman singlehandedly increases the number of camps that will be profitable for your team. Spear combines well with shield and hammer in the classic Spear Hammer Shield Build from early BB, giving you something to do when you are done spearwalling. Will build again.
Weaknesses and Monolith:
I did multiple Black Monolith fights for testing purposes.
https://preview.redd.it/tgvvrj14881d1.png?width=1779&format=png&auto=webp&s=a58156df46337efd136bccea6564799c81e2abf2 I'm aware of two strategies for Monolith, with one being significantly easier than the other.
The "Speedrun" strategy (seen in Shringshring's video here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayh35O9mLUw&t=8429s) involves splitting the undead into two groups by running the tank to the top left corner of the map, while the rest of the team retreats towards the bottom left corner of the map. The fight plays out as two separate fights with a break in between. It is reliable if you move like he does, the necrosavants may attack if your team spreads out too much though. Even if you only move a little bit though, it's enough to split the undead as long as the tank makes it to the corner.
The other strategy is the "Normal" or "Hard Mode" strategy for Monolith, where the tank runs approximately 4 hexes towards the top of the map and the team retreats approximately two hexes to the left. The fight starts sooner and it is possible for the tank to die relatively quickly. You need either a good tank to last a long time or a good amount of damage, otherwise you can end up facing both undead groups at the same time. This is the more difficult strategy but high damage late game teams with good tanks can handle it fine.
The Shield Bro + Swordlance team doesn't have any problem with Monolith with the speedrun strategy. It's true that the swordlances feel a bit weak against the ancient honor guards, but there isn't excessive pressure on the team so it can take the time to set up good AOEs with swordlances, weaken armor with hammer bros and focus fire. It plays out like two normal fights back to back.
However, when trying to brute force both Ancient Dead groups with the "Hard Mode" strategy, the team finally starts to show its weakness. The team takes 20 to 21 rounds to beat Monolith using this strategy. That's much slower than normal for Monolith. The Battleforged fatigue neutral shield bros performed well, surviving for many rounds while getting hit by up to 7 ancient honor guards at a time, but having the fight take so long leaves more time for things to go wrong and win rate on Monolith was probably only about 60% with this strategy, as there was a risk of the tank going down early. This could have been reduced with a better tank and/or more potions. Fighting both undead groups + necrosavants all at once was too much for the team to overcome reliably. Swordlances ran out of stamina and got stuck in non optimal positions for AOE, hammers were not able to eliminate Honor Guards quickly enough on their own. It may also have been a mistake to go from 5-6 Swordlances in most normal fights to only 4 in the Monolith, by benching the faked ranged for newly trained high defense bros, as there was a real lack of damage for the "Hard Mode" strategy.
While there isn't much reason to do the "Hard Mode" strategy instead of the "Speedrun" strategy, this still hints at a weakness that might show up in certain extremely highly scaled camps late in the game, like very late sea of tents. Just not enough damage vs armor, plus tons and tons of armored enemies pushing in too fast, getting in contact with vulnerable nimble units. However the amount of orc warriors that spawned in early game Sea of Tents were no problem at all, swordlance guys could just keep a tier 2 hammer in the pocket and easily rout them with fearsome after routing the young and berserkers.
Finally, fighting both undead groups at once illustrated some problems with the stamina system in this game as it relates to 4ap weapons. I left the sword duelist option available for filler bros with lower stamina who couldn't do anything else. Normally the build performed fine, however when there was an extremely high density of enemies and the sword duelist was getting attacked a lot he quickly ran out of stamina and could rarely regain enough to swing twice. He could either use recover, which was never needed in any other fight, or he could stand there and swing only once like an idiot. I gave them reach weapons for just this reason, but it was kind of a crutch to play around this imbalance of the stamina system, that's why two handed weapons are so good after all. In the Speedrun strategy when the undead were split into two groups, the sword duelists had no problems as they could take positions where only small numbers of enemies could swing at them.
Conclusion:
The meta builds exist for a reason of course, but the Devs generally did a great job balancing this game and you can definitely make a lot of non-meta builds work. Sometimes they even feel quite strong. However, when designing your non-meta builds keep in mind the imbalances with the stamina system. For a tanky character with a high stamina pool who uses high stamina cost moves, like the Hammer Shield Bro, taking a turn to recover doesn't feel too bad. But pathfinder based 4 ap builds that don't use much stamina in normal fights can find their offense shut down if they let a lot of enemies swing at them. That kind of limits the value of high defense and high durability on this kind of unit and makes me want to avoid putting 4 ap weapons on them, even though it seems more thematic than giant two handed weapons.
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I'm fairly certain this is a scammer as their profile is sketchy. But I've never heard of a scam like this before... Someone messaged me on my Facebook art page asking if I am open for commissions. I said I will be soon (however I've never advertised commissions before) and asked for more information. They have asked me to draw their son and want to pay me $400. It seems scammy because their page has a verification tick as their cover photo, and their profile pic is an AI cartoon thing. They have put their name as a hybrid of Bruce Springsteen (the musician)...initial red flag. And they have 600+ "followers" most of them named Muhammad. As I write this it is becoming more obvious that this is a fake profile. But how do you respond to this? And what are they trying to do?
Dark, ridiculous comedy. American movie. Set in the late 90s or 2000s. Takes place in a desert or something. He and his friend meet a bunch of people living in trailers in a desert. They are a mix of odd characters. One of the ladies is a new mom whose baby was taken from her or something. She breast feeds the baby girl.
The film starts with the guy rescuing the baby from a car accident and taking off his clothes to wrap her in them. He sits there is his tightly whity underpants holding the baby. He says it was not the first time he was naked and hungry but it was the first time he didn't feel alone becoz he has the baby girl with him.
He wants to adopt and raise the baby and others tell him not to. He says he will raise her, send her to school and send her high school graduation pic to the judge who told him that he will never amount to anything.
One girl is a tall dancer who is dating an old guy. The old guy might have been native American.
The villain is this horrible guy who pranks them, pretending to throw the baby into a river when they are all on a boat or yacht or something. He dies or is killed.
The villain beats his gf and then makes love to her in his trailer.
It's a messed up dark comedy and touching story about odd people finding their way in life.
At one point there is a line about the importance of papers. Like IDs and documents and stuff.
The whole time the main guy monologues/narrates the story as of he is telling it to his daughter. As if it is a memoir.
His friend goes to see his ex to ask for money she owes him for installing plumbing in her house. He realises she hates him. He is making jokes and then starts crying saying she hates him.
In the end the friend becomes a fake monk.
When they bury the bad guy, they say, as his soul leaves his body... I feel sorry for whoever gets it. đ
That's all I remember about the movie.
Iâve seen a lot of examples on the various sites and it actually makes sense that these folks came up with an idea to clear cut 1/4 or maybe 1/2 an acre and then line the sides think of a 3 sided square with fruit trees. I think two nut trees. Then going inward 6â from trees they planted all sorts berry bushes on three sides as well and the middle was just a bunch of grass and clovers. So initially they had some chicken wire over bushes and tree tubes that allowed air flow but once the food plot got to a point to where it basically requires wildlife to eat from it for maintenance the. The pics they had on trail Cams of not just giant bucks but all sorts of amazing wildlife was worth it and i maybe go hunt twice a year but this idea just seems like a no brainer rather than throwing out some gmo fake corn out in the middle of planted pines. And the biggest bucks can be seen chilling in the shade under berry bushes. Anyway just thought id share and ask if anyone has similar experiences?