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Wifi adapter not recognised ubuntu 20.04 intel wifi 6 ax203

2024.05.10 12:08 porky202 Wifi adapter not recognised ubuntu 20.04 intel wifi 6 ax203

Wifi adapter not recognised ubuntu 20.04 intel wifi 6 ax203

Hello everyone, I recently received a gift from my parents. It's the Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G6 IRL. I would like to do some ROS projects on it, but the wifi adapter does not work (Intel WiFi 6 AX203). I tried upgrading to version 22.04, and the wifi adapter worked on it. However, I encountered issues running ROS, so I had to revert back to Ubuntu 20.04.

Here are a few things that I have tried

I haw unable to find any drivers for this specific network card: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005511/wireless.html https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi

None of the below mentioned code snippets worked.

1
``` wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pimlie/ubuntu-mainline-kernel.sh/masteubuntu-mainline-kernel.sh chmod a+x ubuntu-mainline-kernel.sh sudo ./ubuntu-mainline-kernel.sh
sudo rmmod iwlmvm sudo rmmod iwlwifi sudo rfkill unblock all sudo modprobe iwlwifi sudo modprobe iwlmvm
sudo apt install backport-iwlwifi-dkms ```
2
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-hwe-team/backport-iwlwifi sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install backport-iwlwifi-dkms
3
sudo rfkill unblock all sudo ifconfig wlp2s0 up # check ifconfig to get your wifi device name! sudo nmcli radio wifi on
4 (https://gist.github.com/mixxen/339846df6f316416336d038090a3c848)
Add this to /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf
options iwlwifi 11n_disable=1 swcrypto=0 bt_coex_active=0 power_save=0 options iwlmvm power_scheme=1 options iwlwifi d0i3_disable=1 options iwlwifi uapsd_disable=1 options iwlwifi lar_disable=1
5 (https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2445547)
sudo update-initramfs -uk all
6 (https://askubuntu.com/questions/1326386/ubuntu-20-04-lts-driver-intel-wi-fi-6e-ax210-160mhz)
sudo apt install linux-firmware sudo apt install linux-image-5.15.0-69-generic sudo update-grub sudo reboot

Some system information

``` bash hostnamectl Static hostname: ubuntu Icon name: computer-laptop Chassis: laptop Machine ID: 81dd13d776f34ec58c2e2b154ab8bce8 Boot ID: 64615a46410f496a802f16d548a9d11e Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-105-generic Architecture: x86-64 ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ inxi -Fxz System: Kernel: 5.15.0-105-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Gnome 3.36.9 Distro: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (Focal Fossa) Machine: Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 21KH v: ThinkBook 16 G6 IRL serial: Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0T76530 WIN serial: UEFI: LENOVO v: MMCN35WW date: 01/31/2024 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 73.8 Wh condition: 74.9/71.0 Wh (106%) model: SMP L22M4PE1 status: Full CPU: Topology: 10-Core model: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: N/A L2 cache: 24.0 MiB flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 116736 Speed: 400 MHz min/max: 400/4800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 576 2: 676 3: 760 4: 974 5: 412 6: 590 7: 629 8: 587 9: 504 10: 587 11: 654 12: 661 13: 635 14: 801 15: 791 16: 604 17: 818 18: 585 19: 824 20: 641 Graphics: Device-1: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: N/A bus ID: 00:02.0 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: fbdev unloaded: modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1200~77Hz OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 22.2.0-devel (git-08da37035f) direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.15.0-105-generic Network: Device-1: Intel driver: N/A port: 2000 bus ID: 00:14.3 Device-2: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel port: efa0 bus ID: 00:1f.6 IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: Drives: Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 18.05 GiB (3.8%) ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: WD PC SN740 SDDPMQD-512G-1101 size: 476.94 GiB Partition: ID-1: / size: 232.57 GiB used: 18.00 GiB (7.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: 41.0 C Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Info: Processes: 354 Uptime: 7m Memory: 15.14 GiB used: 1.70 GiB (11.3%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.4.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38 ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network *-network:0 UNCLAIMED description: Network controller product: Intel Corporation vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 14.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3 version: 01 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: iomemory:600-5ff memory:601d184000-601d187fff *-network:1 description: Ethernet interface product: Intel Corporation vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.6 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6 logical name: enp0s31f6 version: 01 serial: f4:a8:0d:df:a8:9b capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=5.15.0-105-generic firmware=0.2-4 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair resources: irq:128 memory:82200000-8221ffff ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci -knn grep Net 00:14.3 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:51f1] (rev 01) ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo dmesg grep iwl ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ modinfo iwlwifi grep file filename: /lib/modules/5.15.0-105-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko parm: nvm_file:NVM file name (charp)
```

Wireless info

bash sudo modprobe iwlwifi wget -N -t 5 -T 10 https://github.com/UbuntuForums/wireless-info/raw/mastewireless-info && \ chmod +x wireless-info && \ ./wireless-info
``` bash
#### wireless info START
Report from: 10 May 2024 11:48 CEST +0200
Booted last: 10 May 2024 00:00 CEST +0200
Script from: 25 Jan 2020 03:34 UTC +0000
release
Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS Release: 20.04 Codename: focal
kernel
Linux 5.15.0-105-generic #115~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 15 17:33:04 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Parameters: ro, quiet, splash, intel_iommu=on, vfio-pci.ids=8086:4905, vt.handoff=7
desktop
Ubuntu
lspci
00:14.3 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:51f1] (rev 01) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0274]
00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:51e8] (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0dc6] (rev 01) Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3807] Kernel driver in use: e1000e
lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 004: ID 10a5:9800 FPC FPC Sensor Controller L:0002 FW:27.26.23.30 Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04f2:b7b4 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Integrated Camera Bus 003 Device 005: ID 8087:0026 Intel Corp. Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
PCMCIA card info
rfkill
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no
secure boot
SecureBoot disabled
lsmod
r8712u 204800 0 cfg80211 970752 1 r8712u wmi_bmof 16384 0 ideapad_laptop 28672 0 platform_profile 16384 1 ideapad_laptop sparse_keymap 16384 2 intel_hid,ideapad_laptop wmi 32768 3 wmi_bmof,ideapad_laptop,think_lmi video 61440 2 ideapad_laptop,i915
interfaces
ifconfig
1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback brd inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: enp0s31f6: mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether brd
iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
enp0s31f6 no wireless extensions.
route
resolv.conf
[777 root '/etc/resolv.conf' -> '../run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf']
nameserver 127.0.0.53 options edns0 trust-ad
network managers
Installed:
NetworkManager 
Running:
root 768 1 0 11:36 ? 00:00:00 /ussbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
NetworkManager info
GENERAL.DEVICE: enp0s31f6 GENERAL.TYPE: ethernet GENERAL.NM-TYPE: NMDeviceEthernet GENERAL.DBUS-PATH: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManageDevices/2 GENERAL.VENDOR: Intel Corporation GENERAL.PRODUCT: -- GENERAL.DRIVER: e1000e GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: 5.15.0-105-generic GENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION: 0.2-4 GENERAL.HWADDR: GENERAL.MTU: 1500 GENERAL.STATE: 20 (unavailable) GENERAL.REASON: 2 (Device is now managed) GENERAL.IP4-CONNECTIVITY: 1 (none) GENERAL.IP6-CONNECTIVITY: 1 (none) GENERAL.UDI: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.6/net/enp0s31f6 GENERAL.IP-IFACE: -- GENERAL.IS-SOFTWARE: no GENERAL.NM-MANAGED: yes GENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: yes GENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: no GENERAL.NM-PLUGIN-MISSING: no GENERAL.PHYS-PORT-ID: -- GENERAL.CONNECTION: -- GENERAL.CON-UUID: -- GENERAL.CON-PATH: -- GENERAL.METERED: unknown CAPABILITIES.CARRIER-DETECT: yes CAPABILITIES.SPEED: unknown CAPABILITIES.IS-SOFTWARE: no CAPABILITIES.SRIOV: no INTERFACE-FLAGS.UP: yes INTERFACE-FLAGS.LOWER-UP: no INTERFACE-FLAGS.CARRIER: no WIRED-PROPERTIES.CARRIER: off CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTION-PATHS: --
NetworkManager.state
[main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true
NetworkManager config
[[/etc/NetworkManageconf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf]] [connection] wifi.powersave = 3
[[/etc/NetworkManageNetworkManager.conf]] [main] plugins=ifupdown,keyfile [ifupdown] managed=false [device] wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no
[[/uslib/NetworkManageconf.d/10-dns-resolved.conf]] [main] dns=systemd-resolved
[[/uslib/NetworkManageconf.d/10-globally-managed-devices.conf]] [keyfile] unmanaged-devices=*,except:type:wifi,except:type:gsm,except:type:cdma
[[/uslib/NetworkManageconf.d/20-connectivity-ubuntu.conf]] [connectivity] uri=http://connectivity-check.ubuntu.com/
[[/uslib/NetworkManageconf.d/no-mac-addr-change.conf]] [device-mac-addr-change-wifi] match-device=driver:rtl8723bs,driver:rtl8189es,driver:r8188eu,driver:8188eu,driver:eagle_sdio,driver:wl wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no
NetworkManager profiles
[[/etc/NetworkManagesystem-connections/PTvaje.nmconnection]] (600 root) [connection] id=PTvaje type=wifi permissions= [wifi] mac-address-blacklist= ssid=PTvaje [ipv4] method=auto [ipv6] method=auto
Netplan config
[/etc/netplan/01-network-manager-all.yaml] network: version: 2 renderer: NetworkManager
iw reg get
Region: Europe/Ljubljana (based on set time zone)
global country 00: DFS-UNSET (755 - 928 @ 2), (N/A, 20), (N/A), PASSIVE-SCAN (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A) (2457 - 2482 @ 20), (N/A, 20), (N/A), AUTO-BW, PASSIVE-SCAN (2474 - 2494 @ 20), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-OFDM, PASSIVE-SCAN (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), AUTO-BW, PASSIVE-SCAN (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, PASSIVE-SCAN (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS, PASSIVE-SCAN (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), PASSIVE-SCAN (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 0), (N/A)
iwlist channels
lo no frequency information.
enp0s31f6 no frequency information.
iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
enp0s31f6 Interface doesn't support scanning.
module infos
[r8712u] filename: /lib/modules/5.15.0-105-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8712/r8712u.ko description: rtl871x wireless lan driver license: GPL depends: cfg80211 retpoline: Y intree: Y name: r8712u vermagic: 5.15.0-105-generic SMP mod_unload modversions parm: wifi_test:int parm: video_mode:int parm: chip_version:int parm: rfintfs:int parm: lbkmode:int parm: hci:int parm: network_mode:int parm: channel:int parm: mp_mode:int parm: wmm_enable:int parm: vrtl_carrier_sense:int parm: vcs_type:int parm: busy_thresh:int parm: ht_enable:int parm: cbw40_enable:int parm: ampdu_enable:int parm: rf_config:int parm: power_mgnt:int parm: low_power:int parm: ifname: Net interface name, wlan%d=default (string) parm: initmac:MAC-Address, default: use FUSE (charp)
[cfg80211] filename: /lib/modules/5.15.0-105-generic/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko description: wireless configuration support license: GPL depends: retpoline: Y intree: Y name: cfg80211 vermagic: 5.15.0-105-generic SMP mod_unload modversions parm: bss_entries_limit:limit to number of scan BSS entries (per wiphy, default 1000) (int) parm: ieee80211_regdom:IEEE 802.11 regulatory domain code (charp) parm: cfg80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz:Disable 40MHz support in the 2.4GHz band (bool)
module parameters
[r8712u] ampdu_enable: 1 busy_thresh: 40 cbw40_enable: 1 channel: 1 chip_version: 2 hci: 1 ht_enable: 1 ifname: wlan%d initmac: (null) lbkmode: 0 low_power: 0 mp_mode: 0 network_mode: 0 power_mgnt: 0 rf_config: 1 rfintfs: 2 vcs_type: 1 video_mode: 1 vrtl_carrier_sense: 2 wifi_test: 0 wmm_enable: 0
[cfg80211] bss_entries_limit: 1000 cfg80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz: N ieee80211_regdom: 00
/etc/modules
modprobe options
[/etc/modprobe.d/amd64-microcode-blacklist.conf] blacklist microcode
[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf] blacklist ath_pci
[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf] blacklist evbug blacklist usbmouse blacklist usbkbd blacklist eepro100 blacklist de4x5 blacklist eth1394 blacklist snd_intel8x0m blacklist snd_aw2 blacklist prism54 blacklist bcm43xx blacklist garmin_gps blacklist asus_acpi blacklist snd_pcsp blacklist pcspkr blacklist amd76x_edac
[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rare-network.conf] alias net-pf-3 off alias net-pf-6 off alias net-pf-9 off alias net-pf-11 off alias net-pf-12 off alias net-pf-19 off alias net-pf-21 off alias net-pf-36 off
[/etc/modprobe.d/intel-microcode-blacklist.conf] blacklist microcode
[/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf] options iwlwifi 11n_disable=1 swcrypto=0 bt_coex_active=0 power_save=0 options iwlmvm power_scheme=1 options iwlwifi d0i3_disable=1 options iwlwifi uapsd_disable=1 options iwlwifi lar_disable=1
[/etc/modprobe.d/libopenni-sensor-pointclouds0.conf] blacklist gspca_kinect
rc.local
grep: /etc/rc.local: No such file or directory
pm-utils
udev rules
dmesg
[ 3.183874] r8712u: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. [ 3.198533] r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops [ 3.198537] usb 3-3: r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints [ 3.198890] usb 3-3: r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK [ 3.207533] Bluetooth: hci0: Minimum firmware build 1 week 10 2014 [ 3.209098] Bluetooth: hci0: Found device firmware: intel/ibt-0040-4150.sfi [ 3.673971] usb 3-3: r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0000 [ 3.673979] usb 3-3: r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = [ 3.673983] usb 3-3: r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin" [ 3.775076] r8712u 3-3:1.0 wlx000cf6935e97: renamed from wlan0 [ 4.556243] r8712u 3-3:1.0 wlx000cf6935e97: 1 RCR=0x153f00e [ 4.556850] r8712u 3-3:1.0 wlx000cf6935e97: 2 RCR=0x553f00e [ 4.684961] Bluetooth: hci0: Waiting for firmware download to complete [ 62.359180] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlx000cf6935e97: link becomes ready
#### wireless info END
```
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2024.05.09 06:00 LucyAriaRose OOP is going to see her abusive mother for the first time in 11 years

I am NOT the Original Poster. That is u/Exciting-Turnip7126. She posted in MarkNarrations and TrueOffMyChest.
Thanks to u/Literally_Taken for finding this and recommending it.

Read the trigger warnings. A reminder to not comment on Original Posts. See rule 7.

Trigger Warning: graphic descriptions of child abuse; infidelity; verbal abuse; financial abuse;
Mood Spoiler: surprisingly happy ending
Background Post: January 21, 2024
Editor's note: This post is tangentially related to the main post as it discusses some of OOP's background.
I feel so lost. I don't know what to do and I feel sick. I (41F) have been no contact my with my mother for the past 11 years following years of physical, financial, and emotional abuse as well as years of parentification.
To give everyone an idea, my mother started abusing me physically and emotionally from the age of 6 , which is when we both moved out of the extended family home. I never knew my father so until I was 6 I grew up in a home with my mother, her 3 siblings and her parents (my grandparents).
Her physical abuse consisted of pinching and twisting until my skin blistered or tore. Grabbing me by the arm or leg so hard she'd leave a bruise in the shape of her hand. Throwing things at me like drinking glasses. A few times I couldn't go to school because the bruises were in places that were visible.
Her emotional abuse was just as bad. Telling me she'd throw me outside and lock the door so the boogeyman would take me if I didn't do exactly what she said. This was all when I was under the age of 10.
The parentification started when I was 11 when my first half brother was born. He was my sole responsibility. Same when my second half brother was born when I was 18.
The financial abuse started when I was 12 when I had my first tutoring job. She's take my money to buy alcohol. I would hide my money so I could buy food for me and brother or my cat since she'd forget and just say to "eat whatever".
Financially, she wrecked my credit. I lent her my credit card when I was 21 (stupid I know) to help her with her business. She said, as my mother, I owed it to her. Back then I was still in the mindset I was taught growing up. That family was what was most important. Now I know better and have worked hard for years to build my credit back up.
Back to my dilemma. We (me and my bf 45M) have been invited to a friend's wedding. There's a chance my mother may be there.
What makes me anxious is we have a 9.5 month old baby girl. Yes I had my baby late. There's a long tradition of the women in my family being abusive. I didn't want children for the longest time. I don't regret having my daughter. She's my world and I love her more than anything and I know my mother would demand to see her if given the chance. The thought of my mother seeing her and just seeing my mother in general makes me feel sick with anxiety and on the verge of sobbing.
These emotions come up because I think of my daughter being exposed to her and I can do is cry.
On the other hand I want to go to the wedding. My friends who are getting married know my history with my mother. I have a feeling they'd invite her to be polite.
How can I get through this?
Relevant Comments:
Commenter: I'm sorry you had to deal with all that. While I can't tell friends who they should invite to their wedding, I would think good friends would be aware of the friction. I'd certainly ask if my mother had been invited. If they answer yes, then I would skip the wedding. If your mother is still drinking and abusive, there's no way I'd risk running into her again. Just not worth it.
OOP: Thank you. Exactly. I don't want to be that person who dictates who they can/can't invite.
That's a good idea. I will ask if she was invited/ RSVPed yes. She drinks less now. Her heavy drinking resulted in her getting type 2 diabetes. Even with less alcohol, she apparently is still very manipulative and abusive according to my youngest half brother.
Commenter: Wishing you luck. Don’t blame you at all! My mother’s father (grandfather is too familial for him) was a narcissist, abuser too. Had to control every and all situations. Refused to give him any leeway and never spoke to him for the last 10 or so years of his life. If I had kids, I would not have allowed him to be apart of their lives either. There is no need to have another generation subjected to the vitriol and physical violence. Go to the party, support your brother. You don’t have to say a word to her. Make Her look stupid by ignoring her.
OOP: Thank you so much for your comment! I'm so sorry you had to go through that too and you're absolutely right when you said
"There is no need to have another generation subjected to the vitriol and physical violence."
My mother is the way she is because of her mother who was so much worse. That's why I had my daughter later in life. I was child Free out of fear of being like them but my step-dad and boyfriend both told me the same thing: I know how not to parent.
Mini update (Same Post, Next Day)
I don't know if this is how we update but I'm going to do it anyway lol. Thank you to everyone who commented and you all had the same advice. So I contacted the bride last night. She wrote me back this morning. She did not invite my mother. She knows a little bit of my history with my mother and said she rarely speaks to her. She wants me and my step-father there. He too would not want my mother there (he went through a lot of abuse too at my mother's hand). So my friend wanted us to have a good time and is not inviting my mother.
Thank you all again so very much for reading my post. I was so afraid of being that person who causes drama over who is/isn't invited and didn't want to cause my friend stress that I started imagining all possible scenarios of what could happen if she was that and spiraled into an emotional crying mess.
After all your comments, some ginger ale a hug from my husband and baby, I was able to get some sleep.
Thank you all again very much
Original Post: April 16, 2024 (4 months later)
Title: I had to end my 11 yr NC with my mother and her siblings for a family event. I will see her for the first time this Saturday. I'm overthinking everything...
I (41F) went NC with my entitled narcissistic mother and her siblings 11 years ago after years of physical, emotional and financial abuse as well as years of parentification starting when I was 11 yrs old. None of her siblings said or did anything. They just looked the other way and told me I was too emotional and exaggerate everything.
My brother (30M) and his girlfriend (22F) are having a baby shower for their first baby this Saturday, my mother is organizing it and sent out invites and created a Facebook event. This is why I went stopped my NC, so I could see the event and mark myself as going.
I refuse to let a POS human being prevent me from being there for brother and his girlfriend, even if that person is my mother. I'm not going to lie, I spiralled when I first saw my mother's invite. All the years of abuse, days of missed elementary school because the bruises were in visible places, all came back. My step-dad (54M) talked me down and we're going together. He was abused by her just as bad as I was, if not worse.
My mother is organizing the baby shower because my brother is close with her. Yes he knows what she did but thinks I should just forgive and forget, which I have multiple times but that never stopped the abuse.
My biggest concern is my boyfriend and I have a child (1F) and when my brother found out, he started again with how I should forgive and forget. I told him I don't expect him to not tell my mother about my child but to respect that she will not be in my child's life. Since my daughter was born there were some not so subtle attempts from her to like pictures of my daughter. She even sent me a friend request once, which I deleted right away. She's the jealous vindictive type so it wouldn't surprise me if she pressured my brother to get his girlfriend pregnant so she'd have a grand-child too (She's jealous of my step-dad for being a grand dad).
For those wondering why I didn't block her, I did but unblocked every now and then because I was paranoid she'd try something with grand-parents rights, even though I know she doesn't have a leg to stand on for that or try to get sympathy for not seeing my daughter. This still bothers me to this day sometimes. The nightmares and hormones have me paralyzed in fear. All this to say my mother would be the type of person to post about this on social media and if she does, I want to be able to get screenshots of it and address it right away because she's a master manipulator.
I decided to take a big step and started therapy for the first time last week. Therapy was always something ridiculed and seen as something for weak people by my family. My boyfriend (44M) agreed with the therapy and even asked me how I felt afterwards. He's my rock and my everything. We've been together for 20 years. For those wondering, why we aren't married because we don't really don't care. We love each other and for us that's enough. Therapy helped a lot. I have another session this week, two days before I see her again. My therapist called me brave, which honestly surprised me. I never thought of myself as being brave.
Anyway, I'll update after the baby shower.
Relevant Comments:
Commenter: Your brother deems his deference for your mother above the abuse thar he knows you suffered. However much you care for him, your feelings are secondary as far as he's concerned... Why stress? Spend the day with someone who loves you.
OOP: thank you for your comment. I do agree with you that my feelings are completely secondary to him. Unfortunately, he's very much like her personality wise but his girlfriend is a gem and keeps him level headed (even he admits its lol). My dad and I have an agreement that if either of us are uncomfortable we'll leave right away. We're going as each other's support. Plus I worked really hard on a crocheted baby blanket, hats and mitts lol.
Why are you putting yourself in this situation?
Thank you so much for your concern. Yes it's going to be stressful but after having lost my entire family when going NC, I went a few years with no contact with anyone, including my step-dad and brothers. She had turned everyone against me which destroyed me. I felt so abandoned. Once her lies, cheating and abuse were exposed is when my step-dad and one of my two brothers came back in my life. The one brother who came back (23M) isn't the one who's baby shower I'm going to (30M). Yes there's a massive age difference between us (I'm 41F). I raised the two of them alone. I felt like I had lost everything when they went NC. Them coming back felt like a second chance. Brother 30M came back a few years after. He's very easily manipulated and has the same kind of personality as my mother: vain, narcissistic and selfish but he's a watered down version without the abuse.
Basically I'm putting myself in this situation for my second chance little family I was able to form after the fallout. Seems ridiculous but I'd feel terrible to not try.
Commenter: I too, think it is a bad idea. I cannot imagine spending time around someone that was abusive to me for years just to appease my brother who didn't even care that I was abused, still maintains a close relationship with my abuser and on top of it has the audacity to tell me to forgive and forget. That part is throwing me. I cannot for the life of me imagine my mom hurting my sister who I love, yet still wanting to be cool with my mom, my mom would be dead to me. And I get Op is fond of her brother's gf but like someone else suggested take her out to lunch or do something else nice with her, like a spa day and give her the gift.
OOP: As much as I would love to do all the above, it's really hard with how far my brother and his girlfriend live and their job. They both work really long shifts. I know it's confusing and even I wonder sometimes, especially that he plays off my trauma like I'm exaggerating, but the best way I can put it is in a way we have a way to start over. After the year did abuse, not just to me but my step-dad also, we want to try and make our little family of chosen people work. We never got a chance to do that, ever. I would have to do a post by itself about my family and all the bullshit that lead to the NC. That would be a massive post in itself. So much to unpack but therapy is helping.
Lastly, I was happy to hear my brother's girlfriend put her foot down with certain things with my mother. My brother will get to see our mother's real personality with his baby. I hope he steps up for his girlfriend and their baby.
Commenter: It's ok to prioritize your self and your family. You cannot thrive and be bountiful if you don't. If not going is best for you. That is ok. What is best for you is ok. It took me a long time to say that! It's not selfish to do what's best for you and your LO (Editor's note- little one)
OOP: I've really been leveraging "No" as a full sentence and have been using that as a filter for people I want to keep in my life. If people can't respect me when I say no, then what else are they going to disrespect me on.
At first I did not want to go. I had a full blown crying, shaking, dry heaving meltdown. After composing myself, I called my dad and he talked me through it and said he was going. He was heavily abused too so I know it's just as hard for him. That's why we're going as each other's support. As for my daughter, she's staying home with my boyfriend having a daddy daughter day.
Commenter: Eh, I would suggest just using her first name, not "mother." Deny the relationship. Twist that knife.
OOP: I have. I use mother here because I've used "egg donor" in the past and people were super confused. Even to my step-dad and brothers I call her by her first name.
Commenter: I'm a cross stitcher and knitter, I feel your pain. (Editor's note- OOP commented at one point that she had a handmade gift for the new baby) As for the shower, have you considered that by going you are letting her win? She gets to show everyone how mean you are to her, she gets to create drama and blame it on you. Think on this, a narcissist thrives on attention any attention, even bad, is a balm to their soul.
She will do everything in her power to make you look bad. There is no way to win, except by ignoring her existence.
OOP: Thank you! I have considered that side too. I'm going by my dad's experience. He had to see her a month ago or so for the gender reveal and he said she looked resigned. Almost emotionless. She's already painted me in a bad light to the entire family (her sisters, her brother and their kids) who will also be there by the way. But they're all so non-confrontational and fake.
I know my mother is throwing the baby shower for exactly that reason. She wants attention. My dad and I agreed to leave right away if either of us feels uncomfortable.
Commenter: You want to be there for a grown ass man who doesn’t care about you being abused. Why do you still care about him? When has he ever cared about you??
OOP: Thank you for your comment. We used to be close a long ago. We've gotten a lot better in the past 2 years. He was really badly manipulated by my mother for many years. He took for granted that what she was telling him was true because she's our mother and she wouldn't lie, which is so dumb, I know. He's learning that more and more. I think he's seeing it more now that she keeps trying to ask him for money, like I warned him she would.
Commenter: Brother will change his mind about mother once she starts abusing his kid. These kinds of things don't just stop. Good luck to you!
OOP: Thank you! I really hope it doesn't come to that but it wouldn't surprise me. I think it'll be more my brother's girlfriend putting her foot down with my mother's involvement (she'll probably try to involve herself in everything). My brother will be forced to choose and in general does what his girlfriend says since she's the most down to earth, realistic and normal out of the two. She keeps him level, his words exactly.
Commenter: You DON’T have to go. Just because your brother has poor taste in people doesn’t mean you have to be around your abuser. You can see him other times.
OOP: Thank you for your comment. I know I don't. I'm choosing to go. I feel like I'm letting my mother get under my skin and win by not going and that makes me even angrier. That's where I'm at at the moment.
Editor's note: All edits take place on the same post.
EDIT: I'm sorry if I'm, confusing anyone by saying "my dad" when referring to my step-dad. To me he is my dad. He and I have gone through hell and back together in regards to my mom. Our experience has brought us closer than ever.
EDIT 2: I am NOT bringing my daughter. She's staying home and having a daddy daughter day with my boyfriend.
EDIT 3: April 16 or 17, 2024 (Same day/day after)
Holy cow I did not expect this many comments! Thank you all so much! You have no idea how much I appreciate it. That's what I love at MarkNarrations. I love this sub. It's such a tightly knit community. My daughter knows the sound of his voice now and comes running to see when I play his videos on my tablet lol.
One thing I want to tell everyone, you don't need to worry about me breaking down, crying, or having a meltdown. I'm at a point in my life where I don't get sad. I get angry and my worry is if she tries anything, my step-dad will have to jump him and pull me back. And I have no problems calling her out on her abuse. Many years ago she made him nearly homeless where he only had enough money to pay his mortgage but had to go to the food bank for food. He didn't tell me because he knew I probably would have done something I'd regret later. He only told me after the fact and I cried tears of anger and disbelief at being related to someone so vile. When I get overwhelmed I cry, which I find so embarrassing.
I am seeing therapist this Thursday, two days before the shower and I'm really looking forward to it. I will keep you all updated. Thank you all again so much. I really love this sub <3
EDIT 4: April 18, 2024 (two days later)
Thank you all again so much for all the love and support. I'm sorry I didn't clarify this before. I have 2 brothers 30M and 23M. My brothers are my half-brothers (We share the same mother. Their father is my step-dad). Just like how I call my step-dad "dad", I call my half-brothers, "brothers".All the comments, advise and suggestions have been amazing and some really really funny. I'm feeling so much better after reading all the support and am started to look forward to the baby shower, especially that my step-dad texted me saying he met my mother's husband this week and that the man's face was priceless after my step-dad introduced himself to him. I asked for more details but he said we'll talk about it on the drive over.
After that, I wanted to give you all a full scope of who my mother is and what kind of a piece of shit human being she really is. I put it in point form instead of a giant block of text:
I have therapy this afternoon and can't wait. I felt so much better last week after just 1 session. You all have made me feel so much stronger and confident. Let me know if you have any questions or need clarification on anything I wrote above.
Update (Same Post): April 20, 2024 (4 days from OG post)
UPDATE! Today was the baby shower and omg! I'm putting everything in point form because there's a lot to update you all on. I'm typing from my cellphone as I'm rocking my daughter to sleep. I missed her so much today.
1 - my dad invited his female best friend to come with us to the baby shower. We'll call her Sally. She's a wonderful woman with a big heart and very protective of my dad, especially since she knows my mother fairly well and works at the same place as her. The first time she and I met we were talking about each other's work and she was going on about this awful co-worker who was so bossy, blamed everyone else for her mistakes and took the praise for other people's work. Turns out it was my mother lol. Basically my mother was not happy Sally was coming.
2 - Both my dad and Sally said my mother texted them to say the baby shower started at 1:30. It didn't. The invite clearly said 1pm. I told them we're getting there for 1pm and was 99% sure my mother was trying to make them look bad out of jealousy. I was right. We arrived at 12:55 pm and my mother's deer in the headlights look on her face said it all.
Guys I stayed composed. I did it! My hands were shaking but I kept them in my pockets. Sally saw this and squeezed my arm.
My mother came out of her daze and came over "oh OP! You came!? It's nice to see you!"
I smirked at her obvious lie and discomfort at being caught, said "Nice to see you too. Where do I put my gift?" She took my gift and put it on the table with the other gifts.
3 - My mother's two siblings showed up with their daughters. One sister greeted me like an acquaintance, which I appreciated. The other pretended I wasn't even there.
4 - my dad, Sally and I sat at a table with one of my dad's former work buddies. We had a blast. My mother was not impressed. Shooting us dirty looks. So much so my dad's friend turned to me and said "uh oh. I think we might need to keep it down". Everyone else was talking loudly, we weren't the only ones. She just didn't like that we were having fun.Me "forget her. She always looks like that." My dad spit out his drink laughing. I didn't say it loud enough for her to hear (at least I don't think so and didn't care in the moment to be honest) but we did get more dirty looks lol.
4 - my mother whipped out a headset with a microphone hooked to a tiny speaker that she hooked to the back of her pants, like she was some sort of talk show host. I shit you not. I didn't notice until my dad said "what the fuck..." I looked over and couldn't help but laugh. Did I mention my mother thrives on being the center of attention, even at her own son's baby shower.
5 - she had us play games and whatnot which was fun. I participated and had fun, until my mother handed diapers with melted chocolate bars on them and gave them out to my two brothers my dad and another guy at the shower. She wanted them to taste what was in the diaper and guess the chocolate bar. The way the chocolate was melted you could tell some of the crotch of the diaper had turned gelatinous (which is what it's supposed to do when a baby pees. I doubt that gel is for human consumption). Me in my now very comfortable seat at the shower blurted "that's disgusting". I got a few responses agreeing with " uh yeah... That's gross".
6 - then there was the bottle drinking game. My mother dropped the bottle full of grape juice in front of my dad like he was a bug she was trying to squish with the bottle. It was so obvious that the girl at the table next to us tapped my shoulder and asked why "the woman with the microphone just pitched the bottle to the poor guy in the blue shirt". I told her the guy was my dad and the woman was his ex, my mother. The girl apologized profusely. I told her not to, that she said nothing wrong and that my mother was just like that.
7 - my dad and I went out for supper afterwards and what I found out over guys... OMG! Turns out my mother was upset with my dad because she asked my other brother (not the one having the baby shower) to try and put in a good word for her to my dad because she wanted to get back together with him and he just laughed. He didn't know what else to say. Need I remind you all that she's currently married to the man she cheated on my dad with for 6 years!
She married and sponsored this man from the Caribbeans to come to Canada. According to my brother, this poor man is treated like a tenant and is forced to live in her basement. WTF
My dad laughed when he saw my face and told me not to worry, that there's no way in hell he would ever consider getting back with her. I told him good because I'd have to smack some sense into him if he did.
He's 99% positive she's trying to get back with my dad to try and reconcile with me to have access to my daughter. He said he'd rather die than let that happen.
So there you have it. What a shit show, but it was a fun shit show that I did not expect in the least. Thank you all again for all your comments and support. It was so very appreciated.
Relevant Comment:
Commenter: You handled that well. Now just go back to pretending she doesn’t exist. She doesn’t deserve anything different. The best revenge is living well.
OOP: That's exactly the plan! Thank you again for your comments.

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2024.05.07 01:13 FlyWizardFishing Rate My Commander Decks

I like to think I've come up with at least a couple fun/interesting decks. I'm just curious what people think of this spread!
Master Chef Lae'Zel if most certainly my favorite, creating an unholy amount of +1/+1 counters. It was the first deck I ever built, definitely my strongest, and my fav.
Up next is Queen Kayle bin-Kroog. This deck is so fun to play. Best wincon is probably discard damage off [[Glint-horn Buccaneer]], especially fun when the ability is copied and the damage is boosted from [[Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot]]. Alternate wincon with infinite unblockable combats with [[Sword of Feast and Famine]] [[Rogue's Passage]] and [[Aggravated Assault]].
[[Thalia and the Gitrog Monster]] is definitely the most popular commander I play based of EDHrec. It's a goofy landfall deck where I don't always try to win through [[Scute Swarm]] don't worry. Probably my second strongest deck just because the commander is so scary.
I made a Laughing Jasper deck after I pulled him on release day. Not a tuned deck by any means (no Sol Ring, Swiftfoot Boots, etc.) but can mill pretty hard. Kinda just outlaw jank haha.
Oops another landfall deck. How could I not build Bonny Pal though! Between her and [[Mordenkainen]] I get some massive token out. A super fun time (for me).
Lastly is my most recent deck, true jank with 0 dollars spend to build it, Amalia Benavides life manipulation deck :) horrendous land base, but a couple easy combos and some fun things to do.
Other than that I have the new Gonti precon and a Rin and Seri, Inseparable deck that is 100% proxied and copied from someone else's decklist.
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2024.05.07 00:25 Millbyfive1234 Born to Heal

Hello, I’ve always known I was weird! My gifts were not of the social ‘norm’ when I was growing up. Only in recent years are psychics and mediums becoming more abundant and recognized. Though I have those gifts, I was born a natural healer. I can remove or alleviate physical pain distantly. I have been successful at removing trauma, depression, anxiety and various other conditions that develop over time through life and experiences. I’m able to clear and unblock what needs to be gone allowing my clients to start fresh and move forward happily in life. I shunned my gifts for years because who wants to be known as weird… but… now I do. I embrace my weirdness because it was given to me from a higher power to help others. Up until Now all my clients have been word of mouth. I recently created an instagram page which I’ll link below to market myself. I get tremendous gratification when my clients sessions are finished and they are healed and no longer miserable. I have never taken classes, no one has ever shown me how to heal or use my gift, everything has been innate. I have been attuned with a very powerful modality which is insurable. I’m now a certified master healer through meet yourself energy healing modality. I never market or say I do reiki as that is taught, my healing gift is natural. I like to compare it to pranic healing. Feel free to reach out if you’re interested in some healing or a reset. It’s a very relaxing experience for those I work on. My business email is powersofenergy@gmail.com.
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2024.05.03 14:59 CuteIngenuity1745 Minato Aqua's Elden Ring gameplay is beautiful and admirable.

Minato Aqua's Elden Ring gameplay is beautiful and admirable.
So today is Friday in my country, I have some free time so I tuned in to watch Aqua's Elden Ring stream. I have already heard from her fanbase that she's a Soul game veteran but honestly I'm still in disbelief how efficient and masterful her playstyle is.
Elden Ring is one of a very few games I've played to completion in my life, I absolutely love it. So of course I have watched all the Holo girls playing it since I joined the community. I like how Miko's learning and improving all the way while fighting Treeguard-sensei, I love how Danchou bruteforced through the game with two big maces on her hands, I adore how Botan shred through the game with the most op weapon she could find and I enjoyed how Pekora played as much as the first time I played the game.
So how about Aqua? There is an unmatched beauty in how simple Aqua's playing. She usually spends 5-10 mins to read how the boss moves, if she found some attacks can be blocked, she will block it with her shield while dodging the other attacks that can't be. If she found that boss absolutely needs mobility to deal with or most of the attack is unblockable, she will duel stance both katana for maximum damages. And she kills the boss in such short time that if you just went out for a drink, you might miss the moment she does it.
Today, she killed the ghost of Godfrey in the capital in her first try and took like 30 mins to kill Morgott. I was sleeping for 1 hour and a half because I'm so tired from the morning shift. When I woke up, she finished the Mountaintop and already in the middle of killing the dragon in Farum Azula while duel stance a katana and river of blood. That's how fast and efficient her gameplay is.
Tomorrow will be the last part of her Elden Ring playthrough and probably the end of her golden week streamstreak. I'll be missing her streams so much, it has been so much fun every time Aqua is actively enjoying a game. What a gamer maid she is.
Source: https://twitter.com/minatoaqua/status/1786351318036304213
Tldr: Appreciation for Aqua's beautiful Elden Ring playstyle.
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2024.04.30 16:34 avandronov86 Loving the game, but frustrated with combat, need help

I am looking for help mastering combat in KCD. I consider myself above average at PC games, but I can't seem to get it what the game wants from me in order to succeed.
My stats are 9 Str, 6 Agi, 5 Vit, 6 Def, 7 War, 9 Sword. I'm practicing wooden bastard(long) swords with Cpt. Bernard (I am not going on the hunt, instead choosing to skill up more). I have learned master strike for sword, and passed all hist other tutorials. However, I still cannot seem to get it what I should click to succeed...
  1. Clinching. He wins 100%. No matter what I do. Run at him, slowly advance at him, hold block or not, mash block/use/left mouse/right mouse or not. Immediately when we get close my five star edges dim, and he performs a move on me.
  2. Parrying / perfect block / riposte / Master Strike. A lof of confusion with these. Read a lot online, watched many vids, I dont' get it.
2.a. So, I assume master strike cannot be parried and does not require me to click the attack?
2.b. But first of all, is the window really like, frame perfect? How wide is it if I didn't guess his direction? I am hitting block while the green shield is up but I seem to be getting mostly parries, when I don't counterattack.
2.c. The animation I see is like a slow mo and I've parried his sword. On the interface, the green shield lights up with a border, so I assume I got something right. However, this does cost me stamina, unlike it says in the "Perfect block" so is this not even a perfect block then? Also it does not put him off guard or anything! And if I try to left click immediately after it, Bernard master strikes me (the animation changes into me attacking and him performing a move on me)!
2.d. If I spam block, (click-click-click) the shield never appears at all, so I assume after you release block there's a window before you are allowed to attempt parry/perfect block/master strike?
2.e. On the other hand, one of his master strike animations are when he hits me in the face with his sword's handle. However, when I did it and mashed the left click, I hit him like 4 times in the face. So can you somehow "improve" master strike with left clicking or not? Are those animations essentially equal?
2.f. When he counterattacks me after blocking (not perfect, not master), I have the green shield lit up, but it doesn't recognize my input! I've tried standing still and I can reliably get at least something (whatever that is, most likely some "imperfect" parry). However, when I attack and then he blocks and counters, I mash, I hold, I click once the block button, nothing helps. He always gets me unless I backpedal (which sometimes saves me from getting hit). While videos online state you should be able to parry each other unless one of you master strikes.
  1. I assume not all the things he teaches me are perks? They are like hidden unlocks? Because I don't see, say, master strike anywhere.
4.a. I tried combos and its very hard. I play with the mouse. It seems that its very hard to input precise direction. It says top, right, bottom left, but when I try it, it often misreads what I input. It seems the issue is that as soon as I stop moving the mouse, it recognizes some other direction. LIke, with a gamepad, I would just point the stick up, and keep it there, and it would keep registering up, but with a mouse, I move it up, and stop moving, and it registers tiny jerk to the left and thinks I'm doing left?
4.b. The combo he teaches you, is it a valid combo? I dont' get a perk for it, and it seems to do nothing special. I assume its just a "demo" and you have to "buy" combos (perks) to actually use combos against him or others?
  1. Longswords I see in the game require Str, and short swords require Agi, but when I duel him on wooden bastard(long) swords my Agi goes up? And Str seemingly does not. Why?
  2. On another parry topic, this is practice with a short sword and a shield. I poke him. If he doesn't master block, often the animation goes like this: he blocks with the shield, then strikes me from the bottom left (my screen), then top right. Here, I get no green shield for the first attack. But I get one for the second. If I try to block the first one, the second one become unblockable/unparryable (it wont accept my input). If i intentionally let the first go through, I can block/parry the second one?
  3. I hold block and it costs no stamina, despire game telling me blocking depletes stamina. Am I correct to assume that all that block does it makes me match my opponent's direction with some delay to allow for feints? And actual block is when the opponent attacks into you holding your weapon on the same side)?
  4. Am I right to assume that attacking first is pointless in this game? Because all you do is open yourself to master strike from a skilled opponent? The only three valid moves seems to be clinch (if I'd know how to win it), backpedal until they run then poke, and wait for their attack then master stike then start attacking?
PS: If it matters, I have no armor on, to save money on repair costs. Can this be the issue?
PPS: I have uploaded my training video with the issues I have currently. Maybe you can take a look and comment, thank you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YSNe04--mE
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2024.04.26 15:44 ya-boi-benny Respect Ajna (Indivisible)

In the remote village of Ashwat, Ajna was raised by her father Indr and trained extensively in martial arts. When agents of Lord Ravannavar torch Ashwat and murder Ajna’s father in front of her, she unlocks the strange power of absorbing other people into her own being. After seeking revenge against Ravannavar, Ajna uncovers the truth about her upbringing: she’s actually a piece of Kala, the malevolent deity that resets the universe every eon, and she’s fated to rejoin Kala’s being and usher in the end of all things. Ever the rebel, Ajna seeks to combat Kala instead. To get there, she must join strength with other spiritually strong individuals and learn the virtues of patience and forgiveness.

Ajna

Physicals

Strength
Other Physicals

Exploration Abilities

Movement-Based
General
Equipment-Dependent
Archery
General
Magic Arrows
Counters
Heruka Transformation-Based
Heruka Form Maha Heruka Form Tara Heruka Form
Heruka Hustle
Movement
Other

Combat Moveset

Moves
Supers

Inner Realm

Entering
Exiting
Other

Relationship with Kala

Miscellaneous

Incarnations

The group of individuals residing in Ajna's Inner Realm during her journey. There are 20 combatants to call forth at any given time.

Shared Feats

Blocking
Combat Mechanics

Dhar

An earth-manipulating swordsman and proud lieutenant to Lord Ravannavar. After killing Ajna's father and being trapped inside her Inner Realm, Dhar slowly comes to see the error in his ways. He sacrifices his life in an attempt to calm down a furious Ajna.
Feats
Moves
Supers

Razmi

A witch who's been banished from her home town due to her knowledge of dark magics. She fights with a lantern that contains the soul of a demon and her pet tiger Bom.
Feats
Moves
Supers

Ginseng and Honey

A kid and their root vegetable on a quest to become world-class botanists. Ginseng carries a giant mortar and pestle, used to grind up enemies and heal their allies.
Feats
Moves
Supers

Zebei

A smug archer from a clan of nomads from the mountains. While initially skeptical about Ajna's ability to responsibly control her powers, he stays with the group to oversee Kala's defeat.
Moves
Supers

Tungar

A knight and a man of action, Tungar doesn't speak too often. He lets his urumi speak for him, a cloth-based weapon that doubles as a turban.
Moves
Supers

Kushi

A member of the same tribe as Zebei and a Protector-in-training, Kushi fights alongside Altun, a massive bird of prey.
Feats
Moves

Thorani

A maternal healer who carries magic, restorative water in her hair. While she's typically benevolent and happy to heal anyone in need, she becomes aggressively protective when Ajna or her other teammates are in jeopardy.
Feats
Resuscitation/Healing
Other
Moves
Supers

Qadira

A warrior looking for her lost brother. Although she carries his sword, Qadira opts to do battle with only her shield, keeping the blade sheathed until she finds him.
Feats
Moves
Supers

Baozhai

A pirate captain that sails the seas in the warship Teotul. She loves sailing, cannons, women and drinking.
Feats
Moves
Supers

Phoebe

Once a freedom fighter alongside her husband, Phoebe watched her husband die in battle against her country's invaders. Now, she trains her two children in an effort to return to her home and fight off the invading killers.
Moves

Nuna

A plant-manipulator from the underground community of Kaanul. While she's used her powers as a farmer for years, the rise of Kala has forced her to use her plants for combat.
Feats
Moves
Supers

Hunoch and Xiboch

Two star athletes in Kanuul's national sport, Tlatchlibol. Xiboch is deceased, having been killed by an Underworld monster, so now both souls take turns occupying the living brother's body.
Feats
Moves
Super

Naga Rider

The resident superhero, last of the Vahana Riders, and protector of Tai Krung’s upstanding citizens. His archnemesis, the Flying Terror, Garuda Cruel, trained with Naga Rider until joining up with the drug kingpin, Mara.
Feats
Moves
Supers

Yan

A dancer imprisoned in a Tai Krung nightclub. Once freed, Yan uses her absurdly long legs and affinity for dance as a means of acrobatic combat.
Moves

Kampan

Watching both of her parents die of illness, unable to afford medicine, changed young Kampan. Now a master thief and auteur of espionage, she steals from the Iron Kingdom’s rich and gives back to the poor.
Feats
Moves
Super

Leilani

Leilani was a castaway guided to the island continent by a shark spirit called a 'aumakua until they were both caught in a fishing net. The 'aumakua gave Leilani its teeth and enchanted her leiomano, creating a magic-based chainsaw so she could escape.
Moves

Latigo

Latigo was once the leader of a noble group of mercenaries called the Caballeros. His right hand man, Vasco, killed the wrong nobleman and sent the group scattering away from the law. Now, Latigo seeks to kill his old friend with a shot right between the eyes.
Feats
Moves
Supers

Ren

An assassin without any kind of moral compass, Ren will kill any target for the appropriate price. A regular employee of Tai Krung’s underworld kingpin, Mara, Ren secretly hopes for a quarry that can fight back and show him a good time.
Feats
Moves
Supers

Zahra

A musician specializing in the stringed Oud. She left her village and her potential marriage in order to keep spreading her music to the world.
Feats
Moves
Super

Lanshi

A very good doggy that lives in the monastery in Lhan. But was he always a dog?!?
Moves
Supers

Non-Combatants

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2024.04.22 21:24 Thegoldenpersian Need help with the new Gonti

Hey guys, so for the new Gonti honestly I think the best way to build him is like Edric the spy master, with a ton of card draw and evasive creatures. The thing is, I'm trying to look for ways in sultai that give those creatures a buff. Is there anything else I can put into this deck to make my measly 1 power unblockables far more scary?
Decklist: https://archidekt.com/decks/7366289/gonti_flying_men
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2024.04.21 23:20 BudsBrain Update on Hall Pass Hussy

Hi Mark. A while ago, you did a vid on the cancer survivor wife taking a hall pass.
There are updates! Or at least one. I can't figure out how to send the link to the post - maybe because it's a bestof? I dunno! So I just posted the whole darn thing.
[Final Update] - OOP's cancer survivor wife wanted a "Hall Pass"
I am NOT OP. Original post by u/throwawaytogetherccc in offmychest and survivinginfidelity
trigger warnings: infidelity, cancer
mood spoilers: sad and depressing for OOP
New updates start from 12th September 2023.
Previous BORU is here.
Editor's Note - OOP misgendered u/angelposts, this has been corrected.

I am at a loss as to what to do with my (54M) wife (51F) request - 24th June 2023
My wife and I have been married since 2001 and together since 1999. She is the most intelligent, thoughtful, caring, loyal person I know, and I have always thought of myself as fortunate to have met and married her. She is, even today, aesthetically beautiful and men have told her this throughout our marriage. She has always shot them down.
Earlier this year, she was diagnosed with uterine cancer, stage 1 and had a full hysterectomy. I was never concerned about the cancer, it was diagnosed early, dealt with quickly and she made a full recovery. I took time off work to look after her after the surgery and all seemed well. There were some to-be-expected emotional instances on her part and although I am not an emotional person, we dealt with them together.
After her recover, she was insistent that we start “living life to the fullest” and took a 10 day trip to Europe, followed by a trip to Belize. We also have a trip to the UK and Spain/Portugal later this year. I am fine with these things, building memories and crossing bucket-list adventures off heour list. I also understand that these are a result of feeling fragile on her part. She also took up Yoga, Swimming and healthy cooking classes. I was fully onboard until last week.
Last week she came home from work and told me she wanted a “hall pass”. A one-time opportunity for her to have sex with someone else besides me. She said that since her cancer diagnosis her outlook on life has changed and she doesn’t want to be handcuffed from doing things she wants do. She explained that there is this guy at her work that she has always had some attraction to. He is leaving the company and she will never see him again, so this is the perfect opportunity to sleep with someone else. She said that I could say no of course but that she would “be mad/disappointed at me for an indeterminate amount of time and that it would be confirmation of my male toxicity and insecurity.”
I don’t consider myself to be toxic and if not wanting your wife of 20+ years to have sex with someone else is insecure than I guess I am insecure. I told her that I appreciated her talking to me about this but approval via coercion is not approval. I also said that I do not appreciate her language in describing my, as of yet, unknown reaction to this very large issue that could affect the rest of our marriage/life.
I got up in the morning she basically said that she was sorry for putting such a large decision solely on my shoulders and that to “help” she was taking the decision away from me. She booked a hotel near where her coworkers are having a party/send-off for this guy and she would spend the night there, with him and hoped that I would be here when she got back. That she would answer any questions I have about the night after it happened but not before. She will not tell me who he is or anything about him “because she knows me too well and that I will dwell and obsess over him” and that would make it “too real for me” which is pretty accurate. Her POV is that the less I know the better which contradicts the offer to tell me anything I want to know after it happened. I think she knows I wont want to know/ask anything or she simply will not tell me.
Part of me thinks, at least she has been honest with me and she has been through a lot since finding out she had cancer so maybe I should just let it happen. I certainly have no concept of what she went through so I cannot dismiss how this affected her mental state/outlook on life. Part of me wants to put my foot down and say this is not going to happen and deal with those consequences when they happen. Her BFF called me callous for even suggesting that I wouldn’t let it happen, because I have no idea what she went through. I find it hard to believe that she is OK with the possibility of throwing away 20+ years of marriage over some guy that she has had no relationship with outside of work and that I should just call her bluff. Maybe she thinks similarly that I won’t throw away the marriage because of one encounter. I just don’t know what to do. I empathize with her and then an instant later I am angry with her.
Part of me wants to know who this guy is? What does he look like, what has he got that is so enthralling for her. Is he just a safe option? Is he married? Does his wife know? Would I be a callous asshole for saying No? What can I do besides walking away?
TLDR: Wife battled cancer, won, but now wants to have one night with a soon-to-be former coworker and I have no say in the matter. Accept it or destroy 20+ years of a great marriage.

Top Comment from u/Biauralbeats
Kinda think this is the way your marriage will be from now on. With her epiphany, she wants to relive her life and she is going to do it regardless of your feelings. I think she is being rather selfish and probably only threatens this because she thinks you are beaten down and will simply put up with it. Perhaps not the best time for trips and frills. She wants the single life- let her see what that means.

OOP replies to some comments
She thinks because she will never see this guy again and that I have never met him (supposedly) that it wont really affect me or our marriage in the long term.
I am left with accepting it and never viewing her the same way again or going through a divorce at 54. Not really great options on either front.
I don't know where her head is and the bout with cancer is affecting her in ways that I couldn't possibly imagine. I don't think she believes I will leave.

Update my cancer survivor wife wanted a "Hall Pass" UPDATE - 28th June 2023
I received a ton of advice that I couldn't possibly respond to. I do appreciate the people who took time to offer advice in the comments or via PM. It has been an exhausting couple of days.
I was hoping that my opposition to her plans would give her pause, but unfortunately that did not happen. I said I am a hard no, and I am not sure how I will feel about you, if you go ahead with it. I was met once again with “this is for me, it will be one time, what can I say to help you deal with it, you’ll get over it, we were meant to be regardless of the situation” remarks leading up to Saturday.
She left Saturday, ostensibly to meet her coworkers, but in reality fuck the guy. I asked her to text me when she was leaving for the bar and when she did I asked her if she was really going to go through with this. After her response “I am not answering anymore questions tonight, I will see you tomorrow.” I blocked my wife. Then I did something either stupid or brilliant.
I went to the bar where the get-together was happening. Well not the bar but a transit bench across the street. I waited for a long time. It was running through my mind the leading up to this event, that I need to know who this guy was, maybe to compare myself against him. To see what he had that I do not. It was driving me crazy not knowing who he was and what was so special about him that she would ruin a marriage for.
After what seemed like eternity, a woman that I recognized from my wife’s office left the bar and got in a cab. Soon other people started filing out and a whole group came out and people were hugging a man and shaking his hand. I assumed that I had my guy. I didn’t see my wife and had a brief thought that maybe she called it all off. I unblocked her and there were no messages.
Everyone said their goodbyes and left, dude was standing outside for a few minutes and then my wife came out. She looked around, took his hand and started walking away together. Of all the emotions I went through, trepidation, sadness, anger, it was disgust that really encapsulated the event for me. This guy was short, fat, and bald, all the things I cannot compete with. Ultimately, I felt like a pervert for watching from a distance. I followed until they got to the hotel, and then turned around and went home.
I woke up Sunday morning and put a lock on the master bedroom door. I moved her things to the spare room and left a note asking her to find other accommodations as quickly as possible. I visited another friend who is a lawyer and he gave me some sage advice and a couple of recommendations for divorce attorneys and made the introductions. My wife had been calling me numerous time since around 11 or so. Once blocked the calls go to voicemail. I listened to the first couple but felt nothing but some satisfaction when she couldn’t get through to me and she was obviously becoming concerned.
I didn’t want to go home but I left in such a hurry that I didn’t plan an overnight properly. I got home around 9 and as per my buddy’s advice, I recorded the interaction. I was halfway up the stairs when she came up from the family room asking what was going on? Could we talk? I thought we talked about this? I just answered with I am not interested in discussing this tonight and went to bed. After not getting a response from me through the door she left me alone. I feel kind of like a child for not talking with her and shutting the door on her but I just couldn't look at her. Monday I got up and ready for work, she was waiting for me and asked if we could discuss getting back to normal. I said, you have been doing all the talking for the both of us for the last week, why don’t you continue and left for work. I have an appointment with the attorneys my friend recommended for this week.
TLDR: She went ahead with it. I am actually more disgusted by who she chose than the sex itself, if that makes any sense. I asked her to find somewhere else to live.

Top Comment from u/RJPONY01
I can only hope that you've decided to do what's best for you. At the end of the day you're the one that has to live with your decisions. From your previous post it's obvious that your wife, and I use that term merely as a placeholder, has made her decision.
I know that having something that has been such a huge part of your life end can be daunting, but sometimes it's for the best.

Potential Waywards & The BFF - 2nd August 2023
The BFF does not have your best interests in mind. The BFF wants to validate their bad choices by encouraging you to make the same ones. The BFF lives for the drama they help create. The BFF is titillated by the details. The BFF cultivates misery. The BFF is a narcissist, who cant help themselves, so if the statement, JUST GO FOR IT, YOU DESERVE IT, HE DOESN’T APPRECIATE YOU, HE DOESN’T RESPECT YOU, and in my case, YOU FACED YOUR OWN MORTALITY AND YOU SHOULDN’T LET ANYONE HOLD YOU BACK FROM DOING THE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY, maybe realize that you should talk with your significant other and explain what you are feeling. You owe it to them to discuss the way you’re feeling about yourself, your partner and your marriage.

Comments from OOP
Yeah, once the dust settled I realized that I was desperate to hold on to something that no longer existed. I have initiated divorce proceedings.
She has regret. Not remorse. Of course those are different things with different meanings. She regrets what has happened because her life is upside down now.
Someone in a private message asked if her cancer could be back and spread to her brain which I don't know if it has actually happened or not, but I doubt it would make any difference to me at this point. I just don't see her the same way any more.
I told all her friends husbands about how they enabled this behavior and the fall-out is interesting.
I said that maybe they are covering for one another, that maybe my wife was just the next link in the chain. This got them going through their wives phones. A couple found inappropriate sexting. All husbands have made their wives cut off my wife (and each other).
Was BFF one of those sexting?
Of course. The BFF's husband says that she was definitely in a EA and probably a PA as well. He is still digging.

UPDATE I am a loss as to what to do with my (54M) wife (51F) Hall past request - 4th August 2023
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UPDATE 2:
My lawyer wasn’t available for a few days, so I was faced with the reality of having to live with my wife in the interim. I really didn’t want to go home and have any discussion, let alone a discussion about our relationship.
When I did get home I was basically ambushed by her friends and my mother in-law. Instead of taking the remorseful approach they decided that a full court press was what the situation warranted and I was basically berated by them. The BFF was definitely the ringleader, but all of them decided to say such things as; she’s been through a lot, you don’t know what she’s been through, you have no idea what it is like to face something like this, this was a one time thing, at least she told you she could have hidden it from you, she will never see the guy again, and my favorite, you are an asshole for what you have been putting her through these last couple of days.
I listened with a “dumbass smirk” on my face and when there was a lull in their fury, I asked if they were all done now. Then I asked my wife if there was anyone in her circle of friends or anyone else that she forgot to tell about this. I quietly informed all of them that I was going to sit down with their husbands and tell them about how they verbally abusing me, shaming me and trying to coerce me into staying with a cheater. After I told them to leave, I said that I had no say in entire event and so they have no say in whether I stay or not.
My STBXW sort of apologized. She said that she regretted the entire thing. I said there is a difference between regret and remorse. You regret what happened because of the cause-and-effect. You have regret because your life will never be the same, our relationship will never be the same because you where wholly and willfully unconcerned about me and what I wanted.
She asked if I had any questions that she would answer them now, no matter how disturbing. I said that the one question I do have is Why. Not necessarily why this guy, why this low-end unattractive, unfit guy, but why someone else in the first place? She said that the cancer scared her to her core. She felt like she was rushing toward mortality and stepping out of that tunnel was appealing. She said that after all this time of being a wife, and mother and worrying about family, this was something just for her. An escape. The guy was just someone who was interested in her for a long time, she knew wouldn’t say no and was completely opposite to me. I said if I was going to risk my marriage, the woman would have to be a serious upgrade from you. I told her that I saw you and him coming out of the bar that night. I watched you walk away from the bar hand-in-hand towards the hotel. I said that you looked too familiar with each other and asked if there was something going on before all this. She said no but who knows if that is the truth or not.
I said that after all our years together, your lack of respect for me was astonishing. I finished by saying that I would never be able to look at myself in the mirror again if I condoned that level of disrespect and stayed with you. I said I hope we can go our separate ways amicably and that I have an appointment with a lawyer later in the week. I again asked her to find some other accommodations and she simply said, I am not going anywhere. We are not getting a divorce. I will give you all the time you need and do whatever you need to recover from this. We will get past this. She has asked me to go to marriage counseling, which I refused. Why would I go to counseling, I did nothing to warrant needing a therapists advice.
I had her served and gave her a notice to vacate (the house is my premarital asset). She has moved in with her mom but I find her constantly coming by to see if I need anything or making suggestions like ‘what if we had an open relationship only on your side or threesomes’, which seems kind of desperate and pathetic. Rebuffing her constantly and telling her she has to call to ask permission before coming by and finally seems to getting through to her that there will be no us going forward.
She has said that she will drag the divorce out for as long as possible, but so far has been compliant. The worst part of all this is telling my daughter that we are getting a divorce and why, followed closely by her begging me to give her mom another chance. I am not sure I would have been afforded the same consideration if I was the one who was cheating.
TLDR: A lot of unkind things were said but she has been served and has moved out. Divorce is next with me hoping mediation is reasonable and I don’t get screwed in the end.

Comments
On his daughter:
I think it was just a gut reaction. In the weeks that have passed, and the more she understands what has happened, the more irritated she is becoming with her mom.
On his wife:
I loved my wife. I, and others, found her to be stunning (she looks like Linda Carter). Now, knowing that she affaired down so low makes her a non-entity that I could never look at the same way again. No amount of counseling is going to change the way I see her.
Some Q&A:
Something had to transpire prior to her hotel excursion. There's no way she decided in a matter of a few days to pick and cheat with AP.
Getting sex is easier for women. Maybe they were involved in a EA before and this was a culmination. I don't really know nor do I care, unless it benefits me during the divorce.
From what I know all of her friends have cut her off. They are trying like hell to save their own marriages that they are turning on each other.

After vacating your house, is she feeling any remorse? Or is she still thinking you need to get over it as of today. Going NC with WW should be easy since daughter is an adult. What desperate measures has she taken that you haven't mentioned in your post and comments?
She was stoic and held her position right up until she was served. Then she became visibly upset and resorted to begging, pleading and bargaining.

Really? No Tears? No emotional meltdown?
I am sorry that happened to you.
How can she not see what she has done to you? The whole way this went is so surreal, from start to finish. It is like she has a manic or hypomanic episode.You are doing the right thing by divorcing her. Sorry, but there is no love in her anymore.
You, sir, have not lost your self-respect and have made the right choice. Take care of yourself.
Plenty of tears, begging and bargaining after the fact, but that maybe just optics. Maybe she fell out of love and now is regretting her new station in life. She's an attractive woman, she will have plenty of men willing to date her, but I won't be one of them.

Wow! Amazing poker face she really thought she owned you.
She was confident, overly so.
If you ever feel the need to go nuclear, you could reveal the affair to her coworkers. I but that would be a disaster.
I want her employed so I don't have to pay maintenance even if it was while she was between jobs.
There is a woman at her work who has always looked at me in an inviting way so maybe I will try to date her after this is over. That would be interesting on a couple of levels.

**Final Update Starts Here*\*
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UPDATE 2 - I am a loss as to what to do with my (54M) wife (51F) Hall past request - 12th September 2023

There is not much to report. We are in the process of getting a divorce, however where we live, we must be legally separated for 1 year.
My STBXW has said that she will give me whatever I want in the divorce if I agree to attend marriage counseling, but I am not interested. There was a bit of back-and-forth while we worked out what separation looks like in everyday life from this point forward. As a result, we have only just agreed to the confines of the legal separation, so as we move towards defining the divorce language, maybe my stance may change.
The house was a premarital asset, so she has no claim to it. The only things she could go after are my pension, vehicles and vacation property but I would counter that she has lived rent free for 20+ years and has her own money plus inheritance from her father. I may have offer a top up in retirement as she was a stay-at-home mom while our daughter was young, but that would be the most at this point.
I received a lot of messages about her friend group and my daughter, so I will clear up and misconceptions now.

My daughter isn’t taking her mother side. She has always been a mommas girl but she is very unhappy with her mom right now. Her initial reaction was just shock and held out hope that we would work through any issues and stay together. Now she accepts that is not going to happen she has been limiting her interactions with her, but at the end of the day, she is still her mom.

The friend group husbands were upset at the level of complicity of their wives in aiding and abetting the contact/cheating and made them cut off my wife, but that seems to have been forgotten at this point. The BFF was the ringleader and seems to have taken perverse pleasure in actively creating scenarios where they would be in contact. At the very least encouraging to the point of causing her husband to question her motives. It turns out she didn’t like me at all and this was her way of ‘sticking it too me’. I guess she wins.

The BFF’s husband said that there were some sexting in his wife's messages but said he is dealing with it. We did meet up a with him being apologetic for his wife’s complicity, but it is not his fault and just want to move on.
I have decided not to date anyone for awhile. I will not be getting married ever again.
So that is it. I doubt I will post again unless she wins the lottery and I find it my heart to forgive her…

For u/angelposts and his crew at AmITheAngel, she couldn't be pregnant with twins because she had a hysterectomy, and that is not how women work

Reminder - I am not the original poster.
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2024.04.18 19:19 FishStickFred Thirtheenth doctor commander brew. Tips & tricks appreciated.

Dear community,
After playing for a while I invested some time in brewing a commander deck around the Thirteenth doctor. My experience playing with it so far has been fun, but not overly smooth. I wrote a primer and would appreciate some tips & tricks to smoothen out the deck.
Decklist + primer: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/6iQyJdHBRUSDkG85xGch9g
Thx!

Commanders

[[The Thirteenth Doctor]] embodies the deck's spirit, distributing counters through the paradox mechanic (casting from anywhere other than your hand). This not only strengthens creatures but also enables them to untap with the team TARDIS ability at the end of your turn, facilitating aggressive plays while providing protection on opponents' turns. Additionally, creatures with tap abilities gain enhanced value, effectively tapping twice each rotation if they have a counter.
Although paradox triggers whenever a spell is cast from anywhere other than your hand, the focus of this deck is on casting spells from exile, this is represented by our second commander, [[Yasmin Khan]]. With both commanders on the battlefield, Yasmin can utilize her ability twice each rotation if she has a counter, providing card advantage and potentially triggering paradox.
Individually, both commanders may not seem overly threatening, minimizing their susceptibility to removal. This is advantageous, as certain cards in the deck greatly benefit from having both commanders present, particularly the two background enchantments.
The main strategies are divided in 3 sections:
We will wrap up the primer with:

Paradox pay-off

While the thrill of casting spells from exile adds a unique dimension to gameplay, this alternative draw/cast approach should offer additional benefits compared to regular card draw mechanics.

Strategy 1: Let it burn

These burn spells are most satisfying to close out a game, and are a real flavour win:
Other spells can be used as one-sided creature boardwipes:

Strategy 2: Exponential growth

[[Sisterhood of Karn]] deserves all the credit here. It reliably grows exponentially (e.g., into a 512/512 creature). However, it struggles to break through opponents' defenses alone. Enhance its effectiveness by making it unblockable with cards like [[Distortion Strike]] or granting trample with spells like [[Charge Through]]. Alternatively, consider using [[Bioshift]] to transfer counters to another creature, such as [[Kami of Whispered Hopes]], to abuse its mana-tapping abilities to the fullest.

Other

[[Kami of Celebration]] and [[The Twelfth Doctor]] are very flavourful in the deck. [[Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald]] and [[The Lost and the Damned]] generate tokens reliably. However, I didn't find much use for these tokens in the deck aside from just being there.
Considering: [[Nalfeshnee]]

Enable paradox

As mentioned earlier, our focus will be on casting spells from exile. The goal is to churn through the library, enabling explosive plays and cheating as many cards into play as possible. To trigger our paradox pay-offs, we will (ab)use the following mechanics:

Strategy 3: Give me more (Cascade)

[[Bigger on the Inside]] and [[TARDIS]] can grant your next spell cascade. [[Into the Time Vortex]] cascades and has rebound. [[Maelstrom Wanderer]] cascades two times and gives all creatures haste setting you up for an explosive turn. Allthough the deck is not cascade optimized, I would like to emphisize this theme more in the deck. The scry lands can help to set-up your cascade. Additionally, the 0 cmc cards in the deck [[Sol Talisman]] and [[Inevitable Betrayal]] are a guaranteed hit when cascading from a 1 cmc spell.
Considering: [[Wild-Magic Sorcerer]], [[Call Forth the Tempest]], [[Rain of Riches]] combined with some treasure engines, [[Dark Apostle]]

Strategy 4: Twice upon a time (Rebound)

[[Distortion Strike]], [[Into the Time Vortex]], [[Quantum Misalignment]] have rebound. [[Cast Through Time]] grants rebound to all sorceries and instants in the deck.
Considering: [[World at War]]

Strategy 5: What you see is what you get (Impulse draw)

What is better than drawing cards? Draw stuff and cast it for free. These cards will trigger paradox in addition:
Keep in mind that while these cards may not be the most powerful, they can offer fun gameplay experiences. These cards might trigger paradox without the hefty discount.
Considering: [[Invasion of Kaldheim // Pyre of the World Tree]], [[Laelia, the Blade Reforged]], [[Lara Croft, Tomb Raider]]

Counters

Strategy 6: Beefy dorks

Considering: [[Incubation Druid]]

Strategy 7: Counter shenanigans

Note: It would be nice to add some untap shenanigans.
Considering: [[Herald of Secret Streams]], [[Slippery Bogbonder]]

Other

General stuff

Landbase

The landbase is pretty generic, providing enough mana fixing without slowing the deck down too much. It would be nice to include some flavourful lands in the deck.

Ramp

We really more on our beefy dorks and cheating things into play. Thefore the ramp is limited to:

Interaction

Here we refer to interaction cards that are commander staples and do not with with the theme such as:

Strenghts and weaknesses

The strength of the deck is that it is fun to play. Some of the weaknesses I identified:
Feel free to give recommendations for cuts and additions to the deck
With that said... churn, burn and trick way to victory.
Have a good one!
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2024.04.14 22:33 agnaa_pants Respect Quirinus Quirrell, Voldemort (Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality)

Killing idiots is my great joy in life, and I’ll thank you not to speak ill of it until you’ve tried it for yourself.
Tom Morfin Riddle, for most of the story going by the name of Quirinus Quirrell, but at times taking up a variety of names, including Lord Voldemort, David Monroe, Alexander Chernyshov, and Jeremy Jaffe, is an antagonist in the Harry Potter fanfiction Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. Prior to the start of the series, he saw the wizarding world as at threat from the muggle world, so he seeked to unify it with him at the helm. Initially creating a Dark Lord alter ego for magical Britain to unify against, along with impersonating someone he killed to play the part of a hero, so he could orchestrate both sides of the conflict. He eventually found the other wizards so incompetent that he gave up on having the good guys win, deciding to have the Dark Lord take over magical Britain, aiming to eventually take over the world, instead.
However, his events hit a snag when he learnt of a prophecy telling of his possible defeat. In trying to resolve it favorably for him, he accidentally ended up killing himself, and to his surprise, his system of improved horcruxes didn't let him come back on his own; he had to wait a decade for Quirinus Quirrell to stumble upon one of them so that he could return, possessing Quirrell's body. After that, he enrolled as the Defense Professor at Hogwarts, at least partially as part of a plot to get the Philosopher's Stone. Eventually, he heard of further prophecies indicating that Harry Potter would tear apart the stars and destroy the world. As taking over the world and becoming immortal would be pretty pointless if the world were destroyed, he resolved to contravene those prophecies every step of the way.
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2024.04.07 23:03 oskanta Hunter Rumor Optimal Block Guide

[Edit: I've added all the info here to the Hunters' Rumours wiki article under the Strategies section. That should have the most up-to-date info.]

Hi everyone, I think this is the optimal setup for hunter rumors for xp/hr and Quetzin chance per hour. My real-world rates with this method are over 250k xp/hr and over 30 rumors completed per hour at level 99 (edit: I tested over 2 hours, averaged 300k xp/hr and 40 rumors per hour). I thought I'd put together a guide for everyone else on this grind.
If you want the tldr version that will get you 90% of the way there, just go to the block list and make sure you understand kebbit swapping.
Requirements: At least 72 hunter for expert rumors. Ideally 91 for an extra block slot.
If anyone sees something wrong or a further optimization that can be made, please let me know and I will update the post!
[ Edit: Commenters rightly pointed out that there's a risk Jagex may patch the kebbit swap method which is key to this block list. So be warned, it takes some time to set up this block list and you may need to redo it if it's patched.
Also thanks to u/rg44tw for pointing out Pyre Foxes are no longer assigned to Teco. I improved the block list from 4/7 available rumors being kebbits to 4/6. ]

How to Set Up Blocks

(Skip to the next section if you already know how to do this)
If you'd like a video guide for blocking instead, this one by doubleshine is great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVmFeqATZzE
There are 6 hunters who assign rumors (1 novice, 2 adept, 2 experts, 1 master). After you receive a rumor assignment from one of the hunters, you can speak to another hunter and they will assign you a different rumor. That second rumor will now be your "active" rumor, but the first hunter will still store their rumor assignment. As long as a certain rumor is stored on one of the hunters, none of the other hunters will assign that rumor. This means by storing bad rumors on hunters you don't use, you effectively block that rumor from being assigned.
Example:
- Speak with Guild Hunter Cervus (Adept) and they assign you a Pyre Fox rumor
- Don't complete that rumor and instead speak with Guild Hunter Teco (Expert) and ask to switch to their rumor assignment.
- Now Pyre Foxes are "stored" on Cervus and "blocked" for every other hunter. You can receive rumors from all of the other hunters and they will never assign you Pyre Foxes as long as you don't complete the rumor from Cervus.
Tips:

Optimal Block List

Doing expert rumors is optimal for both xp/hr and Quetzin chance per hour even if you have access to masters.
This is because experts assign 4 Kebbit tasks while masters only assign one. Falconry kebbits are by far the fastest rumor and you can use kebbit swapping (explained below) to make all kebbit rumors falconry. Both experts and masters have the same pet chance per rumor (1/1000) and experts only give ~500xp less per rumor turned in. This means that the higher speed of experts makes them better for both xp and pet chance:

My Block List:

Some notes on this list:
- Once these blocks are set, you will have 6 rumors remaining which you can receive from the expert hunter: 4 different Kebbit tasks, Orange Salamanders and Red Chins.
- If you are not level 91 yet, block Sunlight Antelopes on novice instead. Leave Red Salamanders or grey chins unblocked, you will have to do these until you unlock master rumors for the extra block.
- You can swap the positions if the blocks with each other as long as the block is available on both, i.e. Sunlight Antelopes blocked on novice and Red Salamander blocked on Master. It's equivalent so just go with whichever one you get first. The list above is just to give a single example. Check the wiki hunter rumor article for the different ways to construct this list.
- Orange Salamanders are much better than Red despite being lower level. They are guaranteed catch after level 87 while Red Salamanders are only 82% at 87 and 94% at 99. Orange salamanders also have 5 traps right next to each other in Necropolis (near ToA) which are much better positioned and less crowded than the Red Salamander spot.
- Red Salamanders are almost twice as fast as Red Chins even with tick manipulation. You will get a more xp/hr using Red Salamanders, but it's fine to swap in Red Chins for the pet chance and some extra gp/hr.
- The novice hunter takes a long time to set up. If you don’t plan on doing rumors for long, you can just skip that block. You’ll be a less efficient by losing a block, but much shorter setup time.

Kebbit Swapping
This is the reason why this block list is so good. Experts assign 4 different kebbit tasks but each of them can effectively be swapped for spotted kebbits. Here's how:
  1. Get a kebbit task assigned from your Expert hunter (razor-backed, sabre-toothed, dark or dashing)
  2. Speak to the Adept hunter with spotted kebbits stored, and ask to switch to their assignment
  3. Go complete the spotted kebbit assignment at falconry and receive the "Kebbity Tuft"
  4. Do not return to the Adept hunter. Instead, go back to your Expert hunter and switch your assignment back to them. Immediately turn in the Kebbity Tuft in your inventory to complete the expert assignment.
The reason this works is because every kebbit drops the same rumor item.
Some people might worry this is an exploit or bug abuse, but I don't think that's the case. The examine text for Kebbity Tuft is "I'm not even sure which of them this came from," which shows that it wasn't an accident they all drop the same item.

Toggling Back to Back Rumors
Another optimization is to turn on b2b rumors by speaking to Verity after you receive a kebbit task and then turn it off after you receive anything else.
This means that after a kebbit rumor you will have a 4/6 chance to receive another kebbit rumor, and after a non-kebbit rumor you will have a 4/5 chance to receive a kebbit rumor. It's quick to do and in the long run it will save a lot of time.
Teleports
Given the high number of rumor completions per hour with this method, teleports to the hunting locations matter a lot for achieving maximum xp rates.
For Falconry tasks, the fastest way to get there is with a Piscatoris Teleport scroll. However, these are currently over 10k each, so you will be burning up to 250k gp/hr using this method. The next best way is to use fairy rings. If you have a ring in your house, this gives you an opportunity to top up your stamina each time.
For Orange Salamanders, Pharaoh's scepter is the best teleport to the Necropolis location. The next best is the fairy ring to the south. For Red Salamanders, the Ourania Teleport on the Lunar spell book is the best teleport. There is also a teletab if you'd prefer to stay on standard spellbook. For Red Chins, if using the hunting locations north of Prifddinas, the spirit tree in Prifddinas is the best teleport. For the Feldip Hills location, either fairy ring or hunter cape teleport is best.
Finally, for returning to the Hunters' guild, players under level 99 should use the Quetzal whistle. Players with level 99 can use the hunter cape to teleport directly to the center of the Hunter's guild. This is a big time save once you reach level 99 if you are still pet hunting.
The 300k xp/hr and 40 rumors rates I achieved were using Piscatoris teleport scrolls, Pharaoh's Sceptre, Ourania Teleport, and Hunters cape teleport.
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Didn't expect this to be so long, but I hope it's helpful! I'll try to answer any questions in the comments.
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2024.04.06 16:35 hallach_halil Halil's top 10 interior defensive linemen of the 2024 NFL Draft:

Halil's top 10 interior defensive linemen of the 2024 NFL Draft:
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Finishing up our first month of positional draft rankings, we close the chapter on trench warriors with the interior D-line. This group includes all players on the defensive side of the ball lining up anywhere from a zero- to a four-/five-technique depending on your labelling, although it’s rare to find such a clearly defined alignment roles these days. Just for clarification on how I will reference them:
0 = head-up on the center, 1 or shade = shoulder of the center, 2i = inside shoulder of the guard, 2 = head-up on the guard, 3 = outside shoulder of the guard, 4i = inside shoulder of the tackle, 4/5 = head-up on the tackle
This is a group that includes two incredible prospects worthy of top-20 selections and between five and seven other names that should go on day two. You can find useful players after that, but there is certainly a drop-off and you’re looking at role players or unrefined projects.
Let’s get into the list now:
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1. Jer’Zhan Newton, Illinois

6’2”, 285 pounds; RS JR
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Just outside the top-1000 overall recruits of 2020, Jer’Zhan “Johnny” Newton enrolled in 2020 and saw some action as a backup year one, but entered the starting lineup as a sophomore. Last season he racked up 61 tackles, 14 of those for loss, 5.5 sacks, three passes batted down and two fumbles recovered, which earned him first-team All-Big Ten and second-team All-American accolades. This past season he improved to first-team All-American and was named the Big Ten’s Defensive Player of the Year, despite to his numbers slightly dropping off (52 tackles, 8.5 for loss, sacks, two PBUs, a fumble forced and recovered each.
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~Run defense:~
  • Improved massively from his freshman season (611 snaps) to year two, going from a 57.7 PFF grade to 91.0, which ranked behind only Jalen Carter and Calijah Kancey in 2022 and made him the most valuable Power Five interior defensive lineman according to PFF’s “wins above average” metric
  • This guy’s a bowling ball of butcher knives, who constantly seems to be disrupting plays as a presence in the offensive backfield
  • Super effective at slicing through lanes in the zone run game to shut down the front-side
  • You see like one stupid back-door play on a guard that has the running back cut all the way back every week it seems like
  • When he can’t get to the play-side shoulder of linemen chasing the ball from behind, Newton makes sure to apply force under their arm pit and ride them down the line, whilst staying ready for the ball-carrier on potential cut-backs
  • Has some snaps where he recognizes he’s being pinned down and the guy across from him pulls out to the corner, yet Newton is able to go over the top in order to funnel the ball-carrier back inside
  • Has the power and knack for pulling blockers off himself and show up in the gap when the ball arrives there
  • Finished just one run stop short of the top mark (30) among Power Five interior D-linemen in 2022 and then four short of it (25) this past season
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~Pass-rush:~
  • If he can just get up the field as a three-technique, his ability to burst through the gap and angle towards the quarterback in designated passing situations made him nearly impossible for college guards to handle – had two big sacks against Wisconsin that way in 2023 (one taken off by penalty)
  • Packs a quick two-handed downward-swipe directly into the rip-through in order to get past the hip of the blocker, often paired with a little stutter to beat guards cleanly off the line
  • Showcases a fluid club-swim combo to step past the hip of guards and corner his rush towards the passer, even as he has to drive through contact with blockers being able to recover
  • Recognizes when guards overset on him and has the lateral quicks to cross-face them in a hurry
  • Is constantly looking for secondary wins and how to impact pass plays, by batting down passes or cutting off angles for the quarterback
  • Pulls linemen aside like they’re nothing a few times per game as he recognizes the offense is running play-action or someone’s just leaning into him
  • The ability to stick his foot in the ground curve around as the looper on games up front is pretty scary for a guy of approximately 300 pounds
  • Flashes some eye-opening chase speed when he pursues quarterback out to the sideline
  • His 102 total QB pressures over the past two seasons are ten more than any other interior D-linemen across that stretch

~Weaknesses:~
  • On the shorter end of NFL interior defensive linemen, with his 76-inch wingspan putting him in the sixth percentile, giving him less room for error
  • Would benefit from striking with his hands to take control of the line of scrimmage early on against down-blocks before really tracking the backfield action
  • At times appears to be oblivious to angular blockers and allow himself to get washed down the line
  • Has room to become more precise and effective with chopping/swatting down the near-hand of pass-protectors, as well as being more pro-active with his counters
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If Penn State left tackle Olu Fashanu is the most overthought prospect in this draft, Newton is kind of the forgotten man, yet I have both as my top names for their respective positions at a time where it seems other guys have surpassed those two on consensus rankings. Calijah Kancey was a top-20 pick for the Buccaneers last year and while Newton isn’t quite explosive off the ball, I think he’s a better all-around player. Now, he does also come in with some length concerns and if he’s asked to stack-and-shed blockers more regularly for his future team, he’ll need to become better with reacting to pressure points and setting the tone on contact with his hands. However, I would love how he projects into a traditional three-technique role for an even front team, I think he gives you alignment versatility – particularly in defined dropback situations – and what separates from a lot of these disruption-style players we see at the position is that if he connects with his hand combats, he links those with his hips in order to actually step through and create a path towards the ball for himself. To me, Johnny is a top-15 player in this draft.
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2. Byron Murphy II, Texas

6’1”, 300 pounds; JR
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One of the top-500 overall recruits in 2021, due to the crazy depth of the Texas D-line, Murphy started only two of 25 games played over his first two years with the Longhorns, recording 41 total tackles, 6.5 of those for loss and three sacks. This past season he cracked the lineup and made first-team All-Big 12 as well as second-team All-American, thanks to putting up career-highs across the board (29 tackles, 8.5 for loss and five sacks). The Big-12 also got a little sneaky, when they named Murphy the conference’s Defensive Lineman of the Year, even though his teammate T’Vondre Sweat received the DPOY award.
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~Run defense:~
  • Stout run-defender, who plays uncommonly low and regularly demands both offensive linemen on combos to stay firm on him, which allows the linebacker to work around freely
  • Capable of lining up at the nose and anchoring against the angular element of combo-blocks
  • Has an uncanny feel for where pressure is being applied and how counter it – There are snaps where he doesn’t move one inch while his knee towards the second man is hovering barely over the ground
  • Showcases highly impressive lateral agility to counter zone concepts, where he doesn’t only maintain leverage on the gap, but actually gets his hands onto the next lineman who may try to provide a help-hand on the front-side
  • The short-area quicks to back-door blockers or execute run stunts pops a couple of times in every game
  • Asking a center to down-block on him when pulling a guard across the formation is pretty much off the table, because he sticks to the hip of that guy and often ends up bumping him into the ball-carrier in the offensive backfield
  • Murphy’s sudden hands regularly cause issues, as he side-steps linemen and steps past their hip, initiating first contact with ball-carriers at the line of scrimmage that way regularly
  • His 83.9 run-defense grade in 2022 was a top-ten mark among Power Five interior defensive linemen and he actually had three extra stops (21) on the same amount of such snaps basically
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~Pass-rush:~
  • His height gives Murphy a natural leverage advantage already, but paired with his explosion off the ball and his ability to keep his upper body parallel to the ground basically makes him almost impossible to slow down when he just attacks up the field
  • Packs a violent club-rip move, including cross-face maneuvers, and fights hard through the reach of interior pass-protectors
  • Recognizes when linemen lean too far into him, rapidly yanking them forward and pulling his arm over to get by them
  • Has the flexibility and strength in his ankles to corner his rushes working on the outside shoulder of guards or tackles
  • When the O-line slides his direction or a tackle sets out to him rushing off the edge and Murphy attacks the other way, the guy responsible for him typically has to get into catch-up mode and try to take him enough off track, with the force he blows by them with initially
  • Capable of drawing multiple bodies with him as he slants across gaps and attempts to open up a lane for one of his teammates to loop over the top of
  • Murphy’s ability to suddenly disengage from blocks and then chase down scrambling quarterbacks really stands out
  • His 14.8% pass-rush win rate in 2022 put him just outside the top-ten of the interior D-line group and while he “only” had five sacks last season, PFF had him with the highest pass-rush productivity (9.6) among the position (with at least 100 rush snaps)
  • You see him turn his head and chase down screen passes 10+ yards down the field on multiple occasions
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~Weaknesses:~
  • Will get a little undisciplined with his run fits and attack too far upfield or across blockers, to open up bigger lanes than they should otherwise be
  • There’s room for improvement with how quickly he transitions from run-defense to disengaging from blocks and rushing the passer
  • You love the ability to torpedo up a gap in passing situations, but you do see him end up on the turf quite regularly and blockers be able to push him down because of it
  • Needs to start incorporating counter moves when he wins off the line but then doesn’t punish blockers as they try to recover and get loose with their footwork
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Murphy offers a rare blend of leverage, explosiveness, quicks and strength. He can pretty much fit in any type of front and become a difference-maker with the versatility to move around throughout games. Having said that, because the Longhorn coaches took advantage of that diverse skill-set, he has some development to do in order to realize his potential one day. Being able to recognize plays before he’s charged into opponents, playing under a little more control and countering the techniques of blockers are all necessary if he wants to be a legit “play-maker” instead of just a disruptor. Yet, you’re not going to find many guys who can penetrate as a three-technique or anchor against double-teams as a nose-tackle, before either side-stepping or going straight through a 330-pound guard on thirds pretty much equally well. And then he backed up that up with elite testing and a tremendous positional workout at the combine. You may not want to put too much on his plate right away, but Murphy has the potential to end up being the best defensive player from this entire draft. He should go off the board at some point in the teens.
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3. Kris Jenkins Jr., Michigan

6’3”, 275 pounds; SR
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A three-star recruit in 2020, the son of Jets All-Pro defensive tackle Kris Jenkins, Junior appeared in just one game as a true freshman. He played in all 14 and started four games the following season, recording 22 tackles but zero sacks. In year three, his numbers jumped up to 54 total stops, 3.5 of those for loss and two sacks. While his overall tackles were down a little bit this past season (37), he did slightly better his TFLs (4.5) and sacks (2.5), while snatching his first interception and scooping up a fumble, which he was recognized as a second-team All-Big choice for.
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~Run defense:~
  • Comes out of his stance low and ready to strike with his hands against the run – Regularly you see guards take a couple of small steps backwards as contact is initiated
  • When allowed to shoot his gap, he’s quick off the ball and ready to take control of plays instead of allowing blockers to dictate terms to him, shutting off the front-side frequently as a 3/4i
  • Regularly is able to stay square against lateral run concepts and then fall back by one gap to hold up the running back
  • Against double-teams, he packs a potent corkscrew technique to squeeze through the squeeze between the two linemen
  • Highly active to work off blocks with a potent arm-over and track down the ball-carrier rather than getting hung up in traffic
  • You better not give this guy an opening as a linemen has to get in front of him after bucket-stepping, with no initial bump by anybody, as well as make sure he’s secured before somebody peels off combos, because he’ll otherwise chase down the ball
  • Actively closes the distance to pullers when initially unblocked and is able to create traffic in the backfield to throw off the timing of plays
  • Routinely squeezes bodies into the action and puts some centers on the turf trying to down-block on him
  • As a junior, Jenkins’ 31 run-defense stops were tied for the most in the nation among interior defensive linemen (in 2022) and almost one third of his run-defense snaps were categorized as “positive” in PFF’s database, which you get a “neutral” when you just “do your job”, meaningful he was highly impactful at that
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~Pass-rush:~
  • Packs some legit bend for an interior rusher
  • You see Jenkins dip and rip in order to create an angle towards the quarterback – particularly off play-action – quite regularly
  • Capable of cross-facing blockers with great suddenness, especially once his hand-swipes continue to improve to actually win cleanly
  • We didn’t see Jenkins just sell out for bull-rushing solo blockers, but his power was on display a few times when he drove back double-teams to squeeze down the pocket
  • Really worked on his spin move in 2023, selling that he’ll attack the outside shoulder and then getting to the opposite hip in one fluid motion just as guards lean into him
  • Michigan put Jenkins over tackles more often this past season, where he showed the ability to condense the edge by riding tackles into the quarterback with the long-arm or bull-rush
  • Looks dynamic sticking his foot in the ground and looping across multiple games, being able to corner his path towards the QB
  • The type of style Michigan asked Jenkins to play didn’t lend itself to great production as a pass-rusher, yet he matched his pressure number from 2022 (20) on 75 fewer opportunities (228 pass-rush snaps) last season
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~Weaknesses:~
  • Even for a read-and-react Wolverine front, Jenkins appears a tad late off the ball and puts himself in compromised positions at times because of it
  • Could do a little better job of mirroring the first step(s) of offensive linemen and not allowing himself to get sealed off or scooped on the backside of wide zone plays
  • Wastes too much time with tight-end when lined up at 5-/6-technique, instead of quickly shedding them to make plays
  • Doesn’t have a much of a pass-rush portfolio at this point, largely relying on power and not packing any reliable counters he’ll access
  • Needs to do a better job of when he does have vertical momentum to keep working through one half of the man and shorten the path towards the quarterback for himself
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This draft is filled with sons of former NFL standout player, but somehow Jenkins Jr. is the one I barely hear being talked about. A big part of that is how he was asked to play by the Wolverine coaches, where he regularly is in a more conservative four-point stance on early downs and doesn’t just get off the ball on purpose, although even for that, I thought he didn’t help himself with that and it affected him even on passing downs to some degree. With that being said, that doesn’t mean he can’t be a more disruptive player if coached that way, considering we did see that quickness he clearly has show up more in 2022. I mean, he was number six on Bruce Feldman’s 2023 Freaks List, because his shuttle and three-cone times at Michigan were up there with any D-tackle coming into the league these past couple of years and only Cowboys first-round pick Mazi Smith (at a good 30 pounds extra), put up a higher mark than Jenkins’ 760 pounds on the combo twist – which tests an athlete’s ability to apply force. Jenkins certainly needs to improve his ability to attack half the man and become a more well-versed pass-rusher, but I think he could be a borderline elite run-stopper by his second season and has the potential to be a legit impact player on third downs, particularly on different games up front.
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4. T'Vondre Sweat, Texas

6’4”, 340 pounds; RS SR
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A top-1000 overall recruit in 2019, Sweat saw limited action as a true freshman with the Longhorns, before becoming a key cog of the rotation up front year two onwards. Across the next three seasons, he combined for 74 total stops, 8.5 of those for loss and two sacks, along with eight PBUs. He openly spoke about his increased investment this past season, which led to career highs across the board (45 total tackles, eight for loss, two sacks and four PBUs), the Big-12 Defensive Player of the Year award and first-team All-American recognition.
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~Run defense:~
  • This dude is a monster truck, who regularly is first to land his hands onto opponents in the run game
  • Has the sturdy frame to not get bumped off his landmarks on down-blocks and giving him a chance to take a couple of steps up the field as the offense pulls someone denies the running back to stay on a tighter track initially
  • You see some trap plays, where the puller is really loading up for contact, yet it’s nothing better than a stalemate with Sweat
  • Has plenty of plays, where he’s dealing with down-blocks, rips through and circles around those guys in order to get involved with wrapping up the ball-carrier going through the opposite gap
  • There are some impressive reps back-dooring centers on zone plays with a quick arm-over and standing there as the back tries to squeeze past or bounce runs
  • When he sticks his foot in the ground and pursues the ball down the line, the speed for a man his size to chase down plays is pretty darn impressive
  • Re-set the line of scrimmage on the vast majority of snaps in the 2023 Red River Rivalry – Oklahoma’s QB Dillon Gabriel was the only guy to find success rushing
  • Only UCLA edge defender Laiatu Latu earned a higher overall PFF grade last season (91.7) and Sweat had the highest run-defense grade among all Power-5 defenders (92.0)
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~Pass-rush:~
  • Routinely is able to create that initial momentum and push up the middle of the pocket
  • Packs a rapid two-handed downward swipe against interior pass-protectors trying to quick-set him, making them fold over and going right by them at times
  • It’s a constant battle for guards and centers trying to re-fit their hands and find ways to set their base in order to keep him occupied when soloed up against Sweat, who swipes those paws off and eventually pulls them aside
  • Capable of creating angles towards the quarterback even after allowing blockers to square him up, by lifting their arms upwards and ripping underneath them
  • Once he gets to one shoulder of pass-protectors, at best they can take him off track enough to allow the QB to step up usually
  • Provides the force to cave in one side of the protection and open up a lane for a looper to get through on games
  • Finished tied for eight among interior D-linemen in the draft with 31 total pressures – on less than 300 pass-rush snaps – and added 21 “other pass-rush wins” according to PFF
  • Consistently gets those big arms up as he’s closing in on quarterbacks (outside the pocket) in order to force them to put extra arc on passes
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~Weaknesses:~
  • Due to his height and center of gravity, Sweat quickly pops up out of his stance and if asked to play extensive snaps, that only gets worse (conditioning will remain a question)
  • Angular blockers (on quick combos), who understand how to appropriately apply force to his hip or arm-pit, can get his body turned in the run game after being square in how he’s engaged with somebody else
  • Frequently is late to redirect or get into pursuit mode, when the play is going away from him
  • Doesn’t give you a whole lot of versatility as a pass-rusher, where he can take advantage of being singled up at times, but he’s not stringing moves together and slips through a crack between blockers, to flush the quarterback
  • At this point doesn’t utilize his length and power optimally to truly overwhelm solo-blockers with the bull-rush
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Nobody in college football was as physically dominant at the line of scrimmage as T’Vondre Sweat last season. His ability to swallow double-teams but also become more of a play-maker in the run game when soloed up made Texas one of the toughest defenses to run the ball against (averaging a miniscule 2.9 yards per carry). You’d like him to play a little lower still – especially watching teammate Byron Murphy fire off the ball next to him – and he’s not going to give you a whole lot in the pass-rush department as long as he doesn’t master his power-approach and the ways he can work off it. With that being said, if you understand what he is, this guy can change how your defense operates, because he consistently demands and extra pair of hands and allows your linebackers to roam freely, while having the ability to put interior pass-protectors on skates occasionally. For a mountain of a man like this, conditioning and how much he can play will always be a question, but he did earn his highest PFF grade (91.7) while playing a career-high 503 snaps last season. If Mazi Smith can go at the end of the first round last year, Sweat deserves to be a late second-rounder.
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5. Braden Fiske, Florida State

6’5”, 305 pounds; RS SR
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A three-star recruit for Western Michigan in 2018, Fiske was on the field for just 18 snaps as a true freshman, before appearing in 12 games as a rotational player the following season, recording 24 tackles, two TFLs and a sack. He started all six contests during the 2020 COVID-shortened campaign, putting up the same tackle number, but about double the negative plays created respectively. Starting all 25 contests the following two years, he racked up 101 tackles, 20 of those for loss and ten sacks, along with three passes batted down, two fumbles forced and one recovered – all this past year. He decided to prove his talents in the Power Five for 2023 with the Seminoles and backed it up with a second-team All-ACC campaign, thanks to 43 total stops, nine TFLs and six sacks.
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~Run defense:~
  • True worker-bee on the defensive interior, who’s a pest for any team facing him
  • When offensive linemen block down on Fiske or seal him on the backside, it regularly looks like they’re just trying to hold up in pass-protection rather than bringing the fight to him
  • Pro-actively encounters double-teams and is able to hold pretty firm ground
  • There are some plays where it truly looks like the offense is running into a wall, as there’s no movement at the point of attack against Fiske and then the back comes to a dead-stop as he collides with the D-tackle at the line of scrimmage
  • Consistently plays the game with a great motor and is looking to work off blocks
  • You frequently see him get involved on tackles ten yards past the line of scrimmage, but also if he misses initially, pop straight back up and join the party
  • Logged at least 26 defensive stops each of the past three seasons, speaking to his level of activity
  • Him and teammate Jared Verse were amongst boys in the ACC Championship game vs. Louisville, whether Fiske was man-handling the interior O-line with power or penetrated the backfield for negative plays, including a TFL on the very first snap from scrimmage
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~Pass-rush:~
  • Fiske’s get-off is up there with basically anybody among this interior D-linemen class to immediately stress the shoulder of pass-protectors
  • Has some awesome reps of guards setting out to him rushing from the three-technique and beating them across the face with a shockingly rapid arm-over move, where he basically slaps that guy’s butt as he steps through
  • Really works those hands and you see him break free even when four hands touch him with protection being slid his way
  • If his initial rush stalls, Fiske will just work into the depth of the pocket and get his hands up to challenge passing lanes for the quarterback
  • Constantly is looking to disengage or spin away from blockers late, in order to chase after the quarterback
  • When he’s asked to spike into linemen or almost bowl over guys as he slants across multiple gaps trying to create a free lane for one of his teammates, he will do so with great determination and force
  • Yet his burst and ability to turn a tight corner on delayed loops is also massive, particularly being able to shut down quarterbacks trying to escape the pocket
  • Over his final two seasons with WMU, Fiske’s 81 pressures were tied for fifth among FBS interior defensive linemen, before adding 28 more on 263 pass-rush snaps in one year with SMU
  • Impressive with how he diagnoses screens to the back and is able to force quarterbacks to dirt the ball
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~Weaknesses:~
  • Sort of a tweener, playing too upright for what you’d like to see from a three-technique but doesn’t project well as somebody playing over the center and dealing with doubles frequently
  • Comes in with an inherent length disadvantage at only 31-inch arms and it limits his ability to really threaten the edges of blockers
  • Too often gets caught hand-fighting at the line initially rather than winning to one shoulder early
  • Presents a limited radius as a tackler, leading to a career miss rate of 15.3%
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Fiske has been on an astronomic rise during this pre-draft process, catching up with a high grade that I already had on him based on watching him during the actual season. The motor and level of activity he played with made him one of my favorite players to study overall. This guy comes off the ball with a purpose. He can penetrate on run plays but will also strain to control his space and then slide off blocks to get his hands on the ball-carrier. He has the quickness and his movements and hand-swipes to put pass-protectors to, but will also push them up the pocket and make quarterbacks uncomfortable back there if he has to. Unfortunately, his arm length is clearly below NFL standards and you have to question if there’s a clean schematic fit for him at that profile. Yet, with how dominant he was throughout Senior Bowl week and the incredible performance he delivered at the combine – leading all interior defensive linemen in the 40-yard dash (4.78), vertical (33.5 inches) and broad jump (9’9”), as well as short-shuttle time (4.37) – I have a tough time seeing him make it outside the top-50 picks now.
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6. Ruke Orhorhoro, Clemson

6’4”, 290 pounds; RS SR
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Despite only playing two years of high school football, Orhorhoro was a top-1000 overall recruit and became the first Clemson commit from the state of Michigan since 1975. He barely got onto the field his first two years for the Tigers, but over the following two as a rotational piece, he combined for 59 tackles, eight for loss each year, 6.5 combined sacks, eight passes batted down at the line and a fumble recovered in each.
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~Run defense:~
  • Lined up all over the D-line for the Tigers, from nose-tackle all the way to six-technique
  • Defends the run with good pad-level and maximizes his length when asked to gap-control or even two-gap
  • From shade-alignments and on slants, he consistently is looking to attack one shoulder of the blocker and keep his opposite arm free
  • You love his ability to stay square on the front-side of zone concepts, lock out and then fall back a gap as he tracks the ball-carrier, creating first contact
  • Frequently is able to press off and create leverage on the gap after the guy across from him takes that initial step reach-block him
  • Was very effective on early-down gap-exchanges, with his lateral agility to loop over the top of traffic and take away the front-side, forcing running backs to redirect
  • Looks like he’s almost bouncing off blockers and then running down the back a few times, providing excellent pursuit
  • Received PFF grades above 75 vs. the run in each of the past two seasons
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~Pass-rush:~
  • The ability to win against centers with the club-rip, where he pushes at the shoulder and really pulls the inside arm through leads to some clean Ws for him
  • Has some nice reps where he freezes the feet of guards by stuttering off the line and then cornering his rush with that rip-through
  • Packs a rapid arm-over to free himself from pass-protectors as he’s recognizing play-action after engaging with those guys
  • Guards lunging forward trying to quick-set him get beat cleanly off the line with the club-swim a few times
  • Yet if they initially sit back, he’s also very good at anticipating up their punch and linking his arms and hips in order to win on cross-face moves paired with a tight arm-over mauneuver
  • When he’s at the hip of a blocker and that guy has him arm-barred to push off with the back of his near-arm or pull it over and clear that, as he chases the quarterback
  • Showcases good awareness for screen passes and trails the back working outside, forcing quarterbacks to dirt the ball
  • Was tied for tenth among interior D-linemen in this draft in 2023 pass-rush productivity (7.1) – 26 pressures on 235 rush opportunities
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~Weaknesses:~
  • Has room to improve his ability to read and counter the first step(s) of the offensive line, particularly staying a half gap ahead so to speak against wide zone
  • Gets blown off the ball by double-teams quite a bit, lacking the ability to anchor effectively against the angular element of those
  • When linemen get their hands inside his chest quickly (on short-sets), too often he’ll end up battling them instead of being forceful with attacking one shoulder to gain control of the rep
  • Generally has room to grow as a “reactionary” pass-rusher, countering the approach of opponents on the fly and figuring out how to give them trouble throughout games – being moved around as much as he was didn’t help with that development, to be fair
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Assuming no issues in terms of medical report or otherwise, I believe the top-five on the interior D-linemen is pretty concrete, even though the order may ultimately look different for the NFL as a whole. With that being said, Orhorhoro was pretty clearly my next name up here, because even though he’s not a complete player at this point or I see a defined scheme fit, I see him as an extremely useful player for a variety of systems. His ability to play low, combined with length, the short-area quickness and play demeanor, you’re got yourself a pack of dynamite on the interior. I do believe you want to protect him early on at least, where he‘s in shade-alignments and can play that “gap-and-a-half” but not deal with legit double-teams, and he certainly has room to grow in that first phase of the pass-rush and he approaches those matchups. However, I really liked his tape and then he finished with a 9.88 RAS score at the combine thanks the second-best broad jump (9’8”), third-best vert (32 inches) and fourth-best 40 (4.89) for his position, along with putting together an excellent on-field workout.
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7. Michael Hall Jr., Ohio State

6’2”, 285 pounds; RS SO
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8. Mekhi Wingo, LSU

6’0”, 285 pounds; JR
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9. Brandon Dorlus, Oregon

6’3”, 285 pounds; RS SR
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T.-10. Tyler Davis, Clemson

6’2”, 300 pounds; RS SR
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T.-10. Fabien Lovett, Florida State

6’4”, 315 pounds; RS SR
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Maason Smith, LSU
6’5”, 310 pounds; RS SO
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Leonard Taylor III, Miami
6’3”, 305 pounds; JR
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The next names up:

DeWayne Carter (Duke), McKinnley Jackson (Texas A&M), Khristian Boyd (Northern Iowa), Keith Randolph Jr. (Illinois), Gabe Hall (Baylor), Marcus Harris (Auburn), Justin Eboigbe (Alabama) & Logan Lee (Iowa)
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If you enjoyed this article, please visit the original piece & feel free to check out my video on the biggest risers and fallers coming out of the NFL combine!
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2024.04.05 17:35 XandogxD Vihaan Goldwaker, First Draft!

I’ve been wanting to building Mardu for quite some time now, and when [[Vihaan Goldwaker]] was spoiled I knew it was the perfect commander!
I’ve always loved treasure decks. However I hate playing against them. So many times I’ve sat at the table with a player who has 1,354 treasures and absolutely no way to end the game! I know that there are plenty of decks that can, and more than likely it’s the opponents error. But it has left a bad taste in my mouth.
However, Vihaan solves that issue. It can be a finisher in the command zone that also grants my Treasures haste! So I’ve put together a list that is very much an Aggro treasure strategy. Instead of looking to gain advantage through treasures to out value my opponents, I’m just looking to generate a lethal amount of damage on board to swing and kill everyone.
Here is the Decklist and down below I’ll talk about some notable inclusions and strategies I’ve implemented: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/zlXR3fdWeUuRt0UfHYhZbA
So my first favorite card so far is [[Artificers Dragon]]. Your treasures are just 3/3’s with no evasion, so expect a decent number to get blocked. However, for each one that is, you can sacrifice to Artificers Dragon to give a power boost to each unblocked Treasure! This make doing the math on blocking almost irrelevant as long as at least 1-2 can get through.
[[Illustrious Wanderglyph]] is another all star here. The ability to pump out golems on every single upkeep is already a fantastic feature, but also buffing our team puts this over the edge. Often times you can drop this early to start churning out beaters, or late game to act as a finisher.
[[Magda The Hoard Master]] is one I’m not entirely sure on, but is a new card so I put her in. This deck has a decent amount of removal so being able to commit multiple crimes to generate treasures is not unreasonable. But also there will be some decks that you will never be able to get through. So being able to cash in your treasures for 4/4 fliers is kinda a no brainer.
Finally we have [[Aggravated Assault]]. You know how I said that it was awesome that we can generate power from a blocked treasures through Artificers Dragon? Yeah now we can generate extra combats. Need I say more?
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2024.04.05 17:34 XandogxD Vihaan Gold Waker EDH, First Draft!

I’ve been wanting to building Mardu for quite some time now, and when [[Vihaan Goldwaker]] was spoiled I knew it was the perfect commander!
I’ve always loved treasure decks. However I hate playing against them. So many times I’ve sat at the table with a player who has 1,354 treasures and absolutely no way to end the game! I know that there are plenty of decks that can, and more than likely it’s the opponents error. But it has left a bad taste in my mouth.
However, Vihaan solves that issue. It can be a finisher in the command zone that also grants my Treasures haste! So I’ve put together a list that is very much an Aggro treasure strategy. Instead of looking to gain advantage through treasures to out value my opponents, I’m just looking to generate a lethal amount of damage on board to swing and kill everyone.
Here is the Decklist and down below I’ll talk about some notable inclusions and strategies I’ve implemented: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/zlXR3fdWeUuRt0UfHYhZbA
So my first favorite card so far is [[Artificers Dragon]]. Your treasures are just 3/3’s with no evasion, so expect a decent number to get blocked. However, for each one that is, you can sacrifice to Artificers Dragon to give a power boost to each unblocked Treasure! This make doing the math on blocking almost irrelevant as long as at least 1-2 can get through.
[[Illustrious Wanderglyph]] is another all star here. The ability to pump out golems on every single upkeep is already a fantastic feature, but also buffing our team puts this over the edge. Often times you can drop this early to start churning out beaters, or late game to act as a finisher.
[[Magda The Hoard Master]] is one I’m not entirely sure on, but is a new card so I put her in. This deck has a decent amount of removal so being able to commit multiple crimes to generate treasures is not unreasonable. But also there will be some decks that you will never be able to get through. So being able to cash in your treasures for 4/4 fliers is kinda a no brainer.
Finally we have [[Aggravated Assault]]. You know how I said that it was awesome that we can generate power from a blocked treasures through Artificers Dragon? Yeah now we can generate extra combats. Need I say more?
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2024.03.27 05:02 Direct-Caterpillar77 My dad is having an affair with a 29 year old woman (New Update)

I am not The OOP, OOP is u/WeenieButton
My dad is having an affair with a 29 year old woman
Originally posted to TrueOffMyChest
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TRIGGER WARNING: Alienation and betrayal by parents, infidelity, manipulation
Original Post Oct 19, 2023
I never post on Reddit and I’m also on mobile so sorry if formatting is ugly.
Today I experienced the definition of fuck around and find out.
Some back story:
Almost a year ago my family experienced the loss of my grandpa, my dad’s father. It was sudden and it struck my father really hard. He started having more emotional outbursts, being more reclusive, etc.. and we tried our best to be understanding and help him in anyway he needed. He found himself a therapist and seemed to be working through a lot of his feelings and thoughts. He still wasn’t acting entirely like the him we once knew but death affects everyone differently and this made his behaviour easy to excuse.
My dad and I don’t live in the same city and so we often meet up at half way points for lunch. We have always been close so it’s common place for us to talk about our feelings, emotions and recent life events with each other.
Now the story:
During our first lunch since my grandpas passing I noticed my dad talking a LOT about this new girl at his work. We will call her Stacy. He said that Stacy was helping him a lot of his trauma and being there for him. Stacy’s husband had been through some similar traumas that my dad had experienced and that was being brought up in therapy so he said she offered him support. He really felt he could be himself around her. He made it abundantly clear that he did not feel he could be himself around his wife of 20 years (my mom) but that he could with Stacy. I thought this was an odd comment to make and I think This is where my suspicions of their real intentions began but I knew he was struggling it made me feel relieved that he had someone he trusted. It struck me a little weird that she was 29 but again, sometimes workplaces can create weird and unexpected friendships and with me being 26 I wondered if maybe he saw her as another daughter since I wasn’t able to be around much due to distance.
He assured me that Stacy was married to a man named Andrew. They were strictly friends. But in his own words, people from his work had started to think something was “going on” between them so they had stopped talking at work and had moved to texting. He even went so far as to later in the conversation say that he thinks “a strong marriage should be able to survive someone cheating.” I assured him that that wasn’t healthy and that I’m not sure what kind of relationship he wanted with his wife but I did not want a relationship founded on infidelity. Obviously my alarm bells were going off. With what little information I had on Stacy I went and found her online. I stalked her and just like my dad said, she was seemingly in a young happy marriage with Andrew. She kept her social media pretty private but from what I could see she looked like your average 29 year old woman. I couldn’t possibly imagine what she would want with my dad and if anything I thought maybe my dad had a work crush that he was reading too much into. No one wants to think that their dad could be capable of a full blown affair.
Over the next few visits with my dad I would hear him continually talk about Stacy when telling stories about work or talking about his friends. She ALWAYS seemed to come up. I couldn’t help but notice that he would avoid calling her by name She would just be “she” or “her” or “girl from work”. It’s as if he completely forgot the things he had told me about her. Or as if he was afraid to say her name around me. Infidelity is never mentioned again but he is always talking about how he’s fighting with my mom (Lily). How as he goes through therapy “she might not like the man he’s becoming”. He tells me how he’s “standing his ground” and getting into verbal arguments with her. I imagine this is self sabotage due to his guilt because of the cheating.
Fast forward to today, about a year since I first heard about Stacy. I went on my laptop (which I do not use often). I opened Instagram and I realized I still had my dad’s log in credentials saved on my computer from a one off back in 2016. My dad is and always has been sketchy with his passwords so I assumed that likely it wouldn’t work but I tried the log in anyways. To my surprise, I was in. I won’t even pretend like I didn’t know exactly what I was looking for or like I’m above looking through his DM’s. This is also where I fucked around and found out.
I opened their DMs which were pretty bleak at first. I thought that I could rest my suspicions (more like hoped) until I couldn’t. It started out with sending corny photos to each other. Things about “you can kiss me whenever you want, I’m yours” and “your arms feel like home and I’m homesick”. Really juvenile weird shit. Things I wouldn’t send to a coworker if you paid me. Still in denial I kept scrolling and that when I saw it. Nudes (from her only THANK GOD), full blown sexting conversations, conversations about their existing partners and the potential of leaving them for each other, I love yous, conversations with their plans to sleep together for the first time, etc etc etc, you get the picture. All of my suspicions laid out in front of me. He was willing to risk it all for a married woman three years older than his daughter. He was willing to hurt the woman he had supposedly loved for 20 years, destroy his family, destroy Stacy’s family for WHAT? Absolute fucking selfishness.
The worst part for me was that they actively talk about their existing partners in this chat. Stacy is always making fun of my mom, “does Lily wear lacy bras for you?” “Does Lily let you go down on her with her BUSH, lol”. As if Stacey couldn’t become more a disgusting human, as if she’s not already sleeping with a married 53 year old father of two, she has to degrade his wife. An innocent victim in this situation. They assure each other that they love their current partners so much that “it hurts” and they don’t understand how they can have the capacity to love two people at the same time. Is disgusting and childish.
I don’t know how this ends. They still work together and closely together. I cannot bring myself to tell my mom. I don’t want my dad to know I know. I don’t want him to feel backed into a corner like he has to tell my mom. I want him to tell my mom because he knows it’s the right thing to do. I have looked up to my dad my whole life and I feel like the whole view I have had of him as this selfless, loving, caring family man has been shattered. I’m so disappointed in his actions. And I don’t know what to do. It’s eating away at me.
Edit:
I was told it would be beneficial to add that my parents do have a kid who is a minor who lives with them.
I have not known about this affair the entire time. I found out about it on Thursday so please stop saying that I’m intentionally holding this secret for my father.
My parents share an email account and I will not see my mom in person until probably Christmas.
TLDR; my dad is having an affair with a 29 year old married woman from work and i found their DMs outlining their sex-capades. I can’t bring myself to tell my mom/his wife of 20 years.
RELEVANT COMMENTS
stinstin555
Armed with this info I would set up a one on one meeting with Mom and tell her and bring the evidence. In volatile situations like this it is best to be proactive vs reactive. Advise her to go into stealth mode and to act like nothing is going on.
Next Steps: 1. Help Mom find 2-3 Divorce attorneys and schedule the consult, the consult is usually free. Have her present the circumstances and find out their approach. She can then decide whose style she likes most and retain them.
• Have her gather the following documents: A. last 3 years tax returns
B. 12 months bank statements, retirement account statements, investment statements
C. copies of mortgage/deed/title to the home,
D. If they own an vacation or rental real estate make copies of the docs from #C
E. 12 months worth of credit card statements, cell phone bills
Have your Mom try to see if she can get access to his wallet while he is sleeping and if so check it for any new credit cards. If she finds any have her screenshot them
What state are you in? Depending on the answer infidelity may qualify her for a ‘fault’ for the divorce filing.
Helping her prepare for this will give her a leg up for a softer landing.
If you can find the info for her affair partners spouse. She can and should make contact the day your Dad is served. BTW, he can be served at work. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
OOP replied
I have decided to take your advice. I’m going to tell my mom as she deserves to have the upper hand in decision making since my father has been the holder of all decisions for months unbeknownst to her.
I’m currently just waiting for a time when she is not around my dad so I can call her and drop the bomb. They’re currently driving up to their cottage together so it doesn’t feel fair for me to not let her have room to grieve/figure out her next move. I’ll will post an official update when I have one. Most likely Monday when she goes to work.
Update Oct 23, 2023 (4 days later)
UPDATE: My dad is having an affair with a 29 year old woman
Hey everyone, here is the link to my original post:
/TrueOffMyChest/s/0mJVeBRicW
So, I finally called my mom. Her and my dad had spent the day together at their cottage so I waited until they were home and then asked if she could go somewhere alone so we could talk on the phone.
Her reaction was nothing like I imagined. She sounded like she already knew. Her reaction also made me feel like this wasn’t the first time this has happened. She laughed and asked me what I “thought I saw”. She blamed herself and said that she “doesn’t meet my dad’s needs.” I explained to her that that’s not fair and that she doesn’t deserve to be lied to and cheated on and put at risk for STDs. I said the way they spoke about my mom in the chat was disgusting and that this was wrong. She asked to see the screenshots so I sent them to her. She kept reassuring me that her and my dad were in it for the long haul and wouldn’t divorce. I told her I didn’t care about that. I said no matter her decision I supported her either way.
Even though it wasn’t what I was anticipating I felt relieved. I felt like a weight had been lifted. She thanked me for telling her and said that I would always be her sweet girl. Everything seemed to be going well until she spoke to/confronted my dad and called me back.
I don’t know what happened with the conversation between her and my dad but it’s clear that he is a master manipulator and not at all the person I thought he was prior to all this. My mom’s tone had completely shifted on the phone. She was scolding me?
He confirmed the affair, he confirmed everything I had said and brought forward to her. Somehow they’re blaming me. They’re telling me I’m wrong. My mom told me that she’s read all the screenshots I sent but had nothing to say about them. They’re staying together and in her words this is just “a bump in the road. They’ve had highs and lows and they’ll have lows again.” I said I would support her either way so I can’t be mad but I can’t help at be sad at how low she thinks of herself to accept this behaviour. “I love your dad and he loves me.” What a horrible message to send to your child.
She told me that guilt does bad things to people and that she thinks I got myself worked up over “nothing”. She told me if was wrong of me to look at his Instagram messages and that it was a breach of trust. Ironic considering my dad committed the biggest breach of trust there is in a marriage. I also never would have looked at his messages had he not planted this seed of infidelity in my brain. She explained my dad is VERY angry with me and she doesn’t know if our relationship is repairable. I assumed my dad would be mad at me of course but for my mom to seemingly side with him and turn her back on me too is almost too much to take.
I know she’s being manipulated but this is where it ends I guess. I can’t stand to look at either of them. I feel like I was just orphaned. I can’t fight a fight someone doesn’t want me to on their behalf. Deep down I know I’m not to blame for this, don’t get me wrong. But it’s really hard to not feel awful when your parents, whom you’ve trusted, turn their back on you. I do feel like I did right by myself in telling my mom the truth but I can’t help but think that everything would have been easier if I never said anything.
My dad still follows Stacey, he has blocked me and my fiancée on all social media platforms. He’s quite literally showing that he chooses his AP over his daughter. I know he’s reacting out of embarrassment and anger but I’ve blocked him in return. He doesn’t get to choose when he comes back into my life. All of this hurts a lot.
TLDR; I told my mom, she sounded like she expected this. She confronted my dad. My dad confirmed the affairs. They’re staying together and blaming me somehow.
RELEVANT COMMENTS
AgoraiosBum
Like you said, this wasn't the first time and it may well be that they already have an "understanding" about extra-marital affairs (and that may run both ways...).
So you notifying her didn't tell her much she didn't already know, instead it just made it awkward for her to discuss it with you.
Ultimately, people are complicated and you don't know their sexual history, which predates your existence. It is, and will, remain fundamentally unknowable to you.
Your Dad is a piece of shit, though, for how he is reacting to you.
OOP replied
In Stacy and my dad’s DM’s they both outlined the fallout they believe would occur if their respective partners found out about their affair. I don’t believe even if my mom and dad have a “don’t ask don’t tell” policy like another Redditor suggested that it is a two way street. But you’re absolutely correct, I don’t know their agreements within their marriage nor do I want to, lol. Seeing the things that my dad said in his DM’s was WAY MORE than I ever needed to know. I do find my dad’s reaction of anger very telling though. Honestly the relationship I have with my dad he probably would have just told me of their agreement had there been one.
cryssylee90
Have you asked your mother if she’d expect you to stay in that situation if it were you in her shoes?
If she says no, I’d ask her what example she thinks she’s setting by doing so herself.
You can support her and distance yourself from the situation. And from them. Them blaming you for telling the truth is wrong and separate of the support for what she chooses. And you can also support her and choose to limit or forego the relationship you have with your father entirely.
I have a feeling when your wedding approaches your father is going to want to play perfect dad in all the events and pictures. Will you allow him to?
OOP replied
When it comes to my mom, I told her I would support her either way. As much as I don’t agree with her choice I’m not in her position andni don’t know what kind of factors are coming into play for her to stay. Who knows, they could be waiting for my younger brother to move out before they call it quits.
For now I am NC with my father and I am willing to be LC with my mom but no one has spoken to me since so I think it might be NC with all. As it stands currently I don’t anticipate inviting my father to my wedding which is really hard to stomach. We never planned for a big wedding so his presence was definitely going to be a big one on our day. Unless something is massively repaired during that time, I don’t need the added stress.

** NEW UPDATE**

OOP UPDATES IN THE COMMENTS 4 MONTHS LATER
Update Feb 12, 2024 (4 months later)
Hey! I actually do have a small update if anyone is interested. Sorry, I don’t check this Reddit account often.
My fiancee and I are still engaged and don’t have a set wedding date. When we do get married it’ll be either a small court house or an elopement with my family not involved at all.
In regard to my dad. Short answer? Nope, still an absolute idiot.
Long version goes as such:
I’ve been working with a therapist to figure out what I really want to come of all this and how I can proceed with or without my family. I initially settled on NC with my dad and LC with my mom. After some thinking I decided that I wanted to have my dad in my life and rebuild at least an amicable relationship with him. I understand that that may not be what everyone would choose but I really couldn’t imagine my big life events and my future without my dad.
I reached out to my mom via text and asked her if she believed my dad was still too angry with me to talk. She urged me to not reach out and asked me to continue leaving the “door” open and told me that she was encouraging my dad to do the same for me. At that point I decided that if he had to be encouraged to leave the door open for his only daughter then maybe it actually wasn’t worth reaching out to him. He ended up texting me the next day that he unblocked my number but he wasn’t ready to talk.
I waited three weeks for him to text me but received nothing more. I reached out just asking for a timeline on when I can expect that he will be ready to talk and he replied saying he has been waiting for me to contact him. (?) the conversation started fine. He said he loved me and he missed me. He said that we were just going to have to “agree to disagree” on the whole situation. I explained that wouldn’t be happening and that I didn’t care about the cheating. That’s not my problem. My problem is how he has hurt me and how his silent treatment affected me. This is obviously not what he wanted to hear.
I’ll save y’all the nitty gritty. The conversation ended with him saying he was mad at me because I didn’t come to him first and give him “a chance to come clean” but in the same message said that if I had kept my nose out of his business he would have taken this secret to the grave and that it was ME who hurt my mom because I told her. He repeatedly demanded that I apologize to my mom for hurting her (??!!???) and apologize to him for betraying his trust. There was a lot more to the conversation of course but to wrap this all up I double down that I did nothing wrong, he is the one who betrayed his wife, and if my mom would like an apology she is more than welcome to reach out to me directly. Other than that, we’re done here. His number is blocked, I don’t plan on unblocking him. I feel confident in my decision this time. I don’t feel like him and I are existing in the same reality. I don’t feel like he’s the dad I once knew.
Sorry this is so long … and not a happy ending at all but it does feel nice to get this all out here. Thanks for following along with my story and I’ll do my best to share here if there’s any more major updates but I truthfully feel like this might be the end of it all. God please let it be the end. 😂
THIS IS A REPOST SUB - I AM NOT THE OOP
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2024.03.18 04:50 PalmTreeShinobi Mahadi, Emporium Master zombie tribal EDH tips?

Can you help me improve my Mahadi, Emporium Master-piloted Zombie Tribal deck?
Last week I picked up a few Zombie cards in a draft and it inspired me to build a Zombie tribal EDH deck. I'm a relatively new MTG player and this is the first deck that I've tried to construct from scratch. I have a few EDH decks but theyre either upgraded precons or budget builds I found on Youtube.
The goal for my deck is:
Can you help my optimize my deck? This is my first build from scratch so I'm not confident about my ratios of different cards, amount of ramp (I included less because of the commander), amount of interaction etc.
Since my current decks are upgraded precon power level, I want this to be slightly more powerful since sometimes I'm just outclassed when I go to commander nights. If upgraded precon is a 6 level, I'd like this deck to be a 7-7.5.
A few other closing points:
Here is my decklist:
https://www.archidekt.com/decks/7046341/zombie_treasure_tribal_unleash_an_army_of_zombies_from_the_graveyard
Let me know what you think! Any additions or subtractions? Do you think this deck will be good? Fun?
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2024.03.18 03:02 PalmTreeShinobi Can you help me improve my Mahadi, Emporium Master-piloted Zombie Tribal deck?

Last week I picked up a few Zombie cards in a draft and it inspired me to build a Zombie tribal EDH deck. I'm a relatively new MTG player and this is the first deck that I've tried to construct from scratch. I have a few EDH decks but their either upgraded precons or budget builds I found on Youtube.
The goal for my deck is:
Can you help my optimize my deck? This is my first build from scratch so I'm not confident about my ratios of different cards, amount of ramp (I included less because of the commander), amount of interaction etc.
Since my current decks are upgraded precon power level, I want this to be slightly more powerful since sometimes I'm just outclassed when I go to commander nights. If upgraded precon is a 6 level, I'd like this deck to be a 7-7.5.
A few other closing points:
Here is my decklist:
https://www.archidekt.com/decks/7046341/zombie_treasure_tribal_unleash_an_army_of_zombies_from_the_graveyard
Let me know what you think! Any additions or subtractions? Do you think this deck will be good? Fun?
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