I’ve been reporting broken & rotted windows for over a year in my rented flat in London. All of these multiple reports where essentially ignored - a chunk of glass came out in the storms about 15x20cm which was left like this for months until they came to me and said they would up the rent by £350 a month. Naturally I asked for a compromise considering the window situation. I was then ignored for two weeks until I phoned the agency who then told me that I am being evicted at the end of my rolling contract. (December) I’ve practically been begging them to stay as my flat is unfurnished no lift and 5 story’s up so moving all my sofas/beds etc & finding something that will fit everything is a nightmare, not to mention how inflated the market is right now.
I’ve managed to convince them to let me stay until the “works” to fix the window are happening (mid April). I’ve also said I will find temp accom while the work is being done & will move back in when finished just let me leave my furniture there.
The window has now actually just fallen out (2days ago) and smashed 5 stories down& shattered everywhere (single glaze glass). What is my legal stand point on this? Should I be entitled to money back I’ve paid the full rent for over 2 years.
I’m also suspicious of the agency playing me and the landlord of each other because they think we might cut them out the deal or something? They won’t let me contact the landlord directly and all contact I’ve had I’ve had to send to them and they will tell me what they’ve said. They never tell me the reply until I ask. Is the a way I can get in contact with the landlord?

Everything in my inventory is up for trade. The most valuable items are listed here, the rest you can find in My Inventory

Feel free to Add Me or even better send a Trade Offer. Open for any suggestions: upgrades, downgrades / knives, gloves, skins / stickers, patterns, floats.

All Buyouts are listed in cash value.

KNIVES

★ Butterfly Knife Freehand FN #1, B/O: $1867

★ Butterfly Knife Bright Water MW, B/O: $1098

★ Butterfly Knife Blue Steel BS, B/O: $907

★ Butterfly Knife Ultraviolet FT, B/O: $789

★ Butterfly Knife Stained FT, B/O: $695

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★ Bayonet Tiger Tooth MW #1, B/O: $888

★ Bayonet Gamma Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $727

★ Bayonet Doppler (Phase 2) FN, B/O: $608

★ Bayonet Doppler (Phase 1) FN, B/O: $521

★ Bayonet Rust Coat BS, B/O: $253

★ Bayonet Night FT, B/O: $251

★ StatTrak™ Bayonet Lore MW, B/O: $751

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★ Karambit Gamma Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $1343

★ Karambit Damascus Steel FT, B/O: $774

★ Karambit Rust Coat BS, B/O: $537

★ Karambit Boreal Forest FT, B/O: $488

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★ M9 Bayonet Fade FN, B/O: $1523

★ M9 Bayonet Fade FN, B/O: $1523

★ M9 Bayonet Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $1008

★ M9 Bayonet Blue Steel FT, B/O: $534

★ M9 Bayonet Rust Coat BS, B/O: $449

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★ Flip Knife Fade FN, B/O: $703

★ Flip Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 1) MW, B/O: $509

★ Flip Knife Doppler (Phase 1) FN, B/O: $406

★ Flip Knife Freehand FT, B/O: $228

★ StatTrak™ Flip Knife Bright Water FN, B/O: $332

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★ Falchion Knife Doppler (Phase 2) FN, B/O: $292

★ Falchion Knife Doppler (Phase 3) FN, B/O: $264

★ Falchion Knife Marble Fade FN, B/O: $258

★ Falchion Knife Bright Water MW, B/O: $133

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★ Stiletto Knife Fade FN, B/O: $822

★ Stiletto Knife Slaughter FN, B/O: $569

★ Stiletto Knife Doppler (Phase 1) FN, B/O: $530

★ Stiletto Knife Crimson Web FT, B/O: $396

★ StatTrak™ Stiletto Knife Scorched FT, B/O: $172

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★ Gut Knife Doppler (Sapphire) MW #1, B/O: $830

★ Gut Knife Fade FN, B/O: $204

★ Gut Knife Tiger Tooth FN, B/O: $138

★ Gut Knife Bright Water MW, B/O: $104

★ Gut Knife Freehand FT, B/O: $92

★ Gut Knife Urban Masked FT, B/O: $82

★ StatTrak™ Gut Knife Rust Coat BS, B/O: $93

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★ Shadow Daggers Fade FN, B/O: $258

★ Shadow Daggers Doppler (Phase 3) FN, B/O: $165

★ Shadow Daggers Blue Steel FT, B/O: $82

★ Shadow Daggers Bright Water FT, B/O: $82

★ Shadow Daggers Blue Steel WW, B/O: $80

★ Shadow Daggers Rust Coat BS, B/O: $74

★ StatTrak™ Shadow Daggers Marble Fade FN, B/O: $186

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★ Classic Knife Slaughter MW, B/O: $311

★ StatTrak™ Classic Knife Stained BS, B/O: $163

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★ Talon Knife Slaughter MW, B/O: $605

★ Talon Knife Scorched MW, B/O: $290

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★ Ursus Knife Marble Fade FN, B/O: $405

★ Ursus Knife Night Stripe MW, B/O: $162

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★ Paracord Knife Stained WW, B/O: $125

★ Paracord Knife Forest DDPAT FT, B/O: $97

★ Paracord Knife Safari Mesh FT, B/O: $96

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★ Navaja Knife Safari Mesh FT, B/O: $71

★ Navaja Knife Scorched WW, B/O: $71

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★ Nomad Knife Fade FN, B/O: $1015

★ Skeleton Knife, B/O: $909

★ Bowie Knife Boreal Forest MW, B/O: $106

★ Survival Knife Forest DDPAT FT, B/O: $97

GLOVES

★ Driver Gloves Crimson Weave FT, B/O: $335

★ Driver Gloves King Snake BS, B/O: $270

★ Driver Gloves Lunar Weave WW, B/O: $113

★ Driver Gloves Overtake WW, B/O: $88

★ Driver Gloves Overtake BS, B/O: $67

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★ Moto Gloves Transport MW, B/O: $171

★ Moto Gloves Polygon BS, B/O: $137

★ Moto Gloves Transport WW, B/O: $71

★ Moto Gloves 3rd Commando Company BS, B/O: $62

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★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Kimono WW, B/O: $1027

★ Specialist Gloves Tiger Strike FT, B/O: $654

★ Specialist Gloves Mogul FT, B/O: $295

★ Specialist Gloves Lt. Commander FT, B/O: $277

★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Web FT, B/O: $275

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★ Sport Gloves Slingshot FT, B/O: $796

★ Sport Gloves Amphibious BS #2, B/O: $699

★ Sport Gloves Omega FT, B/O: $656

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★ Broken Fang Gloves Unhinged BS, B/O: $60

WEAPONS

AK-47 Case Hardened BS, B/O: $130

AK-47 Bloodsport MW, B/O: $79

AK-47 Fuel Injector BS, B/O: $76

AK-47 Fuel Injector BS, B/O: $76

AK-47 Bloodsport FT, B/O: $70

AK-47 Neon Rider MW, B/O: $60

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AWP Fade FN, B/O: $864

AWP BOOM MW, B/O: $84

AWP Containment Breach FT, B/O: $69

AWP Containment Breach FT, B/O: $69

AWP Wildfire FT, B/O: $59

AWP Chromatic Aberration FN, B/O: $59

StatTrak™ AWP Hyper Beast FT, B/O: $65

StatTrak™ AWP Hyper Beast FT, B/O: $65

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Desert Eagle Blaze FN, B/O: $565

Desert Eagle Blaze FN, B/O: $565

Desert Eagle Printstream FN, B/O: $155

Desert Eagle Cobalt Disruption FN, B/O: $58

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M4A1-S Icarus Fell FN, B/O: $414

M4A1-S Printstream MW, B/O: $204

M4A1-S Printstream MW, B/O: $204

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M4A4 Poseidon FN, B/O: $1402

M4A4 The Emperor FN, B/O: $152

M4A4 Asiimov WW, B/O: $97

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USP-S Kill Confirmed MW, B/O: $65

USP-S Printstream FT, B/O: $69

StatTrak™ USP-S Kill Confirmed FT, B/O: $123

StatTrak™ USP-S Neo-Noir FN, B/O: $106

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AUG Flame Jörmungandr FN, B/O: $218

P2000 Ocean Foam FN, B/O: $139

Souvenir SSG 08 Death Strike MW, B/O: $81

CZ75-Auto Emerald Quartz MW, B/O: $61

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Knives - Bowie Knife, Butterfly Knife, Falchion Knife, Flip Knife, Gut Knife, Huntsman Knife, M9 Bayonet, Bayonet, Karambit, Shadow Daggers, Stiletto Knife, Ursus Knife, Navaja Knife, Talon Knife, Classic Knife, Paracord Knife, Survival Knife, Nomad Knife, Skeleton Knife, Patterns - Gamma Doppler, Doppler (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, Phase 4, Black Pearl, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald), Crimson Web, Lore, Fade, Ultraviolet, Night, Marble Fade (Fire & Ice, Fake FI), Case Hardened (Blue Gem), Autotronic, Slaughter, Black Laminate, Tiger Tooth, Boreal Forest, Scorched, Blue Steel, Vanilla, Damascus Steel, Forest DDPAT, Urban Masked, Freehand, Stained, Bright Water, Safari Mesh, Rust Coat, Gloves - Bloodhound Gloves (Charred, Snakebite, Guerrilla, Bronzed), Driver Gloves (Snow Leopard, King Snake, Crimson Weave, Imperial Plaid, Black Tie, Lunar Weave, Diamondback, Rezan the Red, Overtake, Queen Jaguar, Convoy, Racing Green), Hand Wraps (Cobalt Skulls, CAUTION!, Overprint, Slaughter, Leather, Giraffe, Badlands, Spruce DDPAT, Arboreal, Constrictor, Desert Shamagh, Duct Tape), Moto Gloves (Spearmint, POW!, Cool Mint, Smoke Out, Finish Line, Polygon, Blood Pressure, Turtle, Boom!, Eclipse, 3rd Commando Company, Transport), Specialist Gloves (Crimson Kimono, Tiger Strike, Emerald Web, Field Agent, Marble Fade, Fade, Foundation, Lt. Commander, Crimson Web, Mogul, Forest DDPAT, Buckshot), Sport Gloves (Pandora's Box, Superconductor, Hedge Maze, Vice, Amphibious, Slingshot, Omega, Arid, Big Game, Nocts, Scarlet Shamagh, Bronze Morph), Hydra Gloves (Case Hardened, Emerald, Rattler, Mangrove), Broken Fang Gloves (Jade, Yellow-banded, Unhinged, Needle Point), Pistols - P2000 (Wicked Sick, Ocean Foam, Fire Element, Amber Fade, Corticera, Chainmail, Imperial Dragon, Obsidian, Scorpion, Handgun, Acid Etched), USP-S (Printstream, Kill Confirmed, Whiteout, Road Rash, Owergrowth, The Traitor, Neo-Noir, Dark Water, Orion, Blueprint, Stainless, Caiman, Serum, Monster Mashup, Royal Blue, Ancient Visions, Cortex, Orange Anolis, Ticket To Hell, Black Lotus, Cyrex, Check Engine, Guardian, Purple DDPAT, Torque, Blood Tiger, Flashback, Business Class, Pathfinder, Para Green), Lead Conduit, Glock-18 (Umbral Rabbit, Fade, Candy Apple, Bullet Queen, Synth Leaf, Neo-Noir, Nuclear Garden, Dragon Tatto, Reactor, Pink DDPAT, Twilight Galaxy, Sand Dune, Groundwater, Blue Fissure, Snack Attack, Water Elemental, Brass, Wasteland Rebel, Vogue, Franklin, Royal Legion, Gamma Doppler, Weasel, Steel Disruption, Ironwork, Grinder, High Beam, Moonrise, Oxide Blaze, Bunsen Burner, Clear Polymer, Bunsen Burner, Night), P250 (Re.built, Nuclear Threat, Modern Hunter, Splash, Whiteout, Vino Primo, Mehndi, Asiimov, Visions, Undertow, Cartel, See Ya Later, Gunsmoke, Splash, Digital Architect, Muertos, Red Rock, Bengal Tiger, Crimson Kimono, Wingshot, Metallic DDPAT, Hive, Dark Filigree, Mint Kimono), Five-Seven (Neon Kimono, Berries And Cherries, Fall Hazard, Crimson Blossom, Hyper Beast, Nitro, Fairy Tale, Case Hardened, Copper Galaxy, Angry Mob, Monkey Business, Fowl Play, Anodized Gunmetal, Hot Shot, Retrobution, Boost Protocol), CZ75-Auto (Chalice, Crimson Web, Emerald Quartz, The Fuschia is Now, Nitro, Xiangliu, Yellow Jacket, Victoria, Poison Dart, Syndicate, Eco, Hexane, Pole, Tigris), Tec-9 (Rebel, Terrace, Nuclear Threat, Hades, Rust Leaf, Decimator, Blast From, Orange Murano, Toxic, Fuel Injector, Remote Control, Bamboo Forest, Isaac, Avalanche, Brother, Re-Entry, Blue Titanium, Bamboozle), R8 Revolver (Banana Cannon, Fade, Blaze, Crimson Web, Liama Cannon, Crazy 8, Reboot, Canal Spray, Night, Amber Fade), Desert Eagle (Blaze, Hand Cannon, Fennec Fox, Sunset Storm, Emerald Jörmungandr, Pilot, Hypnotic, Golden Koi, Printstream, Cobalt Disruption, Code Red, Ocean Drive, Midnight Storm, Kumicho Dragon, Crimson Web, Heirloom, Night Heist, Mecha Industries, Night, Conspiracy, Trigger Discipline, Naga, Directive, Light Rail), Dual Berettas (Flora Carnivora, Duelist, Cobra Strike, Black Limba, Emerald, Hemoglobin, Twin Turbo, Marina, Melondrama, Pyre, Retribution, Briar, Dezastre, Royal Consorts, Urban Shock, Dualing Dragons, Panther, Balance), Rifles - Galil (Aqua Terrace, Winter Forest, Chatterbox, Sugar Rush, Pheonix Blacklight, CAUTION!, Orange DDPAT, Cerberus, Dusk Ruins, Eco, Chromatic Aberration, Stone Cold, Tuxedo, Sandstorm, Shattered, Urban Rubble, Rocket Pop, Kami, Crimson Tsunami, Connexion), SCAR-20 (Fragments, Brass, Cyrex, Palm, Splash Jam, Cardiac, Emerald, Crimson Web, Magna Carta, Stone Mosaico, Bloodsport, Enforcer), AWP (Duality, Gungnir, Dragon Lore, Prince, Medusa, Desert Hydra, Fade, Lightning Strike, Oni Taiji, Silk Tiger, Graphite, Chromatic Aberration, Asiimov, Snake Camo, Boom, Containment Breach, Wildfire, Redline, Electric Hive, Hyper Beast, Neo-Noir, Man-o'-war, Pink DDPAT, Corticera, Sun in Leo, Elite Build, Fever Dream, Atheris, Mortis, PAW, Exoskeleton, Worm God, POP AWP, Phobos, Acheron, Pit Viper, Capillary, Safari Mesh), AK-47 (Head Shot, Wild Lotus, Gold Arabesque, X-Ray, Fire Serpent, Hydroponic, Panthera Onca, Case Hardened, Vulcan, Jet Set, Fuel Injector, Bloodsport, Nightwish, First Class, Neon Rider, Asiimov, Red Laminate, Aquamarine Revenge, The Empress, Wasteland Rebel, Jaguar, Black Laminate, Leet Museo, Neon Revolution, Redline, Frontside Misty, Predator, Legion of Anubis, Point Disarray, Orbit Mk01, Blue Laminate, Green Laminate, Emerald Pinstripe, Cartel, Phantom Disruptor, Jungle Spray, Safety Net, Rat Rod, Baroque Purple, Slate, Elite Build, Uncharted, Safari Mesh), FAMAS (Sundown, Prime Conspiracy, Afterimage, Commemoration, Dark Water, Spitfire, Pulse, Eye of Athena, Meltdown, Rapid Eye Move, Roll Cage, Styx, Mecha Industrie, Djinn, ZX Spectron, Valence, Neural Net, Night Borre, Hexne), M4A4 (Temukau, Howl, Poseidon, Asiimov, Daybreak, Hellfire, Zirka, Red DDPAT, Radiation Hazard, Modern Hunter, The Emperor, The Coalition, Bullet Rain, Cyber Security, X-Ray, Dark Blossom, Buzz Kill, In Living Color, Neo-Noir, Desolate Space, 龍王 (Dragon King), Royal Paladin, The Battlestar, Global Offensive, Tooth Fairy, Desert-Strike, Griffin, Evil Daimyo, Spider Lily, Converter), M4A1-S (Emphorosaur-S, Welcome to the Jungle, Imminent Danger, Knight, Hot Rod, Icarus Fell, Blue Phosphor, Printstream, Master Piece, Dark Water, Golden Coil, Bright Water, Player Two, Atomic Alloy, Guardian, Chantico's Fire, Hyper Beast, Mecha Industries, Cyrex, Control Panel, Moss Quartz, Nightmare, Decimator, Leaded Glass, Basilisk, Blood Tiger, Briefing, Night Terror, Nitro, VariCamo, Flashback), SG 553 (Cyberforce, Hazard Pay, Bulldozer, Integrale, Dragon Tech, Ultraviolet, Colony IV, Hypnotic, Cyrex, Candy Apple, Barricade, Pulse), SSG 08 (Death Strike, Sea Calico, Blood in the Water, Orange Filigree, Dragonfire, Big Iron, Bloodshot, Detour, Turbo Peek, Red Stone), AUG (Akihabara Accept, Flame Jörmungandr, Hot Rod, Midnight Lily, Sand Storm, Carved Jade, Wings, Anodized Navy, Death by Puppy, Torque, Bengal Tiger, Chameleon, Fleet Flock, Random Access, Momentum, Syd Mead, Stymphalian, Arctic Wolf, Aristocrat, Navy Murano), G3SG1 (Chronos, Violet Murano, Flux, Demeter, Orange Kimono, The Executioner, Green Apple, Arctic Polar Camo, Contractor), SMGs - P90 (Neoqueen, Astral Jörmungandr, Run and Hide, Emerald Dragon, Cold Blooded, Death by Kitty, Baroque Red, Vent Rush, Blind Spot, Asiimov, Trigon, Sunset Lily, Death Grip, Leather, Nostalgia, Fallout Warning, Tiger Pit, Schermatic, Virus, Shapewood, Glacier Mesh, Shallow Grave, Chopper, Desert Warfare), MAC-10 (Sakkaku, Hot Snakes, Copper Borre, Red Filigree, Gold Brick, Graven, Case Hardened, Stalker, Amber Fade, Neon Rider, Tatter, Curse, Propaganda, Nuclear Garden, Disco Tech, Toybox, Heat, Indigo), UMP-45 (Wild Child, Fade, Blaze, Day Lily, Minotaur's Labyrinth, Crime Scene, Caramel, Bone Pile, Momentum, Primal Saber), MP7 (Teal Blossom, Fade, Nemesis, Whiteout, Asterion, Bloosport, Abyssal Apparition, Full Stop, Special Delivery, Neon Ply, Asterion, Ocean Foam, Powercore, Scorched, Impire), PP-Bizon (Modern Hunter, Rust Coat, Forest Leaves, Antique, High Roller, Blue Streak, Seabird, Judgement of Anubis, Bamboo Print, Embargo, Chemical Green, Coblat Halftone, Fuel Rod, Photic Zone, Irradiated Alert, Carbon Fiber), MP9 (Featherweight, Wild Lily, Pandora's Box, Stained Glass, Bulldozer, Dark Age, Hot Rod, Hypnotic, Hydra, Rose Iron, Music Box, Setting Sun, Food Chain, Airlock, Mount Fuji, Starlight Protector, Ruby Poison Dart, Deadly Poison), MP5-SD (Liquidation, Oxide Oasis, Phosphor, Nitro, Agent, Autumn Twilly), Shotguns, Machineguns - Sawed-Off (Kiss♥Love, First Class, Orange DDPAT, Rust Coat, The Kraken, Devourer, Mosaico, Wasteland Princess, Bamboo Shadow, Copper, Serenity, Limelight, Apocalypto), XM1014 (Frost Borre, Ancient Lore, Red Leather, Elegant Vines, Banana Leaf, Jungle, Urban Perforated, Grassland, Blaze Orange, Heaven Guard, VariCamo Blue, Entombed, XOXO, Seasons, Tranquility, Bone Machine, Incinegator, Teclu Burner, Black Tie, Zombie Offensive, Watchdog), Nova (Baroque Orange, Hyper Beast, Green Apple, Antique, Modern Hunter, Walnut, Forest Leaves, Graphite, Blaze Orange, Rising Skull, Tempest, Bloomstick, Interlock, Quick Sand, Moon in Libra, Clean Polymer, Red Quartz, Toy Soldier), MAG-7 (Insomnia, Cinqueda, Counter Terrace, Prism Terrace, Memento, Chainmail, Hazard, Justice, Bulldozer, Silver, Core Breach, Firestarter, Praetorian, Heat, Hard Water, Monster Call, BI83 Spectrum, SWAG-7), M249 (Humidor, Shipping Forecast, Blizzard Marbleized, Downtown, Jungle DDPAT, Nebula Crusader, Impact Drill, Emerald Poison Dart), Negev (Mjölnir, Anodized Navy, Palm, Power Loader, Bratatat, CaliCamo, Phoenix Stencil, Infrastructure, Boroque Sand), Wear - Factory New (FN), Minimal Wear (MW), Field-Tested (FT), Well-Worn (WW), Battle-Scarred (BS), Stickers Holo/Foil/Gold - Katowice 2014, Krakow 2017, Howling Dawn, Katowice 2015, Crown, London 2018, Cologne 2014, Boston 2018, Atlanta 2017, Cluj-Napoca 2015, DreamHack 2014, King on the Field, Harp of War, Winged Difuser, Cologne 2016, Cologne 2015, MLG Columbus 2016, Katowice 2019, Berlin 2019, RMR 2020, Stockholm 2021, Antwerp 2022, Swag Foil, Flammable foil, Others - Souvenirs, Agents, Pins, Passes, Gifts, Music Kits, Cases, Keys, Capsules, Packages, Patches

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The Critic
Alastor Vyle was an empty, pathetic, mediocre man with an inflated ego. He was the type of bully who avoided introspection by criticizing others. In particular, he liked to criticize creative people. He had never produced anything creative himself, but he took satisfaction from tearing down the work of others. He would pretend to have high standards and superior knowledge, but really he had very little idea of what he was talking about. If his opinions failed to match reality, it didn't matter to him, because constructive criticism was never the point. It was always about hurling insults and accusations at another person until he destroyed their self confidence. His narcissism made him feel like making someone else give up on their passions somehow granted him a victory. Every time he broke someone down, his greatest hope was that they would commit suicide, so his insults were always aimed directly at destroying his victim's self worth.
Maybe Alastor's failure as a human being was rooted in his relationship with his abusive father, or perhaps it stemmed from the fact that his mother had taken methamphetamines more than a couple of times while she was pregnant with him. In any case, he had failed to learn basic respect for others. He was always concerned only for himself, his own reputation as a dominant man, and his own secret feelings of inadequacy. So, maybe that's why he missed the signs that he should have simply avoided confrontation with his last victim.
There are some creative people who are constantly worried about whether their art will be appreciated by other people. For them, harsh criticism can be devastating. These unfortunate ones have a tendency to elevate the worth of a critic's opinion, and let it shape their own decisions. They were Alastor's favorite targets. But, there is another type of creative person; the one that knows precisely what he is doing, and understands how to shape his own intentions, to shape reality to his own ends. This kind of man is never anyone else's prey. This kind of man ought never to be provoked, especially by some narcissistic blowhard with no skills of his own.
Alastor had been having a bit of a rough day. His supervisor at the box factory where he worked had told him that his performance was unsatisfactory, and if it didn't improve quickly, Alastor would be looking for another job. Then, the barista that he liked to hit on, at the coffee shop he always stopped at on the way home, told him in no uncertain terms that she was not interested in him. She insisted that she was never interested, would never be interested, and would report him to the authorities if he persisted in harassing her. He was in a foul mood when he arrived at his apartment. He wanted to let off some steam, to push down all those prickly feelings of failure. Briefly, he considered taking his baseball bat behind the building and finding an alley cat or possum to beat to death, but he had nearly been caught doing that just the week before. Internet trolling seemed the more attractive option. He sat back in his gaming chair and powered up the computer, then logged on to a website for amateur writers. Alastor had been a member of the site for more than two years, but had never contributed a single story. That wasn't why he was there. It was just his hunting ground.
He spent an hour or so downvoting perfectly fine stories by first time authors, leaving them nasty little critiques with no specific details. It felt good to him, but didn't really settle his rage as much as he wanted. For that, he wanted something bigger, that he could really chew up. After some more searching, he came across an unusually long story that seemed a bit more quirky than some of the others. It was a tale of ritual magic gone wrong, and the dense prose seemed almost to be a warning to the reader. Alastor didn't bother reading it all. Actually reading anything gave him a headache, and if it wasn't about him, it wasn't worth it. He just skimmed through the paragraphs looking for something to attack. He noted that the author seemed to make liberal use of common tropes, the style being an homage to the entire weird fiction milieu. He chuckled coldly to himself, having found his angle of assault. The review that he left was vicious, claiming the story to be a stupid, gross, waste of time. He made wild accusations of everything from plagiarism to slapping together a hodgepodge of nothings. He heaped on every insult he could think of, gleefully imagining the harm he was hoping to do to the author. When he was done, he read it through, out loud to himself, and laughed. He pressed the send button and closed the page. Then he moved on to his favorite porn site to celebrate.
An hour later, he noticed that he had received a notification from the writing website. He sneered. This ought to be good for a laugh, he thought. He clicked the message open. It was a short paragraph, from the author of the story Alastor had mocked. The language was strange to him, still English, but with many archaic words and phrases. The gist of it seemed to be something about balancing a scale and removing an obstacle or impediment of some kind, and that was it. He couldn't derive any further meaning from it. He didn't know how to respond, so he simply sent a derisive laughter emoji, and went to bed. It was unsettling, though, for some reason. Alastor did not sleep well.
The next morning did not see an improvement in his mood, or his luck. His cup of coffee tasted strange, and when he went to change out the grounds, he found the chamber full of cockroaches. Disgusted, he angrily tossed the whole coffeemaker into the trash can. He decided to go to work without coffee, or breakfast. When he got out to his car, the entire windshield was coated in bird excrement. A hundred or so starlings sat cackling on the electrical wires over the street. He flipped them an obscene gesture. Alastor didn't have time to wash the car properly. He just used the windshield spray and wipers, which made a smeary mess before running out of fluid. Cursing with every choice word he knew, he got out and wiped the driver's portion of windshield with a used fast food napkin that he found in the crack of the passenger seat. The drive to work was more stressful than usual. It didn't get much better after he arrived. From the moment he clocked in, his boss was riding him hard, and Alastor wasn't feeling up to dealing with it. By lunchtime, he was wound up tight. The supervisor made one more disparaging comment, and Alastor snapped. His screaming fit of rage could be heard throughout the building. The dirtiness of the names he called that man was almost eloquent. Naturally, he was fired on the spot, and escorted to his car by security.
He screamed obscenities non stop, as he drove away, for the next three minutes. Still seething, he decided to stop at his usual coffee shop. The line wasn't long, so he started to relax, just a tiny bit. When it was his turn, he stepped up to the counter and ordered a tall black coffee with a cheese danish, without looking at the barista. He heard a muffled sound, and looked at her. It was the same girl that he usually hit on, and she was looking at him with disgust. Belatedly, he remembered what she had told him about leaving her alone. He should've gone somewhere else for his coffee, but now it was too late. He told her that he hadn't known she would be there, and to just get him his blasted coffee. He couldn't keep the stress and anger out of his voice. The next thing he knew, he was being pulled away from the counter by a very large, very strong, security guard. Soon after, the police arrived. They talked to the barista, her manager, and the security guard, all within ten minutes. Then they drove him off to lockup. He kept telling them it was just a mistake, that he hadn't meant any harm, but they were not inclined to listen. When they left him alone in the cell, they didn't even apologize for the bodily filth left by the previous occupant.
Flies buzzed around the cell, dozens of them breeding in the filth. They pestered him all night long, landing on his face, his neck, his hands and arms, biting and buzzing. He slapped at them, but it did no good. As he lay on the bench, hating his life, one of the blasted things flew up his nose. He coughed, spit, snorted, and blew his nose forcefully, trying to expell the cursed thing, but nothing came out other than sputum. He covered his face with his shirt and lay still, resigned to misery for the remainder of the night.
Morning arrived, and Alastor was released before breakfast. He was the incarnation of wretchedness. His car had been impounded, and he spent several hours reclaiming it. When he opened the driver's door, a large rat leapt out and bit his arm. He threw the rat to the ground and stomped on it hard. He lifted his foot for another stomp, but the rat managed to escape. Alastor drove home, not even thinking of going to the hospital for the rat bite. He locked himself in his apartment, filled the tub with hot water, then lowered himself into it's warm, wet embrace, with a cold bottle of beer in one hand, and another sitting on the floor. He tried to relax in the hot water, but his skin was itchy. He scrubbed at himself with bar soap and a loufa. His distracted thoughts kept running back to that weird message from the author. He couldn't remember the words, no matter how he tried. His mind was spinning. He kept thinking about stories he had read, and movies he had seen, wherein the main character realized that he was a work of fiction, and met his author, or something similar. God, there were so many of them. Why were there so many stories about writing that makes reality? What was that about, and why did it deserve to be it's own trope?
The itching was getting worse. Alastor scratched at his chest with his fingernails. The skin felt lumpy, and something was moving underneath. Alastor stared in horror as small lesions began to form all over his exposed skin. Fat white maggots smeared in his blood wriggled out of the lesions, only to immediately bite down into the surrounding flesh. Terrified screams escaped his throat, expelling maggots and sputum onto his chest. Weeping profusely, he tried furiously to wash away the maggots with bathwater. More of them emerged. Thousands more, in rapid succession, eating their way out of his skin until it was gone, and he was horribly alive, watching it all helplessly. The maggots writhed and chewed, devouring muscle and sinew, while Alastor's brain witnessed everything through his untouched eyes. Finally, he realized the truth. It was a curse. The author had written this fate for him, and trapped him in this story by some sort of spell. It was insane, but nothing else could explain all that had happened. He had brought down a curse on himself, with his arrogance, selfishness, and rudeness. It had never occurred to him that someone could hurt him with words on a screen.
Alastor Vyle saw his own end, as a rightful consequence of his hateful words directed at a stranger. Unfortunately for him, he had chosen a stranger that fought back, and had the power to make him pay.

There's no Datamine megathread, even like four hours after the datamine (EDIT: but naturally like ten minutes after I posted this), so fine, separate thread it is! Admittedly, I have not actually been logging into the game the last few days. But my limited interest in the daily in and out of the game doesn't stop my interest in its development and its new characters, and I know lots of people like having this analysis.
As usual, I may misread information, as it's well past midnight, so please let me know of any mistakes so I can correct them. Also also, any time it comes to exact damage numbers, I'm clueless - other people handle that math, so while I might be able to give a good 'sense' of them, don't expect full accuracy. Consider this an introduction, not a perfect analysis.

Steven (Special Costume) & Stoutland (Shiny)

Cheren's Replacement is a Normal Tech. He is like a better Classic Red, designed around helping a single ally shine. His opening Tackle in battle will inflict a Variable Rebuff 1 based on the target's weakness, and gives the party status immunity for good measure. He then has a few tools: Super Effective Up for an ally is welcome by lots of units (though more can give themselves it these days, it is a sync multiplier!). His other TM adds Spd +2 and Phys Next Up 3 to an ally for non-sync turns. And he can also use B Leer 3 times, as long as a rebuffed target is around; this inflicts AoE PAtk, PDef, and Spd -2, as well as Restrain and Can't Dodge. And for good measure if he tackles a unit who can't dodge, he can buff party speed, because sure. Why not. Steven might not have the big fat numbers people usually associate with modern techs, but he is going to be a super welcome ally any time you want to make another unit's numbers get fat, especially if they're physical, and is easily the star unit this month.
Wanna go all in? 2/5 adds a 50% confusion to Tackle, MP Refresh for his super useful TMs, sandstorm support (sure, why not), Auto Party Speed +1, and help with gauge generation and chances of self PDef/SDef buffing when tackling; the MP refreshes are definitely the focus here. 3/5 ups his TM to Phys Next +4, gives Adrenaline 2 (give him another through Lucky Skills to shave an entire cycle!), lets his own sync give stuff like free move next and MP refreshes, a sync damage bonus against restrained foes (this won't make it nearly as good as you expect from techs though), and adds flinch and accuracy debuffs to tackle when hitting units after B Leer. Honestly you could absolutely just leave Steven at 1/5 and be perfectly fine, but the extra sync cycle skip at 3/5 and further damage buffs are going to be super welcome for a lot of people.

Shauna (Special Costume) & Klefki

Steel Support. Brings the always welcome Potions, and a TM that gives party Status Move Defense and Debuff Defense, as well as party Crit +2; both of these also give herself PDef and SDef +1. She then fills the time with Mirror Shot or, more likely, the 1-gauge Tackle. But every time she uses an attacking move, she inflicts a random stat -1 to the target to give a +1 to the entire party for it. Oh, and this random stat steal occurs every time she's hit, too, though that stolen buff only goes to her. And that's... the whole of it. This over time stat stealing is absolutely focused towards longer form fights like Legendary Arenas, where it will have lots of time to be really powerful; not sure she'll be all that useful for champion stadiums at base though.
2/5 adds the usual potion nodes, upgrades Mirror Shot to a 60% accuracy debuff, gives auto regen and party PAtk/SAtk +1 options, and adds a 50% chance of Trap on hits to add some free chip damage. 3/5 fills out those Potion nodes, adds Reflect to her TM, gives auto-Endure, adds a party All Stats +1 after her first sync, and doubles down on her stat stealing - both on defense and on offense (though the extra offensive steal is only 50%). All those extra tools definitely will help her party out if you're trying to use her in faster settings, so she'll probably feel like she 'needs' it a little more than most limited supports.

Zinnia (Special Costume) & Thievul

Dark Tech. She has X Attack All and a 2-use TM that gives Debuff Immunity temporarily, as well as Eva +1 and Crit +2. I started by mentioning those because her first TM use in battle, whichever you choose, also inflicts Dark Rebuff 1 on all foes. Then she has Crunch, but also a 1-use B Night Slash (just requires something to be dark rebuffed to use), which is a high damage attack that always hits, is guaranteed crit, steals enemy stat buffs, and temporarily inflicts a new effect, No Stat Increase to the enemy field, preventing them from benefiting from TMs. Her sync multiplier is based off her own buffs, while a passive also gives her Free Move Next when hitting unbuffed foes. A natural Vigilance rounds it out. One of many 'mess up the enemy buffs' units, but in a new way that will make her a welcome ally to anyone trying to maximize the damage of, say, Lear or SS Korrina's Sync, and timing that B Night Slash well might really trivialize some fights actually. Not a must have, but a neat one.
Take her to 2/5 and her TM also gives her a random stat buff, Crunch becomes a 60% PDef debuff, and she can get some small buffs like Eva +3 and Supereffective Next Up when dropped to critical, or after her first sync. As you expect from a tech, 3/5 is big stuff. Crunch gets an entire extra PDef drop, then she gets move buffs for lowered PDef and opponents having no boosted stats, and fat sync multipliers for her own buffs and enemy missing debuffs, much like what makes Lear's sync number huge. There's also some other small boons like a 70% chance to flinch when the target is unbuffed and Extension for the No Stat Increases effect, so she's more likely to be able to take advantage of all these things. As is tradition for a tech, her utility is at 1/5, and her damage mode is locked behind 3/5.

Lyra (Special Costume) & Phanpy

Not what I expected out of this event. Ground Support with pretty fat natural defenses. Her personal TM is party PAtk +1, PDef +3, and gives her the same type resistance effect as Thorton, which is a good effect for a tank, Thorton's just not a great unit so it's not made much of a mark up to this point. She also packs Mini Potion All to help the party, so she'll be great for surviving physical fights. Beyond that, she has 1-gauge Mud Shot to debuff accuracy, or Earthquake for AoE to proc her other special advantage - Ground Rebuff 1 on her first hit on targets in combat. She also buffs the party's PAtk by 1 whenever she's hit, and when she uses her first sync in battle gives the party a Phys Moves +1. All around a very solid anti-phys support or general ground amplifier, especially if you're not keen on sandstorm or don't have Excadrill.
Wanna give her duplicates? 2/5 adds Speed debuffs to Earthquake, Potion MP refreshing, some Sandstorm buffs (she's naturally able to get immunity), and Sterner Stuff 2 to reduce damage further when hit physically, as well as a 30% chance of free move when hit. 3/5 adds master healer and more MP refresh to mini potion, boosts her TM to +2 PAtk, and gives natural access to Vigilance, as well as First Aid 4, party crit buffing when using a move, auto party SDef +2, and Protect after using her sync. Overall both of her upgrades add a good chunk, with 3/5 making her able to buff a wider variety of stats; nothing mandatory but nothing most players would turn down either.

Lorelei (Variety) & Cloyster

I'mma be real: Variety scouts could just be Spotlights and it would be better for the game. Anyway, Ice Support, a pretty rare type. Her 1 use TM is party PDef +4, Crit +2, and Endure; then she also brings X Attack All, Protect, and a 2-gauge filler. That filler is pretty strong for a support due to a guaranteed 5-hit Icicle Spear, but it's still support offensive stats - the kicker is that each individual hit has a 50% chance of generating a move gauge refresh and a 30% chance of self healing. She does have the physical bulk for that to matter too... but it's not exactly a stellar kit, is it, especially without maxing any of those stats she buffs either.
Duplicates do help. 2/5 gives her TM a refresh that makes it much better, lets X Attack All buff her speed a bit, and interestingly adds a 20% chance per hit speed debuff to Icicle Spear, as well as a bit of Hailstorm assistance (immunity is at 1/5) and an automatic Reflect when she hits low HP. 3/5 lets X Attack All buff PDef if you don't want to rely on the MP refresh, adds innate Vigilance, plus First Aid 4 and Auto Regen for much more bulk. It also further adds 20% PDef debuff chance to each hit of Icicle Spear, and lets her Sync partly heal the party and give Phys Next Up 1 after its first use. All these upgrades do make her a more interesting support with a more complete kit; but while I won't say she needs 3/5, it sure feels like she will to be worth paying attention to.

Bruno (Variety) & Onix

Rock Support feels pretty rare. He brings the always welcome Dire Hit All +, and a 1-use TM (though with MP refresh at 1/5) with party PAtk +2, PDef +6, and Phys Next Up 1. This is backed up with Screech for -2 PDef filler, or Rock Throw if you need just 1 gauge. This is rounded out with Auto-Endure, party Speed buffs whenever hit, and extra damage reduction against physical moves. And... yep. That's it. There's nothing wrong with this kit, but even as nice as defensive buffers with debuffs are (hi BP Clemont)... well, let's say that this kind of unit being limited is part of why I'm falling out of love with the game.
But if you're a mega fan of Bruno's muscles, does it get better with dupes? 2/5 adds Speed buffing on the TM and at battle start, extra defense against electric attacks, and usual support 2/5 stuff like Quick Cure. 3/5 adds party PAtk buffs to Rock Throw, guaranteed 2 gauge refill on Screech so it's basically free, party Regen on the TM, a 30% chance to retain Endure, and Protect and Party Phys Next Up 1 after sync. ....so, uh, no, it doesn't really get that much better with dupes. Again, I'll stress - still a useable unit, but this is the least impressed I've been with a unit in a long time. At least Lorelei does interesting things with Icicle Spear.

Steven (Lodge) & Cradily

Everyone knew it would happen eventually. Rock Tech, and our second Stealth Rock unit - though frankly anyone who has used Bertha knows how unimpressive that is; he does get Accel the first time he does it, and his sync is keyed off it being active, but that's still not much better. His TM is self SAtk +2, SDef +2, and self Endure, which isn't bad. He has Ancient Power, but also Acid, which thanks to a passive is a 1-gauge move with 50% SDef debuffing, which isn't the worst either. Natural extra defense against water also rounds out the kit. Fill out his grid and you can add some other buffs to Stealth Rock (self Crit Next and Supereffective Next help a sync a lot actually alongside a sync multiplier for some solid numbers), and more SpAtk buffing to his TM. You can make Ancient Power a 90% self omnibuff, which is kinda cool too I guess, as well as gaining a 30% flinch on whichever attack you'd rather, and some general move damage ups that probably won't save his low base power. Again, everyone who has tried using Bertha knows how mediocre Stealth Rock is, but he has a fairly spicy nuke capability and the Ancient Power gimmick is cute, even if he can't leverage most of those stats. Not a unit you'll chase the original Steven for though.

Buffs To Old Units

• Caitlin & Reuniclus will be receiving the traditional Masters Day 5* unit buff. 1/5 gains completely free SpAtk and Speed buffs. 2/5 adds Crit +2 to her TM, and a move damage boost based on SpAtk buffs. Finally, 3/5 adds Sync Power Flux for a multiplier, and Free Move Next every time she lands a supereffective Move, which will help a lot with her low speed. Is this gonna be transformative? I doubt it... but it's also sure nothing she'll turn down; pretty much any attacker would want to have that. She's still kinda gotta struggle against the fact Giovanni exists though.
  
• Steven & Metagross get their Pokefair rerun expansion. 2/5 adds flinch immunity, but also Tough Sync 3 for some extra punch. 4/5 adds the relatively useless Protect After First Sync, but does also add an AoE PDef -2 after using his sync, which isn't too bad but is nothing super urgent. 5/5 adds Vigilance (still at 10 energy cost), or a guaranteed flinch on your Bullet Punches. Unlike some of the more recent 5/5 expansions, this is relatively chill and not a 'must have' to make the unit succeed. The damage boost is down at 2/5, the extra stuff is just some extra icing options.
  

And that's... mostly it? Or it would be, but EXes just got added to a ton of units. Note that minus the first one we'll cover, all these units don't have new outfits - but they do have access to the buff of becoming an EX.

• Roxanne & Probopass will get their EX (with outfit!) on Masters Day. Roxanne's already one of the better F2P supports; she'll absolutely love the extra tanking stats from going to 6* though and the boosted sync buff from Supports is always welcome.
  
• Bugsy & Scyther need a goddamn rerun already, but hey, he gets his EX! His phys-assisting kit might be aging, but a support EX helps him achieve his goal quite a bit!
  
• All BP Units are getting their EXes. Of note, the Supports obviously are super welcome, because Support EX is always solid. The others? Ehhh. Erika is a toxic stall unit, where sync damage doesn't matter much to start with. Then, the others - Zinnia, Candice, and especially Karen - don't have excellent syncs to begin with. You could make a case for Sophocles though; his sync is actually alright and adding AoE makes it much easier for him to finish a fight before recoil takes him out.
  
• All Lodge Units will also be receiving their EXes. Again, the Supports obviously love this. However, many of the Lodge attackers also have acceptable syncs to begin with - Silver, Rose, N, Marnie, and especially Serena have syncs that already break the 2m raw damage threshold, and sure wouldn't mind getting stronger. The rest aren't that impressive, sadly.
  
• Finally, The Eeveelution Trio (Lucas & Flareon, Kris & Jolteon, and Lyra & Vaporeon) from the first Variety Scout are also getting their EXes. I know not many pulled for these units, which fair - but anyone who grabbed any of these and raised them to 3/5 probably knows that they actually had some very high damage syncs even without an EX. And I mean that - Flareon actually has the third strongest Fire sync, and this should easily move him to second place, only behind the insane SS May. If you invested into these units, go the extra mile for the EX and watch them soar.
  

So, over the last few months, I (30M) have been sort of scrambling to try quite a variety of things that I've felt I never got to do for some reason or another. I've also been quite a homebody in the last 3-4 years or so. However, with many of them, I guess I've been focusing more on the end goal as opposed to the actual process of getting there. I've been throwing them on my calendar wherever space aways, and doing so to fit them within the year. My peers fear I may eventually lose focus, but I'd like to find a way to make sure that that won't happen.
For instance, some of the things I've committed to so far are:

• Building a personal website
• Building a video game (coding, design, story, and all)
• Getting a gym membership
• Hosting & traveling A LOT
• MANY house projects
• Taking music lessons
• Writing poetry

However, I'm also trying to find time (and the confidence) to also squeeze in the following:

• Get a motorcycle license
• Planning out a move to a new state
• Take dance classes
• Take film/media/production classes
• Take improv classes

All of the above are purely for fun, and I have no intention of turning them into a job of any sort. But, there is also one more thing. I recently got into a graduate certificate program, but the job it is focused on pays less than my current job, and I'd have to start completely over from the beginning if I ultimately took the role somewhere. I was excited about this back when I applied because my current job was wearing me down, but now, I'm wondering if it is worth the money to take that step.
Many of my goals are simply to meet people and make friends, to do things I wasn't allowed to do as a child, or to simply get out of the house more. However, at some point in life, I'd like to find a place where all of these endeavors will make sense together. I had a few dreams in my youth of major projects I wanted to put together, but I didn't go after them because I felt they may be embarrassing to go after. And now, while I'm fairly certain that I can't reach those goals now, maybe I could do something with them on a smaller scale.
So, is there a way you'd suggest organizing the above to prevent burning out? Are there any goals you think are ultimately a waste of time and money? Are there any ways to combine the above, so rather than having 3-4 classes, I can just take 1-2? Any advice would be appreciated!

This is part 3 of a week long game we started early in the week.
Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/useJamesonRhymecomments/123swtw/about_6_dates_to_marry_first_date_the_picnic_who/
Part 2: https://www.reddit.com/useJamesonRhymecomments/124em91/6_dates_to_marry_second_date_disneyworld_who/)
But to recap, I’m fixing you up on a blind date with 6 people. Each day, you will eliminate the contestant you are least interested in. At the end of the week, we’ll see who democracy has chosen for you.
Yesterday, the sub eliminated Penn.
You called Penn up to break the news, and thankfully they were understanding.
“I’m sorry to hear that, Redditor. I rather enjoyed our chats. You’re a great hang, but I understand. I’ve been single for a while so what’s a little while longer? I’m sure I’ll find the one soon and I hope you do too. Thanks for two great dates- you’re top notch.”
For the third round, your dates are taking you out to someplace that they love and you’ll get to experience a bit of what makes them tick.
Select the person you’d like to eliminate and tomorrow, you will go on a fourth date with the remaining 3 people. You can also revisit the links up top to review the first and second dates if you want to refresh on your previous experience with each of the remaining prospects.

Jessen

“Hey there’s an open window. That’s perfect, let’s go in!”
Jessen leads you through a busted out window into the cement decay of an abandoned building that looks like it hasn’t been inhabited since the 70’s.
“Are you sure this is okay?” you ask.
“Totally! I do this all the time. I love finding new abandoned buildings to explore and see what I find. It’s like modern archeology. My parents don’t know though, so don’t say anything if you meet them.”
“Sure. How did you get into this?”
“Mmm. That parts kinda weird. But long story short, I used to cut myself a lot when I was really depressed. I’d come to places like this because nobody was here. But don’t worry, that’s all in my past now. These days I just explore and mess around. You can throw a brick at a wall or break a window and who cares. It’s just fun. Wanna try it? Take this rock and throw it at anything.”
“Uh…ok.”
You take the rock and half-heartedly throw it at a cinema poster on the wall.
“See. Who cares, right? Wasn’t that fun?” Jessen then walks over and kicks a small filing cabinet over.
“Take that, you stupid filing cabinet!” Jessen says laughing. “I’ve been trying to learn to look at the bright parts of life. But sometimes it feels good to kick over a filing cabinet.”
You guys spend an hour or so there talking about life. You learn that Jessen is a receptionist at a dentist’s office, but doesn’t really like the job, but also doesn’t know what else they’d do. Money is not an issue because they live at home and their parents cover a lot. So for now, Jessen is just killing time in life.

Brux

You’ve found yourself at a nice park on the outskirts of town. Sitting on a bench facing a large green area, Brux hands you some fabric and a needle and begins teaching you how to knit.
“It’s a little tricky at first, but you’ll get the hang of it,” Brux assures.
“So you knit here a lot?”
“When I can. It’s super peaceful and I like the fresh air.”
“Don’t take this the wrong way, but I’m surprised you’re into knitting. You don’t seem like one of those fashion-obsessed types.”
Brux smirks lightly. “You calling me a slob?”
“No, no, I-“
“Relax, I know you didn’t mean anything by it. Some things are more about the process than the result.”
“I guess you have a ‘point’ there!” you say, making a mock stabbing gesture toward Brux with your needle. But in a flash, Brux drops everything, grabs your needle hand, bending it behind your back, and shoves your torso toward your knees. After a second, they release their grip and apologize profusely.
“I’m so sorry!! It was a total reflex, I didn’t mean to do that! Please forgive me,” Brux says with a heavy blush as they help you back upright.
“Okay sure…but you need to tell me what’s up. Last time we met, you Houdini’d my wallet out of my pocket without me ever feeling a thing. Today you Bruce Lee’d me into a pretzel in the space of one second. I get that it was a reflex, but not a lot of people have that reflex. What’s the deal here???”
“It’s actually just from work.”
“Work?”
“I’m a stunt double. I work on films and stuff. My specialty is martial arts, so I stand in for a lot of the female macho types.”
“What?? Why am I just hearing this?”
“I don’t like to tell people because then they get all weird and start asking about celebrities and whatever. But I’m not a big red carpet type. It’s just a job for me. My parents put me in martial arts from an early age and I got scouted at a tournament and so I started taking film gigs because…money. But it’s not my identity. Sitting here on a bench with my yarns and good company is more my speed.”

Blue

And now for something complete different. After the blast you guys had at Disneyworld, this was a total contrast.
“Alright, we’re here!” Blue says as they park their SUV in a space beside a mountain. “This is the best hike in town!”
Blue then takes a swig of their energy drink and belches loudly as you guys open your car doors to get out. That burp sounded way louder than it needed to.
“Wow, you’re a rugged one, aren’t you?” you comment.
“I guess! I do a lot of camping and hiking and all that.”
Finally! That was the perfect segue to bring up that burning issue that’s been in the back of your mind. Sure, Blue was a sculpture-ready work of art, but that first date…
“Oh, so you do a lot of outdoor stuff? I guess that skill came in handy for that, uh, accident at the picnic the other day. I’m so glad you weren’t sick or anything. I was worried.”
“Accident? I didn’t have an accident. I took a dump. Just like everyone does- and a fat one at that!” they said with a comically exaggerated wink and a click of the tongue.
“But right behind a tree?” you say, trying to force a laugh so things don’t get too awkward.
“Life’s too short to hold onto energy. You see the peak on that mountain? That’s the challenge. You see this apple and granola bar? This is energy. Energy in, energy out, keep moving. Anyway, I grew up in a house with a dad and three brothers. We were always outdoors. But I’m kinda the high-fiber, water guzzling health nut in the family. My dad always jokes that my dog should carry a plastic baggie for me when we go out! But anyway, I’m human. I poop. Who cares. Now let’s get going- I’m about to take you on the best hike of your life and I can’t wait to see the smile on your face!”
Blue lets out a roar as they grab your hand and drag you toward the trailhead.
One thing about Blue you noticed is that they are always overflowing with energy. But they were a great hiking guide and knew all about the types of animals and plants you encountered. Blue shared lots of survivalist info and you could tell they were a master of the outdoors. You knew from previous conversations that they were a department store model and cashier at Abercrombie & Fitch, but you learned today that they’re in training to become a wilderness survival guide specializing in beginners who, as Blue described, “have never experienced the pure awesomeness of nature”.

Naeve

You didn’t even need a car. Naeve had you meet them in a rougher part of town and you set out down the street on foot. Soon, you understand why Naeve told you to dress down a bit. Naeve as usual is wearing thrifted indie clothing, so no change was necessary for them.
“I want you to meet some of my buds around here.” they say as they led you to a tent up the way.
“This is Jim. He’s the funniest guy you’ll ever meet.”
Jim is a homeless guy with a friendly smile. He’s been homeless since the Pandemic and Naeve occasionally brings him food when possible. Over the next couple hours, you accompany Naeve, meeting the homeless of all walks of life. You learn that Naeve was homeless for a few months, but they didn’t even seem to mind it that much. Now they live in a rent-controlled apartment near the homeless encampment but still stays in touch with the others and does everything possible to encourage local restaurants and grocery stores to donate food that’s about to go to waste. Naeve also participates in local activism to help reduce homelessness in the city and pass socially focused legislation.
“See, that’s what I call a perfect exchange,” Naeve said. “We had a great time, met some cool cats, and it didn’t cost us a dime. People today waste too much money. The world is already free entertainment!”
One thing you notice about Naeve is that they don’t need good looks to feel confident. They may be on the lower end of average, but they have a knack for relating to anyone and matching their energy. They kept you included in all the conversations and by the end, you felt really knowledgeable about a portion of society you didn’t know anything about.
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Hi there, writing to you from Melbourne Australia.
Image 1 - top down view https://imgur.com/Qa2cPOO
Image 2 - ground up view https://imgur.com/ZFsm6a2
Image 3 - perspective view https://imgur.com/mh2AbMy
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We moved into a new house, has a newly renovated bathroom.
What we discovered is that running between the vanity and the inbuilt bath/shower is a small gap. No worries, looks odd, but ok. Dont understand why they put the vanity so close to the bath like this while still leaving a gap. Either join them up, or have a "good size" gap. But whatever, is what it is.
However.... The issue is, running down the wall (ie vertically, from the top of the bath to the tiles on the floor), there is no caulking done. It is just a small gap in the tiles. It is hard to see, but if you look at Image 1 and 2, you can see that the caulking/sealing has been done to a point, then it is just a gap that runs up vertically against the wall, alongside the vanity and bath (ie against the wall itself). Note I am not here refering to the obvious gap in Image 3 (will come to this later).
We are worried that water can spill over from the vanity sink (we have a little one who likes to make a mess), run down the side of the vanity in that gap, and then find it's way into the area that isnt caulked/sealed. Meaning over the long term we get water in behind the wall tiles.
I hope that makes sense, I'm not super technical in my descriptions.
We had a caulkesealer come in to see if they had some sort of super long/thin caulking piece that could get in there and run up and down along the wall, but they didnt.
We also cant really remove the vanity, because that has been caulked/sealed into the wall itself (plus the stone top/ in built sink. Seems like quite a big undertaking for such a small thing.
So I am thinking the path of least resistence is to put some sort of cover over the gap between the vanity and the bath (ie the real obvious small gap in Image 3 that runs horizontally from the wall to the edge of the vanity on the left).
However, I dont know what i could really put there. I suspect some sort of piece of plastic or something I could lay on top? Would be keen for any ideas. OR if this is a terrible idea, perhaps a reasonable alternative?
Sorry if this is a silly and basic question, however I dont really have anyone to ask or experience with this. Just a bit stressed on this idea of water getting into the walls.
Anyway, really appreciate it if you read this far. Thank you so much.
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Edit, sorry for the gross bottom up view, I guess thats the issue with a floating vanity :)

Hi guys,
I need some advice on my situation. My Plex Media Server runs on my server and have access to the Unraid NAS, so two different machines. This is my main setup now. My Unraid NAS is capable to run Plex Media Server and had done it for some year but my server is much better for performance.
Now, I need to free some space on my NAS, and I have two external HDD attached to it. One is for backup of the NAS and I won't use it for other purpose. The second one is new and simply there for storage and I'm thinking to use it to store "watched" series/movies that I don't need on my main NAS.
I will move the folders of watched series/movie from the NAS to the new HDD but, how can I managed it when needed? Should I add a specific library like "watched stuff" on my main PMS into a new library that point to the usb HDD on the NAS or shall be better to run a second instance on PMS on the NAS only to get access to the old stuff?

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This is the 4th post in a series about writing a chess engine for the Arduino platform. Here are the first, second and third posts.
This is a quick update about some of the data structure and algorithmic changes that I am making as I clean up the program and implement the minimax algorithm. I came up with this structure yesterday and it works extremely well in terms of the speed improvements and the reduction of the RAM requirements of the program.
Throughout the code there are a lot of places where we need to convert from the board index (0-63) and the row and column that the location represents using one or more of these formulas:

 // convert a column and row into a board index index = col + row * 8; // convert a board index to the column col = index % 8; // or col = index & 7; // convert a board index to the row col = index / 8; // or col = (index >> 3) & 7; 

So the code is full of places where all 3 variables (index, col, and row) are needed just in order to calculate these values. This also takes up extra stack space or executes calculations that I wish I didn't have to pay for in terms of the memory used and the additional runtime execution. So I came up with this data structure:

/** * @brief conv1_t struct represents a single chess piece location in 8 bits. * * The struct cleverly packs the data for a chess piece location into 2 bytes. It * uses a union of two structures to allow for easy access to the data in two * different formats. The first structure, pt, is a bitfield that is laid out as * † follows: * * 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 * +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+ * col row type side * +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+ * * The second structure, ndx, is laid out as follows: * * 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 * +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+ * index type side * +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+ * * The idea behind the design is that the col and row fields are easily accessed * when scanning the chess board in row-major order, while the index field is * easily accessed when looping over an array of pieces. Additionally, assigning * to the col, row, or index fields automatically / magically performs the * calculations `index = col + row * 8` and `col = ndx % 8, row = index / 8` * implicitly, thanks to the clever use of the union and the resulting alignment * of the bitfields! * * Let me say that again: The math and conversion between the (col,row) * pairs and the 0 - 63 index automatically happens without having to apply * the `index = col + row * 8`, `col = index % 8`, or the `row = index / 8` * expressions! To understand this realize that dividing by 8 or multiplying by * 8 is the same operation as shifting a value 3 bits up or down. By aligning * the bitfields the way we are, we are forcing the 3 bits that store the row * to implicitly be 3 bits to the left of the col bitfield when viewed from * perspective of the ndx.index field! Man I love programming haha, and binary * numbers are cool! * * The struct provides a set of getter and setter methods to safely access the * bit fields, as well as constructors to initialize the values of the fields. * * Forcing all access to go through the the setters and getters is not just * there to ensure that the fields cannot be accessed except through the * methods; they serve a higher purpose. All bitfields should be able to be * accessed in two bitwise assembly instructions: A shift operation (<< or >>) * and a masking AND instruction. By providing these accessors we guarantee * that all code produced by the compiler will use two assembly instructions per * access worst-case when accessing any of these fields. Without this it is * possible for the compiler to generate some inefficient code such as loading * the entire structure into memory just to perform an operation on one of the * fields and then throwing the temporary stack object away. * * † The actual layout with respect to the order of the fields in memory is * up to the compiler based on the processor architecture. The intent and * optimal storage is still achieved however regardless of the order in * physical memory. * */ struct conv1_t { private: union { struct { uint8_t col : 3, ///< The column value of the position. row : 3, ///< The row value of the position. type : 3, ///< The type of piece (pawn, knight, etc.) at the position. side : 1; ///< The side (white or black) of the piece at the position. } pt; ///< A struct used to compactly store the values and to access /// the member fields of the union in a type-safe manner. struct { uint8_t index : 6, ///< The index of the position in the board array. type : 3, ///< The type of piece (pawn, knight, etc.) at the position. side : 1; ///< The side (white or black) of the piece at the position. } ndx; ///< A struct used to compactly store the values and to access /// the member fields of the union in a type-safe manner. } u; ///< A union used to store the position information in two /// different ways, for different use cases. public: conv1_t() : u{ 0, 0, Empty, Black } {} conv1_t(uint8_t index) { u.ndx.index = index; u.ndx.type = Empty; u.ndx.side = Black; } conv1_t(uint8_t index, uint8_t type, uint8_t side) { u.ndx.index = index; u.ndx.type = type; u.ndx.side = side; } conv1_t(uint8_t col, uint8_t row) : u{ col, row, Empty, Black } {} /** * @brief Setters for the structure. * */ void set_index(uint8_t value) { u.ndx.index = value; } void set_col(uint8_t value) { u.pt.col = value; } void set_row(uint8_t value) { u.pt.row = value; } void set_type(uint8_t value) { u.pt.type = u.ndx.type = value; } void set_side(uint8_t value) { u.pt.side = u.ndx.side = value; } /** * @brief Getters for the structure. * */ uint8_t get_index() const { return u.ndx.index; } uint8_t get_col() const { return u.pt.col; } uint8_t get_row() const { return u.pt.row; } uint8_t get_type() const { return u.pt.type; } uint8_t get_side() const { return u.pt.side; } }; // conv1_t /** * @brief Struct representing a chess move. * * The struct contains two `conv1_t` members, `from` and `to`, representing the * starting and ending positions of the move, respectively. */ struct conv2_t { private: conv1_t from, to; public: conv2_t() : from(), to() {} conv2_t(uint8_t from_index, uint8_t to_index) : from(from_index), to(to_index) {} conv2_t(uint8_t from_col, uint8_t from_row, uint8_t to_col, uint8_t to_row) : from(from_col, from_row), to(to_col, to_row) {} conv2_t(const conv1_t& from_, const conv1_t& to_) : from(from_), to(to_) {} void set_from_index(uint8_t value) { from.set_index(value); } void set_from_col(uint8_t value) { from.set_col(value); } void set_from_row(uint8_t value) { from.set_row(value); } void set_from_type(uint8_t value) { from.set_type(value); } void set_from_side(uint8_t value) { from.set_side(value); } void set_to_index(uint8_t value) { to.set_index(value); } void set_to_col(uint8_t value) { to.set_col(value); } void set_to_row(uint8_t value) { to.set_row(value); } void set_to_type(uint8_t value) { to.set_type(value); } void set_to_side(uint8_t value) { to.set_side(value); } uint8_t get_from_index() const { return from.get_index(); } uint8_t get_from_col() const { return from.get_col(); } uint8_t get_from_row() const { return from.get_row(); } uint8_t get_from_type() const { return from.get_type(); } uint8_t get_from_side() const { return from.get_side(); } uint8_t get_to_index() const { return to.get_index(); } uint8_t get_to_col() const { return to.get_col(); } uint8_t get_to_row() const { return to.get_row(); } uint8_t get_to_type() const { return to.get_type(); } uint8_t get_to_side() const { return to.get_side(); } }; // conv2_t 

All the Best!
ripred

Dear reddit dating community,
I (33F) believe there is an age after which it becomes difficult to date if one is still living with ones parents. 30. Further more, for those of us who have moved out already and have gotten to the point of not having roommates either, potential dates who are still living at home are not attractive (in my opinion). Especially for females seeking males. I know I am not the only woman out there frustrated that so many great guys are still living with their parents. So if you are a single guy older than 30, living at home, I implore you on behalf of single self sufficient women every where, move out. It's time.
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i (26f) have a history of making excuses for other’s behavior and i’m nervous that i might be doing that exact thing here. i also recently got out of a bad (vanilla) LTR and i’m afraid that experience might be tainting my view of new dom (50m)
I met him on a dating site a few days ago. admittedly i jumped into meeting & starting a sexual relationship probably too quickly. before meeting we did discuss my limits, wishes and expectations. i am extremely inexperienced in general but especially in the bdsm scene and made that clear. i also mentioned that condoms were really important to me and he agreed he would use them and even laughed at me a bit saying he “would never expect someone to take me raw on day one”. he ended up “forgetting” to put the condom on. i was extremely shocked since we had literally just spoke a half hour prior about my preference for condoms and i couldn’t get myself to speak up. everything else was great and at two points during the night i got uncomfortable and asked to slow down he did without hesitation.
i’d talked myself into mostly believing him about having “forgotten” since he seemed genuinely apologetic afterwards, but yesterday when i voiced that i really, really wasn’t comfortable sending a specific video and that it would make me feel badly about myself he told me i would be upsetting him and “do it for daddy, you want to make daddy proud” and now i’m thinking that he knew exactly what he was doing and i feel really stupid and kinda gross
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Super Long Post! But this is a rather huge update that includes GitRepos.
I cover a lot of this stuff in my video found here - https://youtu.be/IxMLU15dUGw (It's like an hour long and goes over a lot of the stuff said here, before they even released this info. They even use some of the same stuff as evidence.)
Discord Link to info - To see the update in it's origional format. https://discord.com/channels/988365908009447485/988662112454836234/1090510064609140867
Full list of assets purchased to make Dark & Darker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16DjiRitUa_R3IkelPNKW0Q8F-H1KFuWXTxxw2q0SCQo/edit#gid=0
Git logs for the first year of development. The earliest entries start at the bottom of the document. It is a little embarrassing showing all our development mistakes and bugs but we believe that is further proof that Dark and Darker was built from the ground up. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qyRk3zyIMuwTOvL3E8zchxw9hiukpKWC/view?usp=sharing
- Although our company was officially founded in October 2021, our development logs go back to September 2021. This can be explained by our company history below.
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- A bit of background history regarding IRONMACE. Several of our founding members started work as a development team starting in September 2021. The members worked for more than a month in a shabby jiujitsu gym without pay using our own personal PCs as a test of our resolve and teamwork, and also because we had no investors. Once we realized that our members could form the foundations of a viable company, the company was formally founded in late October 2021. The original funds were quickly exhausted and IRONMACE almost went bankrupt as we were unable to acquire investors. Luckily members rallied together and collected funds from over twenty friends and families to bankroll the company for another couple months. This was also quickly exhausted and IRONMACE relied on outsourcing work unrelated to game development to help it survive another month. It was only through grueling meetings and countless, countless, countless rejections that IRONMACE was finally able to find brave VCs willing to fund the studio in 2022. The studio made it point to accept as little money as possible to stay hungry and motivated to get to the current point.
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1. Our Korean Response to the takedown claim - From Iron Mace
We are Iron Mace, a game developer in Korea developing the PC game Dark & Darker. Through this document, we will deal with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Take Down Notice (DMCA Take Down Notice) filed against us by Nexon Korea Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Nexon”), and our position on allegations of copyright infringement and leakage of trade secrets.
Through its own investigation, Nexon said, "Dark and Darker appears to have been developed by copying and stealing trade secrets and copyrighted information owned by Nexon." said. We want to make it clear that this claim is baseless. Our company, Iron Mace, has never owned or used Nexon's copyrighted materials or trade secrets.
Nexon belatedly registered the copyright related to the P3 project in February 2023, more than six months after Dark and Darker was released, and is claiming copyright infringement against it. The first point of their claim is that one of our members (then director, hereinafter A) illegally moved important assets to a private server “without permission”.
Our response to the above claim is as follows.
Due to the mandatory remote work policy implemented by Nexon in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, A received written approval from Nexon executives to use an external personal server to improve the team's work efficiency from 2020 to 2021. While developing using a personal server for about a year, A asked if it was okay to continue using the personal server. The head of the senior organization responded to the question by telling them to refrain from using private servers. A has agreed to discontinue use of the private server. Instead, we received an exception from the company to work in the office, circumventing the current remote work policy, in order to keep the team working efficiently.
In order to stop using the personal server, A moved the connected system and started deleting trade secret files, but the immediate hurdles (a kind of mid-term evaluation process in the game industry, and if the results are not good, the project may be suspended) , the migration of development systems to internal servers was not a quick and thorough process. As a result, some auto-upload scripts related to the build system were left running. And buildings around the office are closed due to corona expansion, so I can no longer go to work, etc. A made a mistake of using the personal server again without re-approval due to the anxiety of reduced work efficiency and the burden of meeting the schedule and achieving the goal.
At that time, all computers in Nexon's company were monitored using the endpoint solution, so the use of personal servers subject to approval and re-approval was known to Nexon during several months of development. However, during that period, A did not receive a single warning from the security team, and when answering to the head of the higher organization to refrain from using the server, he received an answer saying, 'It's a bit ambiguous to say that it's official/no', so he made a wrong decision. that was hit
A suffered the shock of his previous project being shut down in 2020, and several other projects within Nexon were canceled around the same time. A had doubts about the release along with various circumstances that could only be seen as lack of development support. Later, due to an incident, his trust with his boss was broken, and in June 2021, he finally decided to leave Nexon.
A revealed to members of the development team he had worked with for a long time that he would be leaving the company soon. He cited a lack of support for development as the reason for his departure, and further doubts about whether he would ever be able to launch the project. He also said he welcomes those who would like to join us for the next try. He's likely pushing for a project in a similar genre to the P3 project, but he's made it clear that everything needs to be developed from scratch. The above fact was also proven in the course of investigating a separate individual lawsuit filed by Nexon against A in the testimony collected by the police.
Immediately after Nexon's executives learned of A's plan to resign, their attitude suddenly changed to find A's fault, without any effort to amicably resolve the situation. He then sent an internal audit team to accuse him of stealing files, even though he knew the private server had been used for work for months. Seeing efforts to find out the fault somehow in this way rather than solving it through dialogue, the relationship of trust with the company was completely broken, and A consulted with a lawyer and said that since there are personal information on the personal server, there is no obligation to submit it to the company. After hearing the conclusion, instead of submitting my private server, I completely deleted everything in it.
A was fired due to a claim interpreted differently from his intention, and around August 2021, civil/criminal charges and lawsuits were filed against his house and other assets with omnidirectional seizure and pressure, and several seizures and searches were conducted. has been done up to A's personal case is still ongoing, and claims that he stole or misappropriated these files have yet to be substantiated. He actively cooperated with police investigations every time. Our company was also seized and searched several times during this investigation, but we responded to the investigation with the utmost cooperation in order to prove our innocence. If Nexon's trade secrets were really stolen or misappropriated, nine out of the more than 20 P3 project team members would not have risked joining Iron Mace.
The second issue in the DMCA notice filed by Nexon is the claim that Iron Mace CEO Terence Park abused the suspect's stolen trade secrets and copyrighted material to develop Dark & Darker for his own and Iron Mace's benefit. Our response to this claim is below.
The company's CEO makes it clear that no stolen trade secrets or copyrighted material were used to develop Dark & Darker. Indeed, Terrence Park has repeatedly stressed to his team that in order to maintain the company's vision and branding, third-party trade secrets must not exist by mistake and must be developed from scratch.
Subsequently, in the DMCA notice, Nexon claims that the only way to come up with an idea similar to the P3 project is theft, and as a basis, it claims that the P3 project has never been disclosed to a third party during this period. However, this claim can be proven unequivocally false. Nexon unveiled the P3 in a media showcase in August 2021, and has since written about it in numerous blogs and articles:
https://www.gematsu.com/2021/08/nexon-showcases-12-new-games-project-magnum-project-hp-mabinogi-mobile-more
https://pdf.irpocket.com/C3659/GbYe/dYzj/ICN2.pdf
https://www.donga.com/news/It/article/all/20210805/108384593/1
Nexon also claims in its DMCA notice that no other game has the same "concept, genre, and plot" as P3, claiming to have created an entirely new concept. But none of the P3 concepts are entirely new. A game already on the market called Expedition Agartha is a similar game in the three categories already stated.
Since then, Iron Mace has claimed without evidence that it is impossible to make a test version of Dark & Darker in just 10 months of founding without using Nexon's trade secrets. Our response to this claim is as follows.
The fact that a big game company like Nexon can't develop games this fast doesn't mean that other studios, big and small, can't develop at that speed.
Iron Mace's rapid pace of development was possible for the following reasons.
Iron Mace began development with 18 people, significantly more than the initial P3 team of about 11 people. The percentage of dual programmers doubled to 3 and 6, respectively.
We used as many 3D game objects as possible, purchased from the Asset Store, which account for most of the cost and time required for game development.
Also, with the permission of the artists, it was developed with a focus on game design and programming.
The server code did not exist because there were no server programmers on the P3 project team. However, Iron Mace was developed by employing senior-level server programmers from the beginning to create a stable server architecture.
Fortunately, we have evidence that clearly shows how we developed the game quickly and efficiently, and we will be making it public soon.
We'll soon publish a list of purchased assets used in Dark & Darker development, proving that almost all 3D assets were purchased from the Unreal Marketplace.
And we have tons of videos to see what major milestone builds look like, from early internal playtests to more recent tests. These videos will also be coming online soon, showing you how to quickly and efficiently develop the game from scratch.
Finally, for verification from a technical point of view, we will soon release the Git log and its file list, which is the development history from the first log in the Git repository to the work on the self-developed anti-cheat module. This is a log over a period of about a year or so. This will allow other developers to easily check our progress and check for stolen code or assets. In addition, since the P3 project was written while learning because none of the programmers had any experience using Unreal Engine at the time of the project, using the code and assets of the P3 project as a reference is a dark and darker project.
It wouldn't have helped you in your progress.
In the DMCA notice, Nexon compared and analyzed files from the Dark & Darker and P3 Projects and said, "The number of files with the same name is too many to be a coincidence." claims. And it claims to have found more than 2,338 files with the same name. Our response to this claim is as follows.
They attached the remaining 1,032 resources to Exhibit D, excluding files generated by using the same game engine. Of these, 950 files were either assets purchased from Unreal's Marketplace or files from plugins. The remaining 82 files (41 to be exact, because two files are created with the same file name) also have the same name because of the general concept and official naming convention recommended in the process of developing a typical first-person fantasy game. (See naming conventions and examples below)
Rules for Writing Unreal Engine Official Names
https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.0/en/recommended-asset-naming-conventions-in-unreal-engine-projects/
example)
Blueprint (BP_) + Arrow => BP_Arrow (Exhibit D 33p)
Material (M_) + Base (Base) => M_Base (Exhibit D 35p)
If Nexon agrees to provide the file, it is suggested to compare and analyze the actual contents of the files with the same name through a third party. We have provided a list of sources for all “same-named” resources listed by Nexon.
In addition, the DMCA notice claims that the two games' character designs, worldviews, and core gameplay are similar. In response to the above claim, we'd like to say that both games borrow settings from very traditional fantasy worlds. None of this is original, and the similarities to the pointed character classes and use of torches can be found in countless other fantasy games. Both games belong to the classic fantasy dungeon exploration genre, and the similarities can be explained.
In addition, Nexon claims that "Iron Mace purchased graphic assets, including character concept art, from the Unreal Marketplace, but the assets purchased from the Unreal Marketplace and Dark & Darker's assets look different, and there are many similarities with those of P3. ” claims. Our position on the claim is as follows.
Most of the 3D assets were purchased from the Unreal Marketplace, but most of the 2D graphic elements, including concept art and UI, were created in-house. The character concept artwork that Nexon claims similarities to is a reflection of a very traditional fantasy setting. In addition, the concept artwork of the two games was created by the same person, so the painting style is also similar. Soon, our concept artist will organize and disclose that the character concept of Dark & Darker does not infringe on the concept of P3. Through this document, Google image search shows artwork of other popular fantasy concepts, and Dark & Darker's concept art follows the general fantasy world, so it looks similar, but I want to prove that I did not infringe P3's copyright. .
The DMCA notice states that the two games' core concepts, genres, and storylines are so similar that "I am convinced that Iron Mace may have used Nexon's trade secrets to create Dark & Darker." Again, Dark & Darker's concept and settings are all largely inspired by traditional and popular fantasy RPG games. The gameplay of adventurers digging through dungeons full of monsters and treasure in search of riches is so common and common that it could be widely applied in many other fantasy games as well.
Just for fun, we asked ChatGPT to explain the definition of a typical PVP dungeon exploration game, and we got the following response.
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In this PvP dungeon crawl game, players compete against each other in dangerous and mysterious dungeons filled with traps, puzzles, and monsters.
Players choose their character from several classes, each with unique abilities and playstyles. They need to explore dungeons, defeat monsters, and solve puzzles to advance deeper.
But besides fighting monsters, players also have to face each other in intense PvP battles. They can attack other players to steal loot or gain an advantage, but you have to be careful not to be suddenly attacked by enemy players.
In the meantime, players can collect loot, weapons, and magic items to help them in their missions. They can also trade items with other players or buy and sell them at NPC shops.
Gameplay requires strategic decision-making, and players must decide whether to focus on attacking other players or progressing through the dungeon. They must manage their limited resources carefully, including weapons, spells, and stamina.
The ultimate goal of the game is to reach the deepest dungeon's floor and defeat the final boss. You should be able to beat other players while doing all of this. The game offers an exciting and competitive experience for players who enjoy both PvE and PvP gameplay.
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Finally, the common characteristics of the two games announced in Exhibit E are generally shared characteristics that can also be found in many other similar games.
Judging from the information presented, it would be difficult for Nexon itself to believe that Iron Mace infringed on the copyright of the P3 project. And Nexon does not provide evidence that Iron Mace used Nexon's trade secrets to make Dark & Darker, only circumstantial inferences.
Finally, Nexon is accusing Iron Mace of violating Valve's SSA and SOCR, preventing us from delivering our games to fans on the world's largest PC gaming platform. We want Nexon to stop making baseless claims.
In order to resolve issues quickly and definitively, we are willing to provide source code, produced assets, and design documentation for comparison between the two companies. We ask Nexon to make a positive impact on gamers and gaming communities around the world by actively working on resolving issues between the two companies.
That's all of that document. Translated by google.
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2. Concept Artist response:
Rebuttal to claims of character design similarity
Hello, this is Dark & Darker's concept artist.
Through this document, we would like to refute the allegation that the concept of P3 was stolen from Dark & Darker.
Nexon claims that Dark & Darker was developed using P3's assets, and claims to be suspicious because of their visual similarity. The contents below are intended to refute this and explain what parts we focused on in class design and why the claim that the results are similar is not valid.
Dark & Darker's classes are made up of classes commonly handled in Dungeons and Dragons and medieval fantasy games influenced by it, and aim for familiar classic fantasy concepts.
Therefore, it cannot be seen that it has the distinctive features of Dark & Darker in appearance or design.
Dark & Darker worked on the class concept based on the following three concerns.
What are the most familiar classes in the memories of classic fantasy fans?
What design can you accept without hesitation even if you are not a fan of classic fantasy?
What is the range that can be expressed with the assets you own (purchased assets)?
P3 and Dark & Darker have the same concept artist (i.e., because I worked on both), the way the characters are portrayed or the painting style may feel similar, but there are significant differences in detailed composition such as costumes.
The following will refute the claim that the classes of P3 and Dark & Darker are similar by comparing each class.
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Class Comparison 1: Barbarian
When I started thinking about Dark & Darker's Barbarian, I initially tried to work with a barbaric warrior feel like Conan the Barbarian (movie). However, I had to use the purchased armor assets in common, so I had no choice but to switch to the current Nordic Viking feel.
To elaborate more, even if I drew concept art, I did not have enough time to create assets for it, so I changed the direction of the concept art according to the assets.
Images in document.
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Figure 1: A draft of a Dark and Darker Barbarian that was scrapped in the works.
Images in document.
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Figure 2: Barbarian used for loading image after drafting
Images in document.
Figure 3 below is various concept art of the barbarian that I referenced during work in this regard. Based on this, we focused on creating a barbarian that fits the worldview of Dark & Darker, and designing it so that there is no particular problem when using equipment of other classes in common.
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Figure 3: Concept designs by other artists
Image in document.
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Nexon is claiming that P3's Barbarian and Dark & Darker's Barbarian are similar.
As explained earlier, Dark & Darker's Barbarian was created based on works from common fantasy worlds, and furthermore, those used in various games.
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Figure 4: P3 and the Barbarian in Dark & Darker
Image in document.
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Even in the details, of course, there are differences. P3's barbarian is more colorful than Dark & Darker's barbarian, such as horns, Nordic patterns of armor, beard shape, and cape, and the style is mixed. The shape of the helmet may look similar by adopting the design of the actual German helmet (Yelmo de Gjermundbu), but the detailed design is completely different.
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Class Comparison 2: Fighter
Image in document.
Dark & Darker's fighter is a class specialized in melee attacks wearing typical medieval knight armor. The items in Figure 5 below are reference materials when designing fighters, and are also popularly used, heavy armored warriors specializing in melee attacks.
Through the items in Figure 6, you can see what process the current fighter design came out through
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Figure 5: Concept designs by other artists
Image in document.
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Figure 6: Fighter used for loading image after drafting
Image in document.
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Figure 7: P3's Tanker and Dark & Darker's Fighter
Image in document.
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Nexon claims that P3's 'Tanker' and Dark & Darker's 'Fighter' were produced in a similar form. However, as you can see from the picture in Figure 7, except for the open helmet, everything is different, including the appearance, armor design, weapon design, bag, and props.
The figure wearing an open helmet is just a type of expression commonly used to show a character's face because it is obscured.
Class Comparison 3: Ranger
In games and movies set in the Middle Ages, rangers were often depicted wearing hoods, and purchased assets also included hoods. The costumes depicted in the Dark & Darker illustration were designed with reference to the asset costumes you own.
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Figure 8: Appearance by referring to the clothing on the left and the hood on the right
Image in document.
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Figure 9: Ranger used for loading image after cyan
Image in document.
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Figure 10: Concept designs by other artists
Image in document.
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Figure 11: P3 and Dark & Darker's Ranger
Image in document.
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Dark & Darker's Ranger has borrowed the overall color from common designs to keep the sensibility of the old fantasy intact. Also, in order to express the concept of a hunter who fights while hiding in the dark, the use of colors was limited and designed with low saturation.
As you can see by comparing the P3 and Dark & Darker's Ranger illustrations, they are not the same except that they wear hoods and have bows.
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Class Comparison 4: Wizard
The design that became the basis of the Dark and Darker Wizard is Gandalf from ‘The Lord of the Rings’, and it is the most easily recognizable image of a wizard.
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Figure 12: Concept designs by other artists
Image in document.
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Figure 13: Wizard of Dark and Darker with P3
Image in document.
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Like the image of the other classes described earlier, Dark & Darker's Wizard expressed a more traditional and classic wizard than P3's Wizard. Wearing a long and cumbersome robe for an adventurer's appearance, it was produced with the intention of taking the form of an old man who is old but wise and still capable of fighting.
Class Comparison 5: Log
Likewise, in the case of logs, other than wearing a hood, the P3 and Dark & Darker logs have different components such as weapons and costumes.
In the case of the rogue, we tried to embody the real thief's play, rather than simply wielding a fast weapon such as a dagger (it is actually possible to steal while playing), and for this purpose, the weapon was highlighted at the beginning, and finally It is made in the form of emphasizing the money bag held in the hand.
Rather, in the case of Rogue, the design was made to approach the essence of a thief more than a thief generally seen.
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Figure 14: Initial log cyan
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Figure 15: Concept designs by other artists
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Figure 16: P3's Thief and Dark & Darker's Rogue
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Like the images of other classes described above, P3’s ‘thief’ and Dark & Darker’s ‘rogue’ have different design goals.
Class Comparison 6: Cleric
In general, the class called Cleric is often designed with the Templar Knights as a motif. Dark and darker clerics also adopted a design with a tunic wrapped around chainmail to match this popular design. Also, like other classes, it had to be created based on the assets you have, so I designed it with reference to the assets below.
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Figure 17: Polyphoria's assets referencing clothing design
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Figure 18: Concept designs by other artists
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Figure 19: P3 and Dark & Darker's Cleric
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From that point of view, if you compare P3 and Dark & Darker's clerics, you can see that there are many differences in armor, costumes, and patterns.
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Conclusion: P3 and Dark & Darker are different.
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In this way, the design of the classes expressed in Dark & Darker is only the result of selecting the ones that are most suitable for Dark & Darker among one of the character designs that have appeared in various fantasy games that have been dealt with for decades, and are not designed by stealing P3's trade secrets. didn't
In conclusion, the allegation of theft is only a phenomenon that arises from the fact that the concepts of the two projects are oriented toward a medieval fantasy worldview. We, the development team of Iron Mace, focused on the direction of the game we were aiming for, designed and expressed it accordingly, and revealed that the game was not made by taking the parts that were produced in P3 as it is.

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Hello /buildapc!
Long time lurker, first time poster! This community has been awesome in helping me make decisions on my previous builds. Hoping to get some advice on the following.
I am looking to help build a new PC for my wife. She would primarily use it for gaming with other uses including animation and game development but nothing crazy on that end. The load would definitely be mostly from gaming. She is currently gaming off an older laptop and I think it's time she got her own PC! :)
The thing I am stuck on is whether to build an AM4 setup similar to mine or to go with an AM5. I typically tend to play the more demanding games so we had a chat and she had said that if there were parts I wanted to upgrade on mine, I could go ahead and do that and give her my parts. I built my PC in 2021. Here is the parts list from PCPP for my PC.
PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Storage	Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Video Card	EVGA XC3 ULTRA GAMING GeForce RTX 3080 10GB 10 GB Video Card
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit
Case Fan	Noctua A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan
Case Fan	Noctua A12x15 PWM chromax.black.swap 55.44 CFM 120 mm Fan
Generated by PCPartPicker

Having been out of the PC building world for only a couple years, things have moved quick. With the introduction of AM5, I feel a bit stuck at the moment. I want to build her a PC similar to mine but finding a 30 series is pointless now and it seems to make more sense to just go for the 4070TI (despite how much I hate the pricing of it).
What I was thinking was, maybe I'll take the 4070Ti for reasons stated but that brings up a whole host of decisions that I kinda get paralyzed by.

1. Is the 4070Ti paired with a 5600X a good pairing in terms of CPU throttling the 4070Ti?
2. Am I better off upgrading to an AM5 setup and reusing some of my parts for my wife's computer? I realize upgrading to AM5 means new RAM and mobo as well.
3. Is my CPU cooler even good enough for an AM5 chip or would I need to upgrade that? My case is not the greatest for cooling, I know. To boot NZXT released an H7 Flow shortly after with much better thermals.
4. Do I just bite the bullet and build my wife the AM5 instead and worry about mine in the future? She will have the better computer which will seem a bit pointless given what she plans to use it for compared to me but obviously better for future for her.
5. The final option here is the most simple I think, and one my brain is leaning towards which is, build my wife a roughly equivalent AM4 build, take the 4070Ti on mine, upgrade my 5600X to a 5800X3D and give her my 3080 with 5600X as the base for her build. I imagine the 4070Ti won't be throttled much, if at all, by one of the best AM4 gaming CPUs?

If there weren't enough decisions to make already, I am also trying to make sure I don't buy too many overlapping parts since the one request my wife had was that she wants her computer to look "nice". Aka, a white build with some RGBs (probably on the RAM sticks and fans). I wanna make sure I do that for her since this is her first PC for herself. If I were to upgrade to AM5 on mine, I don't think reusing my non-RGB black sticks would be an option for aesthetic reasons.
I feel like I am rambling at this point. Fire away any questions and I will do my best to follow up and edit the main post where appropriate. Thanks in advance for any help! :)
Edit: Fixed PCPP formatting

I (23F) have a roommate (21M) who lives under me in a 3bd house. We've lived together for about 4 months now, and the whole experience has been terrible for me.
He claims that he was a culinary specialist in the Army, which led me to believe he was disciplined and clean. He's not sanitary at all, his room stays an absolute wreck. When he cooks, he will touch the food and then touch the cabinets and touch the doors and walls and contaminate all these surfaces with stickiness & food debris, l've asked him NUMEROUS times not to do that and that I shouldn't have to clean these surfaces everyday. He puts away visibly dirty/greasy dishes in the cabinets & has loaded dirty dishes into the dish washer on top of clean dishes because he's too lazy to unload the dishwasher. The kitchen is my biggest thing because l'm particular about the environment my food is made in, it should always be kept spotless IMO. Every time I clean the house it takes me at least 2 hours just in the kitchen going over everything that he has dirtied and reorganizing things where they should be. Like for example the pantry is setup top shelf- chips and cereal, second shelf-canned goods, third shelf-baking goods etc., and he just throws everything wherever he wants. He makes me out to seem like I'm OCD and bitchy, but just feel like 'm trying to keep a presentable house.
Our trash gets picked up every week and he's only taken the bins to the curb maybe a handful of times since he's lived here. The main hallway bathroom always stays a mess, and l've told him that even though that is considered his bathroom it is still a bathroom that is supposed to be kept in good shape so guests can use it when they come over. He sleeps on the furniture in the living room (which is mine) even when l've asked him not to many times because it wears the cushions down.. There's MANY other things, but I didn't want to make the post that long & you get the point. I'd hate to ask him to move out because I feel like it would ruin our friendship, and I also felt like I should help him transition from being in the army to real adult life. I think I'm at a breaking point, but before I proceed, WIBTA?